A couple of weeks ago we were talking about upgrade SATA drives and that the many drives have hit the 10 cents/GB (US) point. Now that the Seagate 1.5TB 7200.11 SATA has hit $150 (latest deal includes a 4GB usb stick and free shipping), I thought I would warn people that Seagate is having an "issue" with the 1.5TB drives.
From a site called the Techreport.com: http://tinyurl.com/67fcpz > We shot off an e-mail to Seagate last week to inquire about these > problems. We've now received a response from company spokesman Mike > Hall, who's written the following: > > Seagate is investigating an issue where a small number of > Barracuda 7200.11 (1.5TB SATA) hard drives randomly pause or hang > for up to several seconds during certain write operations. This > does not result in data loss nor does it impact the reliability of > the drive but is an inconvenience to the user that we are working > to resolve with an upgradeable firmware. Since most people who use these drives will be using them for media servers and such (Bruce's supported faculty being an exception), that several second pause could be a deal killer on these drives. So anyone tempted by 1.5TB for $150 may want to think twice before buying the current Seagate until this is worked out. And, no, I am not a Seagate hater. They are my first choice when it comes to primary drives. Len --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
