On Aug 13, 2009, at 10:41 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: > On Aug 13, 2009, at 11:30 AM, Fabian Fang wrote: > >> e not done so already, a quick Google search about "Seagate >> Barracuda 702.11 drives" will provide interesting reading.
I meant of course "Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 drives," and apologize for the typo. > So you have no experience with the 7200.11s and the miniStack v2.5? I only have experience with earlier OWC miniStacks. My first v1 miniStack failed within a few weeks. Two replacement units also failed quickly. It seemed to me that either the early miniStacks had design or quality problems, or that OWC might have recycled faulty units. After the quick failure of the third unit, I wrote the OWC owner, who arranged to send me a brand-new v2 unit. It has worked well without problems. For some reason the OWC miniStacks have had problems with Seagate drives all along. The v1 units would not physically accommodate certain Seagate drives, apparently because those were slightly larger than drives of other common brands. I like Seagate drives, and have bought quite a number over the years. In order to avoid possible incompatibility with third-party enclosures, such as the OWC miniStacks, I recently bought a FreeAgent Pro 1TB drive, directly from Seagate in their own enclosure with triple interface (eSata, FireWire, USB), for only $99. It has worked flawlessly. Fabian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
