On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 10:51 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > My partner just had a Seagate 320GB Go Drive fail on her -- just > clicks when I hook it up.
Was the drive inside the enclosure actually a Seagate drive? I vaguely remember people claiming to have opened up a Seagate external and finding some other manufacturer's label (Toshiba?) on the drive inside. I wouldn't expect Seagate to do this, but who knows? Seagate certainly does strongly insist that a customer NEVER open up its external drives ... :-) With external drives that are powered from the USB bus it's always a good idea to make sure that it is not a power issue. My Seagate Go will not attach if I use a USB cable that is "too long", but so long as I use a short cable it still seems to work fine. Haven't seen anything seriously troubled in the SMART data either other than a Reallocated Sector Count of 35. While this is not special. But so long as it doesn't continue to increase it's just a sign that the firmware error recovery is doing what it was designed to do. Sounds like you had that covered though since you removed the drive and powered it from an external supply, yes? I assume the Seagate Go was out of warranty? Because if Seagate can determine you opened it up they probably would refuse to replace it under warranty. I believe the Seagate Go's have a five year warranty, not three. -irrational john -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
