IBM GXP Owners, in here! I demand a recount!

[sandorski]

Duron 650@750
Asus A7V
13.5g GXP22 on 66/33 controller
Win98SE
running fine for 14 months.

 

[quadcells]

Here it is:

PIII 800E o/c 1000MHz
Asus i815E
One 45.6gig 75GXP connected to Primary ATA/100 controller
Two 45.6gig 75GXP connected to Promise FT100 Stripe 0 RAID
Dual Boot WIN98SE/WIN2K
Had drives since August, No problems

 

[hans007]

chipset: kt133
deskstar: 15gb
ide controller: 686A
raid: no
terms: works fine.

 

[Doggiedog]

1Ghz Athlon Classic
Abit KA-7
256MB Corsair PC133 SDRAM
IBM 45GB GXP 2 mos old
IBM 30GB GXP 9 mos old
Win98SE/Win2K

Just recently upgraded my Win98 to SE from FE.

Soon after, my 30GB HDD started to make clicking sounds.

At the recommendation of my fellow forum friends (F3?), I got the patch and my HDD no longer clicks.

 

[jj9879]

VIA KX133
45GB
Onboard controller on my Abit Ka7-100(RAID)
RAID: YES
Term of use: Still running 6 months strong. Have had no problems whatsoever from the drives

Jason

 

[Adul]

10 GB 14GXP 2 years plus and still no problems. I wish it dies soon so i can cash in on the product protection I paid for...

 

[meister]

CPU/Chipset: amd 1 gig, via kt133
Deskstar model: 30GB
IDE Controller for Deskstar: VIA ATA-66
RAID: NO
Term of use: Running 1 month fine

Mark

 

[RMD2000]

I have 2 IBM's 30Gb on Abit KT7 RAID. Running great on RAID-0 and just as a standalone drives(ATA100) - tried both ways. No problems so far.

 

[Modeps]

See my sig for specs... 3 mnths. no problems yet. (knock wood)

 

[Fumiup]

Duron 600
Abit KT-7 Raid (VIA)
2 15gb 75GXP's
Both in Raid 0.
I've been running them for about 5 months now without any problems.

 

[w9design]

CPU/Chipset: AMD Duron 600@1000* on KT133.
Deskstar model: 30GB*
IDE Controller for Deskstar: VIA 686B
RAID: NO)
Term of use: 1 week

No problems.

*BRAG: Devices with asterisks following were won in online contests.

 

[billyjak]

Heres mine

 

[SUOrangeman]

Thanks guys. It looks like there isn't a real problem with these drives.

I hope to acquire 2 30GB or 45GB units when I build my next system. Based on your info, those plans still stand.

BTW, 45GB is $149 at Onvia.

-SUO

 

[arthurb1]

Allright

Highpoint RAID on a KT7-R (2k PRO) (STRIPE)
2 - 30 GB's 75 GXP
A7V Promise controller: (2k SRVR)
1 - 30GB 75 GXP
BH6 Standard IDE Controller: (98 SE with ICS)
1 - 30 GB 75GXP
ASUS P2B-LS (File Server) (Promise FT66 RAID, STRIPE) (98, will be 2k in Jan.-Feb.)
2 - 34GB 34GXP's

and 10 30 GB 75GXP in 10 seperate computers I built for friends, all with the mobo's controllers (mostly A7V's and one P3B-F )


Don't know what all the fuss is about...mine are all healthy (KNOCK KNOCK)

 

[pac1085]

CPU/Chipset: Duron 700@1100, VIA KT133
Deskstar model: 15GB
IDE Controller for Deskstar: HPT-
RAID: NO
Term of use: If still running, for how long? - approx 6 months or so.

Never had a problem with it. Not one.

 

[Edgy]

abit kt7 raid mb
on board controller
45gig hd ibm

since Aug

factory driver
no prob

 

[TH]

Had a 75GXP 45 GB fail over two months ago. The replacement failed last week. Haven't installed the second replacement yet. Both times the bad clusters developed on the windows partition. Couldn't recover on the second occurance. Good thing I have multiple partitions.

CPU/Chipset: 440 BX
Deskstar model: 45GB
IDE Controller for Deskstar: Promise Ultra-100.
Term of use: First failed after six weeks, second after two months.

 

[prontospyder]

CPU/Chipset: BX PIII 700@945.
Deskstar model: 13.6GB 22GXP
IDE Controller for Deskstar: BX
RAID: NO
Term of use: If still running, for how long? about a year.

 

[brianafischer]

CPU -> T-Bird 750Mhz @ 900 MHz
MB -> ASUS A7V KT133 Chipset
IDE Controller -> Promise FastTrack100 IDE
RAID -> Promise Hardware RAID 0
Drives -> 2x IBM 75 GXP 30GB

Terms of Use: Running Win2k. Weird behavior. I have two partitions. c: 5GB (OS, NTFS), d: 55GB (Storage, A/V Editing, FAT32) This is my problem: I get disk errors a lot. Every time I reboot, chkdsk is run on D: and I usually have a few "errors" (1 or 2) in the file system. Is this indication of a failing drive? It has been happening for a few months now. Other than that, they have been great

 

[Phuz]

CPU/Chipset: Duron @ 1000mhz / Via Kt133
Deskstar model: 30GB
IDE Controller for Deskstar: Promise @ ATA100
Term of use: My first one was on it's way out.. so I quickly RMA'd it. This new one is fine.

 

[miniMUNCH]

CPU/Chipset: TB 900 / Abit KT7-RAID
Deskstar model: 45GB 75XP
IDE Controller: High-point ATA 100 RAID
RAID: No
Term of use: New System has been running for two weeks without any problems, disk installation and setup was a breeze compare to most of the crap I deal with a on daily basis (PLC's, controllers, SCADA hardware).

 

[brianafischer]

Anyone know if I should RMA my drive/drives? Refer to my previous post 2 up^^ Plz tell me, I would hate to loose 55GB of data!!

Thanks,
Brian

 

[aviris]

MSI 6321 (694D Pro) w VIA Apolla Pro Chipset
Onboard ATA 66 (the board came with a PCI ATA-100 controller but I've been to lazy to put it in as the Sandra scores are about equal with another machine based on the same board using the onboard ATA-100)
2 PIII 733
512 Crucial CAS2
30GB 75GXP - Failed after 2 months - RMA in process.
Currently using 75GB 75GXP - very fast (Sandra 21208)but much louder than the 30 GB.

I have 24 of the 75GB sitting in my office right now waiting to be put into 3 Arena Raid Boxes (8 drives per box of RAID 5).

I'll let you know how it goes (I plan to put them together next week)