On March 18, 2004 03:53 pm, Katrina Kube wrote: > 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?
A little bit, but rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr was more prevalent. Sounded like the bearings were gone. > > > 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... > Luckily memory express is pretty good. They swapped me for a 7200RPM Hitachi. Cost me a few bucks but its worth the peace of mind, and the added speed never hurts [The Toshiba was 5400RPM]. So Im gonna give MemEx a thumbs-up for thier customer service. Unfortunately I have to say Toshiba's quality control for thier 2.5"HDDs sucks really bad. The tech found bad sectors at the end of the drive, the last one I had siezed completely. The BIOS wouldnt detect it so I suspect the controller failed. Thanks for your input. > >> 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. > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca -- Nick W ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Registered Linux User #324288 (http://counter.li.org) MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: foolish_gambit ICQ: 303276221 _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
