[dnbfreak]

ok I won't edit anymore..


how long does this take? I'm still on the first stick.. going over 3 hours now. pass 11

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usually a 4 hour test is good enough (it will technically run as long as you let it)....so far is that the only error you've gotten?

[dsenette]

usually a 4 hour test is good enough (it will technically run as long as you let it)....so far is that the only error you've gotten?

[dnbfreak]

it's showing 13 passes and 2 errors. Doesn't show another sequence of numbers except for what I already typed a few posts ago

[dsenette]

go ahead and end the test...and do the other stick...

[dnbfreak]

ok will do..

2 more sticks

then a surface test of the HDD

[dsenette]

hopefully the other two sticks come back ok....as well as the surface test...i leave work at about 5:20 eastern time....so i'll pick back up with y ou tomorrow...but reply with results whenever they happen...as i'm not the only person here able to check this

[dnbfreak]

I'll put anything I see here. I may end the test early as I need to go home and don't really want to leave it running all night.

[dnbfreak]

Just wondering if a 3.3 hour test will suffice. No error messages on this stick at all. If it is then I'll change the stick and start on the last one

[dsenette]

that should be good
usually the important errors (at least in my experience) will come out in the first couple of tests..

[dnbfreak]

ok the last stick has gone through 8 passes and no errors. OK to stop and start on the surface scan??

[dsenette]

yup

[dnbfreak]

ok I'm about 30% done with the surface scan.. I'm guessing that if nothing turns up I should just take that one stick that had an error out and that may solve the problem????

[dsenette]

i surely to got hope it solves the problem

[dnbfreak]

no problems on the surface test. So I guess I'll shutdown, put the appropriate sticks in and see what happens. Do I need to do anything else first??

[dsenette]

no...that's about it...keep your fingers and toes crossed