Can't reach Ultra 4 even after Enable Root SSH Access

skata wrote:

Right now, there is only one drive in the Ultra 4, since the other one crashed (later I will use 4 from the WD red series, which I suppose don't have those problems). Probably due to the high cycle count thing. The one left have around 77000 cycle counts in about 10.000 hours alive. So if I would mess up, wouldn't it only be the one drive? And can this be fixed by formatting it? If I would take out this drive and put in 4 other drives, they wouldn't be affected, right? on WD's site, it says: "This utility is designed to upgrade the firmware of the following hard drives: WD1000FYPS-01ZKB0, WD7500AYPS-01ZKB0, WD7501AYPS-01ZKB0. CAUTION: Do not attempt to run this software on any hard drives other than what is listed above." Mine is a WD20EARX, so I suppose I shouldn't use it. But then, what should I do?!

Basically, if you use widdle3 you certainly void WD's warranty if they catch you; if you don't you might shorten the life of the drive. I chose not to run widdle3, under the theory that if it outlasted WD's warranty I was getting all the life I should expect anyway. (I purchased back when the green drive warranty was 3 years).

These drives have been running about 2 1/2 years now with load cycle counts in the 230000-250000 range (well above yours), and they are still working fine. So I am thinking I made the right call. When they do fail I will replace them with Red models.

It's not clear to me that your drive failed due to the load cycle count, the drive should go much higher than 77000. How old is the drive?