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Ever been sent the wrong HD when RMAing?

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aggressor

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I RMA'd a Seagate drive about a year ago, and just realized that they sent the wrong drive back. I sent in a drive with 8mb of cache (ST3120026A) and recieved a drive with 2mb of cache (ST3120022A). I found out after forgetting the exact specs of my drive and looking it up on the internet through the model #. I know I had a 8MB cache drive, since that's what the box says 😛

I know it's been awhile, but damn 🙁 I've already e-mailed them, but I don't have much hope of getting this resolved.
 
11.5?? Sheesh, seek times are actually *increasing* these days? I thought that my Maxtor's 9.5ms was bad, after my 75GXP's wonderful ~8ms seeks.
 
Yes, they're getting worse on IDE. That's because with the insane platter densities they're now using, head settling delay has to be increased because you can't afford as much wobble over the ever narrowing data tracks.
 
Originally posted by: Peter
Yes, they're getting worse on IDE. That's because with the insane platter densities they're now using, head settling delay has to be increased because you can't afford as much wobble over the ever narrowing data tracks.
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which is why modern mobo's are built with SATA I/O support and there are such things as SCSI
 
^this dudes rig in his sig is tight i got a 233 that would beat that but it doesnt have as5 darn idk if i could beat it now
 
Originally posted by: fire400
Originally posted by: Peter
Yes, they're getting worse on IDE. That's because with the insane platter densities they're now using, head settling delay has to be increased because you can't afford as much wobble over the ever narrowing data tracks.
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which is why modern mobo's are built with SATA I/O support and there are such things as SCSI
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I don't think disk platters and drive interface are related.
 
The SATA I/O is irrelevant, as SATA drives have the same capacities and densities. SCSI drives themselves, staying relatively low at 36/73/146GB, are a different story. Peter, any opinions on the density of 300GB SCSI drives?
 
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