[plug] Hdd probs - IBM deskstar experiences?

[quadfour at iinet.net.au]

Speaking of capacitors, I have one on my video card (NVidia 4200Ti) which is
slowly spewing some orange stuff. Since it still works I'm ignoring it :)

Kind Regards
Michael Collard

Quoting Craig Foster <fostware at iinet.net.au>:

> 
> > -----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"?
> 
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