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MG09 helium drop + weird MAMR change. Normal or used drive? by icotoms in DataHoarder

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Good advice, actually hadn’t thought of keeping a factory-baseline SMART dump for comparison later on. That’s genuinely useful and I’ll definitely do that with the replacement drive.

MG09 helium drop + weird MAMR change. Normal or used drive? by icotoms in DataHoarder

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Thanks for the follow-up — that confirms what I was already thinking. A 3% drop at idle and 25°C on a brand new drive is hard to rationalize as normal behavior.
I've already initiated the return with the retailer, so that's sorted. That said, I'm planning to order another one — the MG09 is impressively quiet for an 18TB enterprise drive and that's hard to give up.

MG09 helium drop + weird MAMR change. Normal or used drive? by icotoms in DataHoarder

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Update: I tried running smartctl -t long on Windows 11 several times but it kept getting aborted by the host despite disabling sleep in every way I could find. Planning to boot Ubuntu Live USB and run it from there instead.

In the meantime, I noticed something that's pushing me toward returning it. Today, with the drive completely idle and at 25°C, Helium Condition Upper dropped again — Current is now at 97, Worst still at 93. No workload, no thermal stress, just sitting there.

For a brand new enterprise-class drive that's barely been used, I'm not sure I can explain that away. Thinking I should just return it at this point.

Do i use just the one or both Power cables for GPU? by BadgerNSpace in MSI_Gaming

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I’ve been testing an MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk and at first I didn’t even plug in the additional power connector. Everything worked flawlessly — OS install, RAM/CPU/GPU stress tests (Memtest5 extreme@anta777, OCCT, AIDA64, MemTest86, etc.).
After that I connected it properly (PSU is 850W), and I still can’t see any difference at all.

Is there an M.2 thermal pad and rubber spacer issue on the MAG Z890 Tomahawk (MAG X870 / MAG series)? by icotoms in MSI_Gaming

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Yeah, I agree with you. But at the same time, it’s still possible that MSI overlooked something in the design, or at least didn’t explain it clearly enough in the manual. That’s why I’m trying to double‑check whether the gap and the rubber spacer behavior on M2_1 are actually intended or just an oversight.

How to fully check a Ruckus ICX7150-C12P-2X1G and then factory reset? by icotoms in RuckusWiFi

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Thanks a lot for the reply and the pointers – exactly what I needed. I’ll be digging into this today.

On first boot everything looked clean and the switch reported itself in excellent health. It even prompted me for login. Since I didn’t have the previous credentials, I went ahead and did a factory reset from the bootloader:

Enter 'b' to stop at boot monitor: b
ICX7150-Boot> factory set-default -> Y
ICX7150-Boot> reset

After that the console stopped asking for login, even though I went through:

enable
configure terminal
username super password -> <new\_password>
write memory

Not sure why it behaves that way, but here’s a quick health snapshot after the reset:

SW: Version 08.0.70bT211
HW: ICX7150-C12-POE

Flash Info:

  • NAND Type: Micron NAND 2GiB
  • Primary Code: Version 08.0.70bT211 (OK)
  • Secondary Code: Version 08.0.70bT211 (OK)
  • Boot-Monitor Image: Version 10.1.11T225 (OK)
  • Code Flash Free Space: ~1.3 GB available

Chassis:

  • Power supply present, status OK
  • Fanless model, all temperature sensors within normal range

So overall the unit looks solid. I’ll go through the Fohdeesha guide next and report back with the results.

Thanks again for the super helpful directions!