P5KC and 1TB seagate drive = unexpected restarts

P5KC and 1TB Seagate drive = unexpected restarts every couple of hours.
nothing in the XP event logs.
latest BIOS flash
Q6600 processor

Turning off S.M.A.R.T. in BIOS and setting SATA time from 35 to 5 seems
to fix the problem.

How come ?

seagate.custkb.com seagate crm selfservice search.jsp?DocId=207931
i think will solve the problem. Check carefully the serial number of the harddrive against the ones posted there because a wrong firmware can transform your beloved Seagate in an expensive paperweight.
Put the "/" where you have blank space, i`m too fresh for this bloody forum to post any urls.

It might be Power supply or mother board capacitors fault.
Check power supply and take a look at the capacitors around
CPU whether they are bulged at the top.
http://www.custompc.co.uk/images/slideshow/65196


"Steve Stone" <> wrote in message
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> P5KC and 1TB Seagate drive = unexpected restarts every couple of hours.
> nothing in the XP event logs.
> latest BIOS flash
> Q6600 processor
>
> Turning off S.M.A.R.T. in BIOS and setting SATA time from 35 to 5 seems to
> fix the problem.
>
> How come ?

McCorkindale wrote:
> It might be Power supply or mother board capacitors fault.
> Check power supply and take a look at the capacitors around
> CPU whether they are bulged at the top.
> http://www.custompc.co.uk/images/slideshow/65196
>
>

I doubt if the problem is due to a power issue if turning off SMART
monitoring prevents the problem from happening.
The power supply is a Seasonic S12-500. The caps look good on the MB and
in the PS.

Was it not seagate who reported some problems with some hd series?

"Steve Stone" <> wrote in message
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> McCorkindale wrote:
>> It might be Power supply or mother board capacitors fault.
>> Check power supply and take a look at the capacitors around
>> CPU whether they are bulged at the top.
>> http://www.custompc.co.uk/images/slideshow/65196
>>
>>
>
> I doubt if the problem is due to a power issue if turning off SMART
> monitoring prevents the problem from happening.
> The power supply is a Seasonic S12-500. The caps look good on the MB and
> in the PS.

OldMan wrote:
> Was it not seagate who reported some problems with some hd series?
>

Yes, however the drive I purchased is not within the serial number range
of the failure. (famous last words!)

Steve

In message <gmstfi$uli$> Steve Stone
<> was claimed to have wrote:

>OldMan wrote:
>> Was it not seagate who reported some problems with some hd series?
>
>Yes, however the drive I purchased is not within the serial number range
>of the failure. (famous last words!)

Even if it were, these aren't the described symptoms.

DevilsPGD wrote:
> In message <gmstfi$uli$> Steve Stone
> <> was claimed to have wrote:
>
>> OldMan wrote:
>>> Was it not seagate who reported some problems with some hd series?
>> Yes, however the drive I purchased is not within the serial number range
>> of the failure. (famous last words!)
>
> Even if it were, these aren't the described symptoms.

I turned off SMART based on a similar failure reported in the ASUS web
site tech forums.

"Steve Stone" <> wrote in message
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> DevilsPGD wrote:
>> In message <gmstfi$uli$> Steve Stone
>> <> was claimed to have wrote:
>>
>>> OldMan wrote:
>>>> Was it not seagate who reported some problems with some hd series?
>>> Yes, however the drive I purchased is not within the serial number range
>>> of the failure. (famous last words!)
>>
>> Even if it were, these aren't the described symptoms.
>
> I turned off SMART based on a similar failure reported in the ASUS web
> site tech forums.

IME, SMART isn't. It cannot be trusted to report internal drive errors
when they occur, so all I use it for these days is monitoring drive temps.
So, IMO, you're not missing much by disabling it.

--
Rob