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  1. 11-13-2002, 06:12 PM #1
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    so came home last night and my computer....

    was going click click click click click click click...

    damn maxtor!!!

    i'm at the lab now, i forgot how dependent i was on my computer and the net...

    oh yea, and i'm losing internet access on the dec 16, i'm need to find a new isp...


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    whats your current isp?
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    Re: so came home last night and my computer....

    Originally posted by g222leav
    was going click click click click click click click...

    damn maxtor!!!
    EEEEKKK!!! it's the evil tick of death!! I had that happen to me with my brand new Dell comp... the western digital drive just went ka-put w/in a month of me setting it all up. was terribly annoying because i was in the middle of some big projects, and spent a solid week burning everything i could. thankfully, dell replaced for free, and even came to my house to install it. my boyfriend had it happen a few weeks later, but he couldn't figure out which drive it was, and so lost a ton of stuff.

    hope your HD holds out for a few more days, so u can backup stuff!!
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    yea, i hate when computers do that fortunately, never happened to me, howerever i did scrap my old compaq (aka junk-pile scrap) and use its 60 gb maxtor as a media drive its going fine...im getting some "HD coolers" to "extend the lifetime"
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    Friend of mine actually received a S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, & Reporting Technology) error on startup before his drive went kaput......... otherwise, I'm sure he would have been in the same situation right now (with the "click of death")
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    Originally posted by CynJon
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    no but i do have a 40 gig back up hd that i was using as a slave drive to put all my important stuff. so i still have all my docs/music/p0rn safe and sound, but my main HD with the OS went down so as of right now it's just in-operable. just a nuisance, i'm going to go to beast buy tomorrow maybe to get a new one, and check to see if my current hd is underwarrenty, bastards.

    oh yea, and i'm on dial up, cause there's no broadband out here except for wireless, but the start up costs are horrendous for that. so i think i might hold off for a while


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    yea my maxtor has been clicking for about 2 months before i decided to replace it.

    Now i have all my important stuff aka porn/mp3's/documents/warez/misc on my 120 GB Western Digital

    and i set up my second 120Gb western digital into 4 partitions 15/15/45/45 where one 15 paritiion is my primary partition and the second 15 has all the Program Files
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    Originally posted by sleepminded
    yea, i hate when computers do that fortunately, never happened to me, howerever i did scrap my old compaq (aka junk-pile scrap) and use its 60 gb maxtor as a media drive its going fine...im getting some "HD coolers" to "extend the lifetime"
    yea i got a 7 dollar hard drive cooler for my fujitsu hd, its quite and should help out my lil 35 gig baby
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  10. 11-14-2002, 07:47 PM #10
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    what is this clicking thing? is hard drive dying?
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    It's a heart wrenching, gut chilling, metal on metal clicking or even worse screeching. It pains me to think back on the different times the several IBM Deskstars I've owned have done that to me.
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    Oh yeah, to answer the question Sir Froggy, if your drive is making such noises, either it is dead, or the **** is about to hit the fan.
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  13. 11-16-2002, 12:03 AM #13
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    i'm not computer smart like the rest of you but couldn't you just move the whatever it is back?
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    hey guys, just got a seagate today, it should do for now, just wondering, if i purchased that maxtor within the last year, would it still be under warranty??


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    Originally posted by g222leav
    hey guys, just got a seagate today, it should do for now, just wondering, if i purchased that maxtor within the last year, would it still be under warranty??
    Yes, hard drives used to come with a 3 year warranty. Just be aware new hard drives made Oct. 1, 2002 and after now come with a one year warranty. http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showth...threadid=49884
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    Originally posted by GuruX
    Friend of mine actually received a S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, & Reporting Technology) error on startup before his drive went kaput......... otherwise, I'm sure he would have been in the same situation right now (with the "click of death")
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    Originally posted by g222leav
    hey guys, just got a seagate today, it should do for now, just wondering, if i purchased that maxtor within the last year, would it still be under warranty??
    www.maxtor.com

    and you can enter the drive serial Nunmer to see if it is under warranty
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    Originally posted by sbp
    Yes, hard drives used to come with a 3 year warranty. Just be aware new hard drives made Oct. 1, 2002 and after now come with a one year warranty. http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showth...threadid=49884
    Originally posted by GilbertsGrape


    www.maxtor.com

    and you can enter the drive serial Nunmer to see if it is under warranty
    well, i was looking through the old box (yes, i still have the box) and it says that it came with a 3 year warrenty, so i was going to call the number, but i guess i'll check the website since it's sunday,....thanx a bunch guys!


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    they finally sent me back my replacement drive...no complaints so far, they sent back a 60 gig for my 30 gig that i sent them...some deal. now, let just plug it in....


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    sissy. my GXP has been doing that for a LONG time now. usually i just kick the computer and it stops though....
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  21. 12-20-2002, 06:24 AM #21
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    do activities like gaming decrease the life of your hard drive?

    i'm just wondering, because i've never known someone irl who has had a hard drive die on them. i've had hard drives with problems, i've had motherboards and cpus goingout, etc, but i've never heard the "click of death" myself or on anyone else's computer.

    so i'm just wondering if certain kinds of usage causes them to wear out faster, or what?
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    Originally posted by Sir_Froggy
    i'm not computer smart like the rest of you but couldn't you just move the whatever it is back?
    The component that is clicking is in a sealed vaccuum. Opening the drive anywhere but a clean room would effectively destroy the drive. Also the part that is clicking is a fragile component, if you hear it, it is already damaged... you are just waiting for it to fail.
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