IBM Deskstar 75GXP 61.4GB

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IBM Deskstar 75GXP 61.4GB

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Has anyone bought anything from ebay, and a compant called TDI or on ebay known ass pcamarket (seller) sells junk!
Has anyone known what IBM uses as thier disks in thier hd's? I just got done with one, after making it fall, I mean slam into the sidewalk on its corner, and it split open, and it emitted shards of itsy bitsy glass everywhere! when did they use glass in hd's?
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Post by RRLedford »

Man, your all over the place in this post!
The glass disks are more dimensionally stable over a given operating temp range & they are a clear notch above metal disks if made optimally. Cheap drives use metal (AL alloy?) disks & premium use glass.
Perhaps the G-force max rating is lower however & slams to concrete may not sit too well with them!
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There is a class action lawsuit going thru the courts right now on the IBM hdisk drives being falsely advertized as to their MTBF #hours being grossly overstated. Maximum PC magazine has been reporting on this & has surveyed their readers to collect statistical data that could help proove that IBM was BS-ing & knew for some time that large numbers of the drives in question were defectively manufactured.
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Still was fun hearing it go KA-CHING on impact then a shimmer/crackle .... shimmer..... shimmer....., then on the rebound a ka-chunk of the aluminum block comming to a final rest 3 feet from where impact took place. The drive I bought was never intended to be pulled out of a pc, then RMA'd, looks like someone got a hold on a large number of drives large companies take back as warrenty replacements and sold them on ebay as "NON WORKING DRIVES" knowing that they werent warrentied from MFG originally. If I had known this prior of bidding, I wouldnt of had to throw a IBM drive onto the now glimmering sidewalk.
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Post by g0fvt »

I had one of these drives fail in my VP6, first time I have ever had a hard-drive fail... sadly there is another one in there that hasn't failed, maybe just a matter of time....
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I new a guy who had his Novell server running two mirrored Micropolis SCSI drives & when the bearings went bad on one, he sent it in for replacement. Running unmirrored for a few days, and the replacement drive comes promptly. Before he has time to even get it out of the box & installed, the second driive tanks on him & he's stuck with a server rebuild & restore from tape. Micropolis disappeared from the scene soon after.
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Post by g0fvt »

My second IBM 60Gb died! Luckily still under warranty from the shop, nice lady gave me an 80Gb Maxtor at no extra cost!
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