I'm working on getting back up and running still. 2 days after my secondary drive bit it my primary decided to follow suit. It was a Toshiba as well. So thats 4 dead in under a year. Needless to say I no longer have Toshiba HDDs in my laptop. Its faster and quieter now too.
On March 21, 2004 02:59 pm, Katrina Kube wrote: > On 21-Mar-04, at 10:45, Nick W wrote: > > 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. > > My last 2 did the clunking thing, but the first one buzzed and whined > for over 3 months... Working in a library was out of the question at > that point. :-( > > >>> 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. > > I had the same problems with mine. It seemed like there would be a new > problem every week or so, then when it ran out of things to screw up, > it just croaked. I hope that extra $100 made the difference. I'll be > looking for a new drive in a few weeks. > > > Thanks for your input. > > Anytime. :-) > > >>>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
