I think I have solved the problem. When I loosened the back of the enclosure I discovered that the connection joining the HD to the enclosure seemed slightly loose. After tightening this connection the unit seems to work fine.
Thanks for your help. Robin On 9/24/07, John E Jardine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I had a Vantec Nexstar and it had "issues". The network code was flakey, > the result was silent data corruption. It was repeatable. I don't use the > Vantec anymore. I was in Europe when I realized it had issues and it wasn't > worth the trouble to return - I ended up eating the loss. > > The USB connection was good though - never had a problem with that. > > Oop's, dragging myself back to the actual question: Ummm... I like > Seagates, I had put a 500GB one in the Nexstar and the drive was fine. It > continues to purr along in a different (replacement arrived after I left) > enclosure. > > Cheers, > J.J. > > > On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 18:06 -0400, Richard Carter wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > It looks like the Sampsung 80GB HD I was using in my Vantec Nexstar 3 USB > enclosure is dead. Can anyone suggest a good replacement? Or, just as > useful, do you know of any brands to avoid? > > Robin Carter > > _______________________________________________clug-talk mailing [EMAIL > PROTECTED]://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.caMailing List > Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php)**Please remove these lines when > replying > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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