timwhit
Hairy Aussie
They are rewarding those that subscribe to their newsletter. For people that don't know about the promo they are making an extra $30/drive. That doesn't take into account selling less drives because of a higher price.
Samsung 2TB
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They are rewarding those that subscribe to their newsletter. For people that don't know about the promo they are making an extra $30/drive. That doesn't take into account selling less drives because of a higher price.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
Didn't know that part of the equation.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
I got the drives I ordered and hooked them up last night. One of them shows up as ~2000GB, the other shows up as 931GB. This is the case both in the BIOS and in GParted. I tried switching the cables and the sizes switched. Has anyone ever seen a cable that couldn't support a 2TB drive?
I ordered some new SATA cables from monoprice.com, I'm hoping that will fix it.
I ordered some new SATA cables from monoprice.com, I'm hoping that will fix it.
ddrueding
Fixture
Never heard of that before, interesting.
Do they show up that way in the BIOS? A 1TB drive should be displayed as 931GB and a 2TB drive as 1.81 TB.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
Stereodude
Not really a
Are they both connected to the same SATA controller?
The 2TB Samsung I bought for my Dad first showed up as ~931GB in Windows / 1000GB in the BIOS until I flashed the computer's BIOS to the latest beta BIOS (nForce 430 chipset). Then it showed up as 2000GB in the BIOS, but still ~931GB in Windows. I had to download the Samsung ES-Tool to clear the MBR so Windows would see the drive as new and then showed the true size after re-initializing it.
The one I bought for myself showed up as 2TB on my system. It's connected to a ICH10R.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
Yes, they are both connected to the same controller.
Stereodude
Not really a
When you switched the cables between the drives did you also change the port on the motherboard the cables were plugged into?
IE: Drive A to Port 3 with cable A = 1000GB
IE: Drive B to Port 4 with cable B = 2000GB
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IE: Drive A to Port 3 with cable B = 2000GB
IE: Drive B to Port 4 with cable A = 1000GB
or was it
IE: Drive A to Port 3 with cable A = 1000GB
IE: Drive B to Port 4 with cable B = 2000GB
swap
IE: Drive B to Port 3 with cable A = 1000GB
IE: Drive A to Port 4 with cable B = 2000GB
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
I believe it was:
Drive A to port 3 with cable A = 1000GB
Drive B to port 4 with cable B = 2000GB
swap
Drive A to port 4 with Cable B = 2000GB
Drive B to port 3 with Cable A = 1000GB
Stereodude
Not really a
So it could be that port 3 doesn't support 2000gb drives, not the cable.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
Yes, that's possible. I'll try it again when I get the new cables. I don't feel like screwing with it anymore.
sechs
Storage? I am Storage!
The cable shouldn't matter... unless it's bad.
But, in that case, there should be other errors.
But, in that case, there should be other errors.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
What error? I'm not using the drive that shows up as 931GB yet.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
I got the new cables and screwed around some more. From what I can tell it's the drive not the controller or the cable. I must have been mistaken when I was testing this previously.
Steps I took:
- Replaced the cable, drive still showed up as 1000GB
- Switched to another open port, still showed up as 1000GB
- Switched to the cable and port that I know works with the other Samsung 2TB drive, still showed up as 1000GB
I will RMA this drive. What a pain.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
Same model # as the drive that shows up as 2TB. Hopefully, the replacement works.
It is probably about 90%.
Stereodude
Not really a
Microcenter has these for $119.99 in store (limit 1).
Stereodude
Not really a
No idea on that one.
Stereodude
Not really a
Stereodude
Not really a
They're decent for a B&M PC store. I don't know that I'd take a long drive to get to one though.
More like the old Compusa than Frys, or somewhere in between?
Stereodude
Not really a
Somewhere in between but closer to Fry's than CompUSA.
Their sales are pretty good. I got a Q6600 there for $199 back when they were still ~$300 everywhere else. They still run similar sales on other components.
Their sales are pretty good. I got a Q6600 there for $199 back when they were still ~$300 everywhere else. They still run similar sales on other components.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
The replacement works. That was surely a lot more effort than I was hoping. Plus, the return shipping cost $7.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
By the end of Q4, 3TB drives and maybe even 4TB drives will be available, so the chances that 2TB will go down to 100$ are pretty good.
Yeah, but it sucks that I'll never be able to use larger drives. :silent:
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Why? You plan to die before Christmas? Did they install huge nets on the walls of the factory where you're working?
Stereodude
Not really a
I'm not sure it's the OS limit. Win XP x86 (x32) has no problem dealing with network shares larger than 2TB.