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IBM 75GXP

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Boethius

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Whats this rave about the 75GXP hard drives CRASHING? I have two of them, and I have not experienced any problems with them AT ALL? I don't get it... my friend owns 3 of them, no problem, and another owns an additional two without problems... Has anyone had any problems or is this a complete myth?
 
I've have two that have never given me a problem either, but from what I understand the 75GXP was made in three different countries. I believe drives made in Hungary were the ones most likely to fail, but I am not too clear on the matter since its been a long time since the 75GXP was a hot topic.
 
I always just chalked the whole "IBM 75GXP drives are crap" rave as attributable to the fact that the few people with h-drive problems bitch loudly and constantly whereas the people with working 75GXP have no reason to make a ruckus and thus were grossly under-represented in those Forum discussions because we had better things to read/reply/worry about than our just fine h-drives. Having said that I am going to go bitch loudly and constantly about those crappy ATI cards (mine don't work well so they all must not work well...) LOL
 
I've had mine for almost a year now and it hasn't given me any problems. From what I understand there was some sort of design flaw that made a failure more likely but there are still far more good ones than bad. I think we just heard about it so much because IBM is such a popular brand so there were more IBM drives out there. I'll keep this one until I can afford a 120GXP. 🙂
 


<< Whats this rave about the 75GXP hard drives CRASHING? I have two of them, and I have not experienced any problems with them AT ALL? I don't get it... my friend owns 3 of them, no problem, and another owns an additional two without problems... Has anyone had any problems or is this a complete myth? >>



You better knock on wood buddy... A lot of people have RMA'ed this drive, I RMA'ed my 30gb version as well. I'm sure not all 75GXP were bad, but someone them were.
 
I had a 75GXP 40GB drive die on me within 4 months of purchase. Granted, only those that have a problem post something- very rarely do you see topics like "my Maxtor is running swell". If the rate of failure is the same for each company, and more people buy IBM than anyone else, then one woulld see more IBM complaints. Without the numbers (which I'm sure no company would release the true data), we'll never know for sure. But you have to admit, alot of people have had problems with the 75GXP series. (note: IBM sent me a 60GXP replacement, and its been running fine).
 
Believe it or not, its their 60GXPs that have given me problems. As of last night, ive lost 3 out of 4. The trick to diagnosing is sound. The bad ones tend to make a clicking noise when you first turn them on for a few seconds. My first 2 that I had both had this, which at the time I had no frame of reference(for that drive ) to compare it to. When they both died and I had to RMA them, only one of the two I got back had this clicking. That one died last night. In all cases, the drives lasted about 2 months after I received them. If you have one of these drives and are hearing this clicking noise emitting from the drive, I would reccomend at least backing up your data, if not RMAing the drive right then.

Hope that gives you guys some more concrete details.
 
The question then however, is it worth investing more money into these drives and risk a possible chance of a drive that will make scratchy noises and crash??? I though IBM were the only good drives? Western Digital is said to be good, but I had 3 and they all crashed completely. Maxtor, I don't even wan't to talk about... Seagate??? What harddrive does one buy in todays chaos of crashes?
 


<< The question then however, is it worth investing more money into these drives and risk a possible chance of a drive that will make scratchy noises and crash??? I though IBM were the only good drives? Western Digital is said to be good, but I had 3 and they all crashed completely. Maxtor, I don't even wan't to talk about... Seagate??? What harddrive does one buy in todays chaos of crashes? >>



😉 two of any that work in RAID 1 configurations 😉
 
Nope, the 75GXP series was problematic and that's fact. The words of a few people who have had no problems at all (I have a 30 GB still going strong btw) can't change that.

System resellers are avoiding (or playing serious waiting games) with the 120GXPs because of past problems.
 


<< The question then however, is it worth investing more money into these drives and risk a possible chance of a drive that will make scratchy noises and crash??? I though IBM were the only good drives? Western Digital is said to be good, but I had 3 and they all crashed completely. Maxtor, I don't even wan't to talk about... Seagate??? What harddrive does one buy in todays chaos of crashes? >>



There hasn't been one company that hasn't made hard drives that didn't fail or crash. Some people have luck with certain companies, some people have luck with others. I had a WD completely fail on me, and IBM fail on me. Never had Maxtors or Seagates. But I currently use 3 WDs and 2 IBMs, and they have worked just great. I would say IBM (other than the 75GXP) HD are very reliable, and I would get Seagate if I found then to be lower priced than IBM.
 
IBM 75GXP owners should take a moment to remember that hard drives don't really give you "problems" or warnings. They usually just pick a time and go 100%. that's what happened to my coworker and his 75 GXP (and been the case in many other hard drive crashes I've witnessed over the years.)

~William Milberry
 
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