ChatGPT is dismissing it, but I’m not so sure.
Inside the nominal return period for a device absolutely.
If it’s a warranty repair I’ll wait for an actual trend, maybe run a burning on it and force its hand.
Pro Tip: Never quote ChatGPT. Use it to find the real source of info and then quote that.
Seriously, do not use LLMs as a source of authority. They are stochistic machines predicting the next character they type; if what they say is true, it’s pure chance.
Use them to draft outlines. Use them to summarize meeting notes (and review the summaries). But do not trust them to give you reliable information. You may as well go to a party, find the person who’s taken the most acid, and ask them for an answer.
Acid freaks are probably more reliable than chat gpt
Just a reminder that LLMS can only truncate text, they are incapable of summarization.
yeah, that’s why I’m here, dude.
So then, if you knew this, why did you bother to ask it first? I’m kinda annoyed and jealous of your AI friend over there. Are you breaking up with me?
I doubted chatgpts input and I came here looking for help. What are you on about?
Dude, people here are such fucking cunts, you didn’t do anything wrong, ignore these 2 trogledytes who think they are semi intelligent. I’ve worked in IT nearly my whole life. I’d return it if you can.
Defensive… If someone asks you for advice, and says they have doubts about the answer they received from a Magic 8-Ball, how would you feel?
Because it’s like a search box you can explain a problem to and get a bunch of words related to it without having to wade through blogspam, 10 year old Reddit posts, and snippy stackoverflow replies. You don’t have to post on discord and wait a day or two hoping someone will maybe come and help. Sure it is frequently wrong, but it’s often a good first step.
And no I’m not an AI bro at all, I frequently have coworkers dump AI slop in my inbox and ask me to take it seriously and I fucking hate it.
But once you have it’s output, unless you already know enough to judge if it’s correct or not you have to fall back to doing all those things you used the AI to avoid in order to verify what it told you.
Sure, but you at least have something to work with rather than whatever you know off the top of your head
I’d say those SMART attributes don’t look great…
I call them regurgitation machines prone to hallucinations.
SMART data can be hard to read. But it doesn’t look like any of the normalized values are approaching the failure thresholds. It doesn’t show any bad sectors. But it does show read errors.
I would check the cable first, make sure it’s securely connected. You said it clicks sometimes, but that could be normal. Check the kernel log/dmesg for errors. Keep an eye on the SMART values to see if they’re trending towards the failure thresholds.
Yes, definitely.
Seagate’s error rate values (IDs 1, 7, and 195) are busted. Not in that they’re wrong or anything, but that they’re misleading to people who don’t know exactly how to read them.
ALL of those are actually reporting zero errors. This calculator can confirm it for you: https://s.i.wtf/
Edit: As for the first image, I don’t see any attributes in #2 which match with it. It’s possible there is an issue with the drive, but it could also be something to do with the cable. I can’t tell with any confidence.
Edit Edit: I compared the values to my own Seagates and skimmed a manual. While I can’t say for sure what the error reported is in relation to, it is absolutely not to be ignored. If your return period ends very soon, stop here and just return it. If you have plenty of time, you may optionally investigate further to build a stronger case that the drive is a dud. My method is to run a test for bad blocks using this alternative method (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Badblocks#Alternatives), but the smart self-test listed would probably also spit errors if there are issues. If either fail, you have absolute proof the drive is a dud to send alongside the refund.
No testing/proof should be required to receive your refund, but if you can prove it’s a dud, you may just stop it from getting repacked and resold.
Already packed. I am also having trouble copying files due to issues with the file name (6 characters, nothing fancy). And it makes a ticking sound once in a while. I’m done with it.
