I have had this drive in my gaming machine since they first came out with the raptors. I would bet it has to be a world record for a continuously powered drive since 2003. Wonder if WD wants to buy it back to study it.
I can post the smart data to prove power on time if you like.
ERmorel
September 16, 2016, 6:40pm
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Hi,
Good to hear that. Try contacting WD Support to see if they are interested on that drive.
WD Contact info:
`*** DiskCheckup V3.4 Build: 1002 Report ***
SysInfo DLL Version: SysInfo v1.0 Build: 1114
Time of export: 20:22:11 16-Sep-2016
Device information:
Device ID: 0
Interface: ATA
Device Capacity: 70904 MB
Model Number: WDC WD740GD-50FLA2
SMART ATTRIBUTES:
ID Description Status Value Worst Threshold Raw Value TEC
1 Raw Read Error Rate OK 200 200 51 0 N/A
3 Spin Up Time OK 122 111 21 4408 N/A
4 Start/Stop Count OK 88 88 40 12285 N/A
5 Reallocated Sector Count OK 196 196 140 55 N/A
7 Seek Error Rate OK 200 200 51 0 N/A
9 Power On Time OK 1 1 0 79355 N/A
10 Spin Retry Count OK 100 100 51 0 N/A
11 Calibration Retry Count OK 100 100 51 0 N/A
12 Power Cycle Count OK 100 100 0 774 N/A
194 Temperature OK 105 100 0 45 C N/A
196 Reallocation Event Count OK 193 193 0 7 N/A
197 Current Pending Sector Count OK 200 200 0 0 N/A
198 Uncorrectable Sector Count OK 200 200 0 0 N/A
199 UltraDMA CRC Error Count OK 200 253 0 51 N/A
200 Write Error Count OK 200 179 51 0 N/A
`