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omg computer nearly died just now

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ChinamanatNCSU

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so I'm working on my lab write up, and all of the sudden I hear a clacking sound coming from my computer, and it suddenly reboots. Then, it gives me a boot disk failure, which freaks me out, since I think I have to pull a bad drive or the dreaded format c:. Luckily, I just let my baby rest for a little bit, boots up fine this time, scan disk fixes some bad clusters, and I'm back up. I swear I lost a couple good years from the end of my life though...thank god for backups, though reinstalling os's are a pain. Alrighty, back to writing labs...anyone else as frazzled as I am?
 
Same thing happened to me yesterday. What kind of HD do you have? Do you hear like a whinning sound then a click? Wat the hecks wrong? I about to call maxtor on the warranty.
 


<< 75GXP, perhaps? 😀 😛 >>


Hell even, the 60 GXP.
Actually, I heard IBM is not certifing the 120GXP for server use because it shouldn't be run 24/7. They need to get their act together.
 


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<< 75GXP, perhaps? 😀 😛 >>


Hell even, the 60 GXP.
Actually, I heard IBM is not certifing the 120GXP for server use because it shouldn't be run 24/7. They need to get their act together. >>



Yea i heard about that... What kind of crap is that?
 


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<< 75GXP, perhaps? 😀 😛 >>


Hell even, the 60 GXP.
Actually, I heard IBM is not certifing the 120GXP for server use because it shouldn't be run 24/7. They need to get their act together. >>




You heard correctly, I spoke with an IBM rep today, recoomended daily run time = 8 hrs :Q
 
pm baffled2....shes got 24 of the hunk's of junk

BTW, the magnets in those things are really strong.....i just broke open 2 120meg quantums so my dad could have stronger refrigeratior magnets
 


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<< 75GXP, perhaps? 😀 😛 >>


Hell even, the 60 GXP.
Actually, I heard IBM is not certifing the 120GXP for server use because it shouldn't be run 24/7. They need to get their act together. >>




You heard correctly, I spoke with an IBM rep today, recoomended daily run time = 8 hrs :Q >>



Well bend me over and call me stacey.. WHO THE HELL only uses a drive for 8 hours a day????
 


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<< 75GXP, perhaps? 😀 😛 >>


Hell even, the 60 GXP.
Actually, I heard IBM is not certifing the 120GXP for server use because it shouldn't be run 24/7. They need to get their act together. >>




You heard correctly, I spoke with an IBM rep today, recoomended daily run time = 8 hrs :Q >>



Well bend me over and call me stacey.. WHO THE HELL only uses a drive for 8 hours a day???? >>



trust me you really don't want to get me started on this subject, let me just say that I will not be purchasing anymore IBM hd's of either the IDE or SCSI variety, for SCSI I'll go with Seagate and I guess for IDE it'll have to be Maxtor
 


<< easy.......people who pay $20 for aohell..........and ENJOY IT >>



*shudder*
 


<< pm baffled2....shes got 24 of the hunk's of junk

BTW, the magnets in those things are really strong.....i just broke open 2 120meg quantums so my dad could have stronger refrigeratior magnets >>




Actually I'm not finished researching the issue and haven't decided on a course of action as of yet.Apparently,if the 60gxp's are going to fail they tend to so early in the life of the drive, heat is also suspect as a factor as is where the drive was manufactured, it also appears that people getting drives back on rma's have issues. Most of the dives I installed have been running longer than 3 months, I use wid-mid towers and good cooling so what I will most likely do is to issue an email advisory telling clients that reports have begun surfacing about issues with the drives along with IBM's advisory on the 8 hr runtime limit of the new 120gxp. I'll advise frequent backup's,if clients wish the drives replaced it will be at their own cost.
 
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