Harddrive Error code RK5MA2-6LU8kF-MFGJWK-60SE03

[JohanOdijk]

Hello!

I seem to have a broken hard drive, atleast it seems that way. I only have had it for about 6 months (warrenty ended after I got this new harddrive from HP, which broke after about half a year).

Now i got a black screen on boot, did a quick harddrive test from the bootmenu and it quickly gave me error code "RK5MA2-6LU8kF-MFGJWK-60SE03" (about 10 to 20 seconds into the test). I can't find anything on this error.

My question is, is this the harddrive that crashed and will be easily fixed by getting a new harddrive, or is it more? Maybe something in the motherboard/connection between the harddrive and the motherboard, or something completely different. And how will I know that if I buy a new harddrive, it won't be dead within half a year, again.

Thanks in advance!

Johan Odijk.

[Huffer]

All you need to know is the hard drive is bad and needs replaced. Since this is the second bad hard drive in a year, there may be something else going on which could range from some usage habit the owner has which is tough on the hard drive all the way to a motherboard issue. 

So this is a quandry. I think we know that if you buy a new hard drive it will work fine at least for a while but without knowing if there is anything else going on it is impossible to predict if it will happen again. I would go in and run a full hardware scan in the UEFI diagnostics (F2 as you power up) and see if any hardware other than the hard drive tests bad. If not I would go ahead and install a new hard drive if for no other reason than third time should be a charm, we can hope, and a hard drive is a fraction the cost of a new laptop. 

[CherylG · Accepted solution]

It is a little unusual to have 2 hdd's die within a year but not unheard of. Does your notebook often operate under heavy load generating a lot of internal heat? Heat is a killer. I try to use a laptop cooling pad under mine most of the time and when using without one I always make sure the air vents are not obstructed.

The one bright side to replacing the hdd with a retail hdd is that you will have a 3-5 year warranty, depending on model you choose. For instance most Western Digital Blue have a 3 yr and Westren Digital Black have a 5yr warranty. Any of the other models you look check warranty specs.