On 18-Mar-04, at 11:22, Nick W wrote:
On March 18, 2004 02:45 am, Katrina Kube wrote:I've had 5 (all Toshiba) croak in my iBook within 2 years, but I'm not
sure if the HD was the problem the entire time. I got a new logic board
last July (freebie thanks to AppleCare) and this drive has lasted well
over a year now. So far it hasn't done any of the things the other 5
did. I just hope it lasts as long as the rest of this computer.
Sounds like your luck with them is the same as mine. The third one crapped out
this morning, its 5 months and 3 days old. By the sound it was making before
I removed it Id guess the bearings are scrooged.
Did yours go "clunk clunk bzzzzzzt tick tiiiiiiiick clunk clunk clunk" too?
Maybe I should try to talk them into replacing it with a different brand name. Im off to check my warranty. Pretty bad, this was a replacement drive for a drive that only lasted 3 weeks.
There's lots to choose from, Toshiba is just the cheaper supplier from what I've seen. Hopefully the people you're dealing with will side with you otherwise there isn't much of a point in having it replaced. Let's hope this one lasts...
On 18-Mar-04, at 02:15, Nick W wrote:Out of curiosity, has anyone on the list had bad experience with toshiba 2.5" drives? Ive had 2 [nearly brand new] fail on me so far in under a year, and a third one [6 mos old] nearly bit it this morning, oddly enough its working in linux but XP chokes on it. The problem originally surfaced in linux but after powering down for a bit I managed to get it mounted [heat issue?] and got my sensitive data off of it just in case. Im just wondering how much of an issue is heat with regards to hdds failing? I run this poor thing pretty hard a lot. :-s -- Nick W (nickw77 at shaw.ca) Registered Linux User #324288 (http://counter.li.org) MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: foolish_gambit ICQ: 303276221 It's not our fault, we're outnumbered by stupid people ten to one.
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