RAID 0 Questions regarding data lost.

your USB port is in the wrong mode. you probably need to set it to +5v, not -5v (polarity is reversed), which is why when you plug in your iPhone to the USB port (probably a front panel port, right?) it reboots. Also, check that you're board is properly grounded.

You can run your 500's in RAID-0, but you do run the risk, with any random reboot... not just a raid array, of corrupting your OS installation. You may also weant to memtest your ram
 
lol yea my front panel.. how do u set the usb volts from -5v to +5v's? did i plug it in wrong? lol i always just thought hey the usb front panel is plugged in yey it works nothign to worry about now.. i feel like i have to check my current comp and check my gf's comp to see..

previously it was weird the random shutdown caused by my i phone only occurs once in a while.

damn WD for not making it clear if the blacks now were single platters
total cost of two retail blues from staples(one -two days) = 88 < i beleive all the blues now are single platter?
Total cost of two oem blacks from directron(3 days)- 128
total cost of two oem blacks from newegg(get in in 3 days)- 140
total cost of two oem blacks from zip zoom fly(delivery takes one and a half week( - 130-6(CB) and they have two 10 dollar rebates which i doubt will come.

sigh which one?
 
There is no guarantee that the 500GB Blue you will get will be single platter. They could even send you one single platter and one two-platter, which would make the whole thing pointless.

Roll with the 500GB Blacks, they just have newer, better, faster technology than Blues. Single plates or not. It makes sense to go with the Blacks.
 
NoForgiveness said:
There is no guarantee that the 500GB Blue you will get will be single platter. They could even send you one single platter and one two-platter, which would make the whole thing pointless.

Roll with the 500GB Blacks, they just have newer, better, faster technology than Blues. Single plates or not. It makes sense to go with the Blacks.
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There's no info, AFAIK, showing the 500GB Blacks being faster than the single platter WD 500GB Blue drives.
 
Probably some firmware tweaks, but otherwise same production line. Like with many things in this industry. :p
 
Danny Bui said:
There's no info, AFAIK, showing the 500GB Blacks being faster than the single platter WD 500GB Blue drives.
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1. Is there any way to secure that you get a single-platter 500GB Caviar Blue?

2. I looked it up, and the Caviar Black reviews show the Black series drives as the fastest desktop drives out there.
 
NoForgiveness said:
1. Is there any way to secure that you get a single-platter 500GB Caviar Blue?

2. I looked it up, and the Caviar Black reviews show the Black series drives as the fastest desktop drives out there.
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1) Unfortunately I cannot answer that. But so far from the 5 or so WD5000AAKS drives I've bought over the past month, all of them were singe platters. Two from Amazon.com and 3 from Newegg.com.

2) Can I see these reviews you're referring to? Those might be older reviews that does not take into account the WD Blue single platters.
 
out of curiosity how do u check.. if your blues are 1 platter? im planning to buy the retail ones cause its cheaper for me
 
vvilliamm said:
out of curiosity how do u check.. if your blues are 1 platter? im planning to buy the retail ones cause its cheaper for me
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The HD benchmark will reveal whether it is 1 or 2 platters. The throughput speed for 2 platter drives drops off steeper toward the end of the disk than in single platter drives. That is really the only advantage to single platter.
 
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