On 01/02/2005, at 3:32 AM, Chas wrote:
Another data point about this: I put in a 120GB WD SE 8MB cache 7200rpm into my iMac G3 about a year ago because it was larger and QUIETER than the original drive -- it has performed flawlessly since.
That's good Chas. I was just passing on to the list something I had heard which I thought might be of interest / use.
System profiler does tell you what brand of HD you have.
I will use the replacement when it comes as a back up.
Pity you didn't have a backup BEFORE this happened, but I guess you'll be in the habit now. Who would have thought that a drive would fail after 100 hours?
It's not such a problem because I was still playing with it. I had not begun to do any serious work on it.
The rep told me today they have recovered the drive by swapping the controller boards.
Thanks for your input Chas, Art, & John.
Regards,
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