Deskstar again!

[Jeffbx]

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

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.

The empire striked back.

[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).

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

[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 !