Deskstar again!

[Jeffbx]

Whoa - boy, was I ever surprised to find a dead 80GB IBM Deskstar drive on my desk yesterday! :rolleyes:

So of the people who have RMA'd this POS, are the replacement drives any better, or am I just looking down the barrel of another potential failure?

[Joshua]

When you gonna learn man? put the deathstar in you machine to hold your pagefile and that's it! At least it'll speed up your machine during its short life.

:amidala: The empire striked back. :P

[Jeffbx]

Yeah, I'm a little nervous about using it, but on the other hand, that's 80GB out the window if I just toss it. Maybe I'll find a taker for the replacement on ebay & put that towards a new WD...

[bachviet]

I RMAed a 60GB Maxtor last year and Maxtor sent me a 80GB hard drive. Maxtor sent me the 80GB first with returned shipping fee prepaid.

[Showtime]

Originally posted by DarkFury

I sent in my 20 GB DeathStar and they sent me back a 20 GB DeathStar that was DOA... needless to say, I didn't even bother sending it back in again (and spending another $6 in shipping costs). :angry:

However, for an 80GB drive, I think I would complaint big time. 20 GB is too small to really worry about, but 80 GB is a useful size.

My 20 is still going good. :)

Wasn't IBM HD division bought by Hitachi. We do business with them and it's still IBM in name but Hitachi owns it now.

-jel:halo:

[topane]

I have two 40GB Deathstars striped - double the risk ;)!

[Joshua]

Ironic... Redundant failure. :)


Originally posted by topane
I have two 40GB Deathstars striped - double the risk ;)!