Charles I've got a 1993 vintage Samsung that's still running strong ... It runs 24/7 and was shipped in the comp from Korea to the US. The story seems to be over all.
Don't buy WD Quantum and Fijutsu ..... the jury is still out. Take your chances on the rest someone is bound to get a bad one. Question is..... will they replace it? James On 19 May 2002 12:57:58 -0400 Lyvim Xaphir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2002-05-19 at 09:06, Charles A Edwards wrote: > > > > > I have a 60GB Deskstar that I got in late Dec. > > It is not the 60GXP, which is the drive that IBM had the QC problem > > with but is based on either the 75GXP or the 120GXP, most likely the > > 120GXP. > > > As to the 120GXP itself the following is from the WatchDog column of > > this months (June/82) issue of MaximumPC Mag > > > > "IBM got into hot water with consumers when it published a spec > > sheet with a 'power-on' rating for its popular 120GXP hard > > drives.The spec suggested that the hard drive could be safely left > > on for a total of just 333 hours a month. The Dog's investigation > > has discovered that, despite the published 'power-on' spec, IBM > > designs and tests its hard drives to withstand 24 hour-a-day use, > > and honors such use in its warranty. IBM has since redacted its spec > > sheet to remove the inflammatory power rating." > > I remember reading this, but I could not remember the source of the > information; thanks for posting this ! > > > Currently I have 6 systems running 24/7. > > Of 15 hds, 9 are IBM Deskstar and 7 are MaxtorPlus. > > The drives ages range from 5 years to 6 months. > > In that 5 year span I have suffered only 1 hd failure, a Maxtor, > > which was replaced. > > I have owned several maxtors and samsungs, and the worst failures I > have ever experienced have been with samsung drives; this was both IDE > and SCSI versions. After my last Samsung experience I vowed never to > buy another Samsung again. The Maxtors were not as reliable as either > the IBM's or the Fujitsu's. I have two Fujitsu's here that are still > working after 6 years. If indeed I was forced to make another buying > decision other than IBM (which I'm not totally convinced I need to do > yet), then I believe I would go back to Fujitsu. I would not go back > to either Seagate, or Western Digital; I don't think that the quality > is there. Maxtor is still a big maybe. Before that I'd go with > either Hitachi or Fujitsu. For now, unless I or someone else really > gets burned, I will probably stick with IBM. > > Especially since you reminded me of the Watchdog article in MaximumPC, > Charles. > > > When in the market for a hd if it is on sale or I want 1 today I get > > the MaxtorPlus retail box (IBM is not available locally). > > If purchasing on the net I go OEM IBM Deskstar. > > In my book they both rate as equals in outstanding quality and > > performance, and with the 1 exception I have yet to be disappointed > > by either. > > > > > > > > Charles > > > LX > > -- > 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같� > Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 > Enlightenment 0.16.5 Evolution 1.02 > Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ > 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같� > > >
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