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    SSD killing hard drive ?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by breezer, Oct 14, 2010.

  1. breezer

    breezer Notebook Guru

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    Hi Everyone!

    I have a G60J , basically it's a g51J but with a 16 monitor , with 2 seagate 7200 rpm 320 GB.
    A while ago i bought a intel ssd X25M-G2 80 GB , I use it for windows and some software and in the second bay i use one of the seagate for data/torrents.

    The first seagate hd died after 2 or 3 months , I used the other for exactly the same thing and it also died after 2 or 3 months.

    Temps aren't a problem the laptop is allways on 50ish , the laptop is on 24/7 ( maybe that's the problem but i have done the same with other hd and 0 kills)

    Some friend told me it could be due to the ssd using lower voltage than a hdd and cause of that the voltage on the second bay increases thus frying whatever was there . Is it possible ?

    Anyone also using a ssd having the same problem ?
     
    breezer, Oct 14, 2010
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  2. SoundOf1HandClapping

    SoundOf1HandClapping Was once a Forge

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    Not possible. Your hard drive was just defective. An SSD won't leach away power from another SATA port.

    I've had two computers with SSD+HDD setup (An Asus G51vx and my current MSI GX660R) and I've not run into that problem.
     
    SoundOf1HandClapping, Oct 14, 2010
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  3. BattleNut

    BattleNut Notebook Consultant

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    I have seen hard drives die like this before, it is normally caused by both drives coming from the same batch. if they have a issue with parts failing it will show up in the whole run.

    But as to the voltage , well like was said that can not happen as they way the ports are setup.
    You might contact Seagate as they may replace the drives , I have had them do that on drives I had even after they where outside the warranty.
    Now they will not always do this,but it is worth a try if you want to mess with giving it a try.
     
    BattleNut, Oct 14, 2010
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