[plug] Hdd probs - IBM deskstar experiences?

[Craig Foster]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-admin at plug.linux.org.au 
> [mailto:plug-admin at plug.linux.org.au] On Behalf Of Paul Stone
> Sent: Friday, 20 February 2004 1:10 AM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] Hdd probs - IBM deskstar experiences?
> 
> hey on the subject of hard drives, did anyone ever use those 
> awful IBM deskstar hard drives, I had one crash on me at work 
> and i heard about heaps of others having the same problem!...
> 
> Paull
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Russ Pitman" <rjp at belle.apana.org.au>
> To: "PLUG" <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 11:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [plug] Hdd probs
> 
> 
> > Michael Collard wrote:
> > > Hiya Pluggers, I write this email on my barely working 
> system. My 80Gb
> > > HDD (seagate) seems to not like reading/writing properly 
> any more, I
> > > suspect it has bad sectors somehow. Thought I'd take this 
> time while my
> > > complete system backs up, while it is still possible, to 
> ask if anyone
> > > else has had problems with these 80Gb Seagate drivers?
> > >
> > > Kind Regards
> > > Michael Collard
> >
> > If they have "Made in Idonesia" on the label Yes. Check 
> what warranty they
> > were sold under, you may be able to claim replacement. The 
> ones that died
> on
> > me were replaced with Singaporean make and seem ok still.
> >
> > Good Luck.
> > -- 
> > Cheers
> > Russ.
> >


IBM DTLA-xxxx and 75GXP series were dodgey (I have 2/3 that work at the
moment)
Fujitsu MPGxxxx go to sleep by themselves (Cirrus Logic chips underneath)
Seagate Indonesian builds are suspect
WD xxxxJB's have had some bad sector batches (and are "de-optimised" for
RAID)
(others have not been rosy either)

If there's anything a computer company hates, it their HDD manufacturer.
Most physical computer repairs are either motherboard or hard disk related,
and between the drive makers dropping their 3 year warranties for 1 year and
changing manufacturing plants every three months, we would *love* to have a
nice reliable source of hard disks.

There's only so many failures at 18mths (ie just after the warranty runns
out) a customer can take before they start asking questions about their
purchasing choices.

Oh and don't get me started on crappy (ie the dodgey) capacitors blowing
around CPUs... We're still getting a steady stream of blown motherboards.

</rant>

Craig F.

PS Anybody buy the hitachi brand IBM drives recently, their pricing is
"rather impressive"?