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nilo_uk
Sep 16, 2013Aspirant
Symptoms of non-compatible drives?
Hi, Just wondering if anyone knows what the typical symptoms are of using drives not on the hardware compatibility list. Being a cheapskate, I bought a MV+ V2 without drives and installed some old...
StephenB
Sep 17, 2013Guru - Experienced User
Failures with incompatible disks vary. What drives are you using?
Another possibility is that one of the drives is simply failing. Perhaps you should check the SMART stats.
If the SMART stats are ok, I'd either turn off disk spindown, or downgrade to 5.3.6 and see if the lockups stop.
Another possibility is that one of the drives is simply failing. Perhaps you should check the SMART stats.
If the SMART stats are ok, I'd either turn off disk spindown, or downgrade to 5.3.6 and see if the lockups stop.
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