Any suggestions on what to do with a 40GB paperweight?

[notfred]

I have an IBM Deskstar drive (manufactured May 01) that decided spinning was too much work and it was going to quit. What should I do with it now?

(actually it still spins, but it sounds like a bearing went out or something. Really loud and makes squeaking noises)

 

[GoingUp]

you cant RMA it?

I would take it apart and use the platters to make windchimes... they work great!

 

[BatmanNate]

RMA it. Or give it to me.

 

[Anubis]

RMA?

 

[chiwawa626]

Ebay it as an "as-is pull"

 

[Crappopotamus]

sell it on ebay. as is.

 

[notfred]

Can I RMA a two year old drive?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Take it to the firing range and rent a nice high-power pistol.

I suggest the Fabrique Nationale Five-seveN. Twenty-round clip of 5.7x28mm.

Edit - OK, take the magnets out first. Then vent your frustration.

- M4H

 

[KingNothing]

Originally posted by: Tyler
Can I RMA a two year old drive?

My Maxtor HD had a 3 year warranty. I believe my WD does too. Give 'em a call, it can't hurt.

 

[mpitts]

I think that drive had a 3-year warranty on it.

Go to HGST.com, since they now own IBM's hard drive operations. You can go through the RMA process and see if the drive is still under warranty.

Edit: Direct RMA link

 

[Brutuskend]

Originally posted by: Tyler
Can I RMA a two year old drive?

Check their site, I'm betting it's still under warrenty

 

[Viper GTS]

If it's out of warranty, pull the neodymium magnets out of it.



Viper GTS

 

[bigrash]

I think you have a 3 year warrantee on that, so you can rma it. the new drives come with 1 year I think.

 

[notfred]

Hey, I can RMA it. I think I'll do that

 

[EvilYoda]

lol, aren't you glad you didn't pull it apart yet? I was going to say that my friend made a clock with his old HD...just put the hands ontop of the platters, looked pretty nice. in a geeky kind of way.

 

[bigrash]

Originally posted by: Tyler
Hey, I can RMA it. I think I'll do that

rma it man. I sent in my 45gb 75gxp, and I got back a 60gb 120gxp drive.

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: bigrash

Originally posted by: Tyler
Hey, I can RMA it. I think I'll do that

rma it man. I sent in my 45gb 75gxp, and I got back a 60gb 120gxp drive.

I was just going to say that the chances of you getting a nicer/bigger drive are pretty good.

Good luck, man!

 

[0roo0roo]

i sent back an old 20gb and got an old 20gb back so its not that likely.

 

[Tot]

What can you do with the neodynium magnet? Does it attract BEERS??

 

[SSP]

Originally posted by: Tyler
Hey, I can RMA it. I think I'll do that

I think you owe the forums half that storage.

 

[axelfox]

use it as a paperweight

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: SSP

Originally posted by: Tyler
Hey, I can RMA it. I think I'll do that

I think you owe the forums half that storage.

Yeah, and the forums owe me $54 in overuse fees for downloading 72GB worth of HalfLife 2 videos from me, so we'll call it even

 

[TallBill]

72 GB LOL! OOPS

 

[Phuz]

Originally posted by: Tyler
Hey, I can RMA it. I think I'll do that

You can still RMA, but I don't know what you'll get back. RMA's are now being done through Hitachi.

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Make sure you sell the RMA right away, though...