Re: HD problem...

[Glenn Schunemann]

I run two Maxtor 120 GB drives in my G3 450. Not one single problem. 
One is my main drive and the other is for backup (approaching 64 GB at 
this point). Previously I had two IBM 40 GB deskstar drives. Eventually 
they both died. Saved one with a "write zero" wipe. The other is going 
back to IBM for the 3rd time (took them two trips to get it done right 
the first time). Then I discovered my B/W was eating the slave drives 
(so the 3rd IBM death may not be it's fault). I read about this in some 
forum somewhere. It was a major problem in B/W G3s prior to the 450 
ver. Supposedly it had been addressed in the 450s, but apparently not 
in mine... Hence the Sonnet PCI ATA 133 controller. Problem solved.

I downloaded carbon copy and it keeps finding errors on some files and 
stopping until I click "continue." It's really annoying. Prior to 
Carbon Copy I was using Psync 1.0 with the PsyncGUI installed. Now 
Psync 2.0 is out and there is no need to load a separate GUI. Nice 
thing about Psync is that it goes through the entire back up and never 
stops or brings up a dialog box.

On Monday, August 18, 2003, at 09:46 PM, Travis Martin wrote:

For what it's worth, I went to CompUSA today and bought an 80GB 
Seagate also---had 'em on sale---and tried to install it in a G3 dt. 
It didn't even see the drive, no matter how I set jumpers. I tried it 
in a different beige and in a B&W 400; same answer. Took it back and 
got another one. Couldn't mount or even see it either in any of the 
computers. Went back to CompUSA and was told they'd had several 
problems with 'em, so paid a bunch of difference to take a Maxtor 
120GB. It came up first time like it was 'sposed to and is now getting 
loaded with mp3 files....

Sounds like maybe Seagate has a QA problem...

Travis




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