Ok, all of the IBM Death Star hard drives I used are dead.

[Tommy2000GT]

I built 4 computers for people using IBM 60 gxp desk star hard drives. Within the last year, all of them were dead and today, the 4th one just died. It was making the rattle of death.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: Tommy2000GT
I built 4 computers for people using IBM 60 gxp desk star hard drives. Within the last year, all of them were dead and today, the 4th one just died. It was making the rattle of death.

. Or was that a bad, unexpected thing somehow?
Tas.

 

[ribbon13]

That sounds like something to celebrate. Better to kill them off quickly, then to live in constant fear of thier demise.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Can someone describe the click of death? I always wonder if I hear it right.... Or someone record it?? I'm not sure if what I hear is the click of death with my 75GXPs.

 

[DaveSimmons]

What are these, 4-5 years old now? By that point a high percentage of drives will fail if used steadily, regardless of brand.

 

[Codegen]

I remember there was a series of Fujitsu drives that was hitting 100% failure rate. We had one of those drives.....

I know you can't expect IBM Deskstars to last long. I hear they've improved in that aspect since Hitachi took over the Deskstar line.

 

[Jiggz]

Lucky you! My 40GB didn't even last 2 years! Eversince I always use Maxtor's.

 

[daniel1113]

My two 75GXPs are still kicking.

 

[LED]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
What are these, 4-5 years old now? By that point a high percentage of drives will fail if used steadily, regardless of brand.

Yep and I believe they were glass tempered heads...They also brought new speeds to the table.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
Can someone describe the click of death? I always wonder if I hear it right.... Or someone record it?? I'm not sure if what I hear is the click of death with my 75GXPs.

One of these, I don't remember which one it is. I think it's the Hitachi link:

IBM hard drive

Hitachi Drive

 

[imported_BikeDude]

Originally posted by: Codegen
We had one of those drives.....

Me 2...

They had to pay quite a bit for their mistake: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/10/22/fujitsu_hdd_fiasco_to_end/

 

[orangat]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
What are these, 4-5 years old now? By that point a high percentage of drives will fail if used steadily, regardless of brand.

Exactly

 

[TStep]

I still have two that are running. Nothing like playing with fire.

 

[nweaver]

eh...I have drives that are WAY older then 4-5 years. In fact, we just got rid of 200 PC's that had 6 year old Seagates in them. of the 400 (original, they have trickled away over time) we had maybe 20 drive failures over the 6 years.

 

[deathwalker]

Ah alas...all of those dogs have been put out of there misery and you dont have to deal with them any more.

 

[Oyeve]

I'm suprised the 4th one lasted this long. Have a beer and celebrate! :beer:

 

[Overkiller]

I have a 45 GB model that still runs. Any one want to play some roulette with their data?