On Jun 23, 2009, at 7:46 PM, Dana Collins wrote:
> Worse that can happen is the Spinpoint will be relegated to an > external FW case and I'll settle back on a trusty IBM 10-Gigger. I think the Spinpoints are great values. Samsung made a nice drive the first time out of the gate. But, its firmware flaw, coupled with a firmware flaw in Apple Lombards and Pismos, was a no-go. Toshiba and others also had the very same problem with Lombards and Pismos. Also IBM (then doing business under its own name, and not Hitachi). At one point, OWC maintained a drive compatibility chart showing which drives would not work on Lombards and Pismos. This was known generally as the "Lombard and Pismo ATA-6 problem". If the drive had tolerant firmware, then it would work on the flawed Lombards and Pismos. If the drive didn't have tolerant firmware, then there was a "deadly embrace" as both the host (Lombard or Pismo) and the target (the drive) both refused to accept each other's parameters. Fixed on later Spinpoints with a factory applied firmware revision (the model number didn't "roll"). Fixed on IBMs and Toshibas with new drive versions (the model number "rolled"). Seagate never had the problem at all as its 2.5" drives (Momentus) were released very late, after the ATA-6 problem had been identified and fixed by all the others (except for Apple). I now prefer Momentus drives for my 2.5" applications. The 500 GB drive is particularly nice (but all are good). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
