On Feb 13, 2005, at 3:55 PM, Lan Barnes wrote:
Thanks, Rich. The diags basically said "you're screwed." I tried a couple of things and agreed.
I got it at CCC refurb and may take it back to see if it's still covered. If not, so it goes in the life of a CB.
The drive you got just so happens to be the focal point of a class action lawsuit against IBM for the infamous "Deathstar" (Deskstar GXP series) drives. You may be SoL with the drive, but at least you can get some interesting reading out of the experience:
Year 2000 - An example of the glowing review that IBM's new drive was getting:
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=1287&p=16
Mid 2001 - Hmm... is something funny going on? http://techreport.com/onearticle.x/2799
Late 2001 - The lawsuits begin! http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,67608,00.asp
2002 - 2004 - all hell breaks loose, IBMs name as a hard drive manufacturer is soiled and they sell out to Hitachi. Choice articles can be found on the class action lawyers' webpage:
http://www.sheller.com/SubPage.asp?SubPageID=88
2004 - Some internal IBM emails get publicized in a Maxiumum PC watchdog article, indicating that IBM was quite well aware of the problem:
http://techreport.com/onearticle.x/6292
Fun reading, though it may just piss you off. :)
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