This is typical of all laptop computer repair and warranty service, in our experience... We repair Sony VAIO, HP, Compaq, Dell, Acer, and ASUS... All arrive with "refurb" drives and way too often they are Hitachi drives known for high failure. We offer to replace the drives of our clients... using Fujitsu, Seagate, Western Digital, and Samsung (their choice) at our drive cost.
The last two, T60 and T61, under extended warranty, came back with refurb Hitachi drives that did not last 6 weeks. They had originally been in other Thinkpads.. Worse, some folks who bought refurb Thinkpads from Lenovo also had refurb Hitachi drives... but are still running. RB - - - - - Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. I like pigs. Pigs treat us as equals. .. ... .... ..... ...... ~ Winston Churchill On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Bruce Markowitz <[email protected]>wrote: > I have gotten disks labeled refurb from them, never had a problem. But I > would prefer new. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "STeve Andre'" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 10:58 PM > > Subject: [Thinkpad] Speaking of replacing disks... > > > The current talk of ex serv and disks reminded me of something I've >> been meaning to ask the group-- >> >> When I've gotten a replacement disk, it always seems to be a refurb >> unit, owing to the stickers I've seen. I'm nervous using them--if they >> were sent back because of a problem, what is the chance that the >> refurbish process *really* works, as opposed to sending out a disk >> with a problem? >> >> Given how cheap disks are, and how valuable the data is, plus >> the time for any of us to deal with disk disasters, I've gotten new >> disks the last couple of times a disk needed to be replaced. >> >> Does anyone else do this? >> >> --STeve Andre' >> _______________________________________________ >> Thinkpad mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad >> > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
