hardware/driver incompatibility ?

[Paul Saab]

The WD5000YS issues are due to a firmware bug
http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp?cxml=n&pid=15&swid=57


soralx at cydem.org wrote:
>> - 2 Western Digital WD2500YS hard drives
>> - 1GB RAM
>>     
> [...]
>   
>> Is there any way I could test my HD to detect/prevent failure ?
>>     
>
> install smartmontools from ports
> then: smarctl -t long /dev/ad4
> after a couple hours check status: smartctl -a /dev/ad4
>
> Western Digital harddisks are notoriously unreliable (I just had 2
> WD5000YS fail recently, at about the same time; one had ~200 hrs on it,
> the other ~1700h), especially the YS models. Also, WDC won't replace
> them... Beware.
>
> [SorAlx]  ridin' VN1500-B2
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