Seagate drives normally have huge raw values for read and seek error rates while being perfectly healthy (aside from a few failure-prone models).
I never noticed a difference between CrystalDiskInfo and other SMART monitoring tools.
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I've also run into unusually small caps from these weird off-brands. Sometimes they measure close to their rated capacitance, and sometimes they measure 15-20% low (still in spec, but barely). The worst part is when the PCB and chassis were designed specifically for the oddball cap that's smaller than anything from a reputable manufacturer.
Are they the Chongx caps with "vent" misspelled? There are claims that they're counterfeits of the real Chongx, which is sad. They might be worth trying if the voltage in the circuit doesn't go too close to 35V.
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I upgraded the hard drive in [URL="https://www.badcaps.net/forum/general-topics/general-computer-tech-discussion/855-post-your-system?p=1307592#post1307592"]my desktop[/URL] because I filled it and stuff spilled over to the SSD. It's now an 8TB WD Blue (WD80EAAZ). Its seek noise is loud.
I put the original Seagate in an enclosure. It has almost 49,000 hours on it and sounds a little rough, but it still works with no bad sectors.I upgraded the hard drive in [URL="https://www.badcaps.net/forum/general-topics/general-computer-tech-discussion/855-post-your-system?p=1307592#post1307592"]myLast edited by lti; 03-25-2024, 09:30 PM.
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You don't want the cap to actually hit its rated voltage. There should be some margin.
I've heard that caps will fail faster if you run them too far below their rated voltage, but I haven't ever found any official documentation to confirm or deny that.
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Now the 16:9 DVD rips play in the correct aspect ratio (not stretched too wide).
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That's a microcontroller, so it all depends on the program.
[URL]https://www.microchip.com/en-us/product/pic12c508a[/URL]
Damn, I missed page 2.https://That's a microcontroller, so...missed page 2.That's a microcontroller, so it all depends on the program.
[URL]https://www.microchip.com/en-us/product/pic12c508a[/URL]
Damn, I missed page 2.
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I just bought what discs were available semi-locally, and I never had problems with any of them. I haven't burned a disc in at least 10 years, and that was just to burn a game disc back in my gaming days (for a game that was released for free as a bin/cue image and meant for Windows 95 or DOS). That was onto a CD-RW that I erased and reused a few times, and it's still one of two discs that the drive in my old Compaq can still read (which doesn't really matter since that computer runs the game in slow-motion, even though the framerate is fine).
I never noticed a speed...
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https://[url]http://www.paullinebarg...x12mm, though.[url]http://www.paullinebarger.net/DS/RM%20%5bSanshui%20Riming%5d/RM%20%5bradial%20thru-hole%5d%20KLE%20Series.pdf[/url]
Those look a lot smaller than 8x12mm, though.
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The media seems reliable to me, but the drives themselves fail so often that I don't want to use them anymore. I rip CDs and DVDs, and for old software that's still on CDs (all of which is currently for computers that are too old to have SATA), I make bin/cue images and load them with Daemon Tools. For those old computers, I guess the next option would be to mess around with audio drivers so I can use digital audio through an IDE to SATA bridge (SATA drives don't have the analog audio cable to get music in games, but Daemon Tools has only failed on one motherboard with AC'97 audio so far - old...
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I had an adventure with DVD ripping recently while completely forgetting about this thread. It turned out that I had to switch to Windows 7 (on that shitty Toshiba laptop). On my main system, every program I tried claimed that the discs were unprotected, and then ripping immediately failed (obviously). I didn't try paid or trial software except for MakeMKV, so maybe one of those works better with Windows 10.
Then my optical drive failed. It was randomly ejecting discs while ripping, but not when the drive was idle. Eventually, I ran into discs that it couldn't read or were detected...
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The last Rubycon caps I bought were made in Japan, but I did have the feeling that a lot of these cap brands were outsourcing (or at least using the same suppliers for materials).
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It's rated for 18-36V, so 30V is fine.
There is a remote on/off pin that needs to be grounded to enable the output. Have you connected that pin?
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The caps in that Compaq are from 1999. I have seen those OST I.Q caps before, but I thought I.Q caps were always made by OST. There was weird stuff going on back then, like all of the Tayeh caps with identical markings to GSC except for the brand logo.
What's worse is the equally old Su'scon caps in that Compaq's power supply.
Windows is showing me the red "low free space" bar under the Seagate drive, so I might have to upgrade soon anyway. I'd like to go to SSDs for speed, but they're expensive and mostly QLC drives once you go over 2TB.
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My old Compaq is still running I.Q caps 25 years later.
Seagate was considered good back then. It's only some of the newer models that were unreliable... and I have a modern Seagate drive in my main system. ( again)
I'm not a good computer guy, and I still want a dual-CPU system....
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Greenlee was selling some of the Brymen meters over here (with a green sleeve instead of red - I remember seeing them on the shelf at Home Depot), but they were priced a lot higher than an imported Brymen (not worth the money).
Anyway, I think the Fluke 189 is a good meter. I don't know why anyone is implying that Fluke meters are unreliable, especially compared to Uni-T....
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If you actually have a good hard drive to clone, my first thought would be to try ddrescue in Linux to make an image of the good drive.
I doubt that there's a way to manually install the firmware from HP onto a blank drive. It looks like an update that you're meant to install on a working printer. There's also the problem mentioned earlier where it might only work with certain models of drives.
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Re: Favourite Bulk Capacaitors
I just get the cheapest thing that physically fits. If it's something I care about, I'll use one of the Japanese brands (usually Rubycon). I've never used TDK/Epcos caps, but I've seen their snap-in caps used in industrial equipment (along with Cornell Dubilier - just make sure you're getting CDE brand instead of Mallory because Mallory caps are just Yageo/Kemet with a huge markup).
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