Samsung HD256GM
HD256GM Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 250GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Samsung HD256GM hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
6Gb/s SATA hard drive with 3Gb/s SATA port?
Question: I know I can use a 3Gb/s SATA hard drive with a 6Gb/s SATA port, but can I use a 6Gb/s SATA hard drive with a 3Gb/s SATA port?…
Samsung HD256GJ
HD256GJ Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 250GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Samsung HD256GJ hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
SMART-Test never finishes
Question: When running SMART-Tests using smartmontools, they NEVER finish. I always get “Interrupted (host reset.)” on various different systems and disks, including Debian in x86 and ARM, OS X on…
Samsung HD254GJ
HD254GJ Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 250GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Samsung HD254GJ hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
Trying to remove/diagnose single Current_Pending_Sector in S.M.A.R.T. data
Question: I’m in a process of doing a fresh Linux install and before I went to do that I thought that it is a good time to verify HDD health…
Samsung HD252HJ
HD252HJ Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 250GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Samsung HD252HJ hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
Should I store my code/projects on my SSD or my secondary drive?
Question: I just got a new box. It has an SSD for the primary drive and a 1TB SATA hard disk for the secondary drive. ? I’m going to run…
Samsung HD251HJ
HD251HJ Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 250GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Samsung HD251HJ hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
What do the different colours of the SATA ports on my motherboard mean?
Question: I’ve bought a new hard drive for my system, and my motherboard (an ASUS M2A VM HDMI) appears to have two black and two red SATA ports, with the…