Iroc Posted October 21, 2002 Report Share Posted October 21, 2002 I just turned on my computer which has a single u133 maxtor 80gb 7200 and i swear it now has a high pitched whine, im sooooooooo mad, this thing isnt even a year old, scratch that im severly pissed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsgolfman Posted October 21, 2002 Report Share Posted October 21, 2002 Uh-Oh, sure sign of disk death. Ask Bruce if he has an extra one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbreb13 Posted October 22, 2002 Report Share Posted October 22, 2002 Take it apart and spray some WD-40 in there, quick! j/k Thats a drag man. Maxtor has a really good RMA policy though. Get MaxBlast and run the tests on it to see if its dying or not. If MaxBlast gives you some error codes write "em down and contact Maxtor. MaxBlast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruceleeon Posted October 22, 2002 Report Share Posted October 22, 2002 i tried that before and maxtor basically told me to call back when it dies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbreb13 Posted October 22, 2002 Report Share Posted October 22, 2002 i tried that before and maxtor basically told me to call back when it dies.Certain Error messages will warrant an immediate replacement though Dead or not. I know from personal experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iroc Posted October 22, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2002 Maxblast seems to be the installation utility dont i need a diagnostic utility ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbreb13 Posted October 22, 2002 Report Share Posted October 22, 2002 Maxblast seems to be the installation utility dont i need a diagnostic utility ? Yeah get this too. PowerMax It used to be included in the MaxBlast package, sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruceleeon Posted October 23, 2002 Report Share Posted October 23, 2002 There is a lot of information on the Maxtor website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iroc Posted October 23, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2002 The only peeve i have about using those utils is my hdd is on a promise pci controller card, so i have to swap it to the mainboard for it to find the drive... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruceleeon Posted October 23, 2002 Report Share Posted October 23, 2002 Ouch, it just boils down to Maxtor needs to start making better drives... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbreb13 Posted October 23, 2002 Report Share Posted October 23, 2002 Ouch, it just boils down to Maxtor needs to start making better drives...Maxtor and Western Digital make the best drives IMO! Their failure rate is way below all the other Mfr's. especially IBM and Fujitsu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruceleeon Posted October 23, 2002 Report Share Posted October 23, 2002 Yeah.. but think of it this way... more companies used the IBM drives, and for the average consumer, they don't stress the drives as much as some of us out here... Half ass manufacturing can be fine when people like us don't use their products. i am not saying that their drives are (the S-word)... because I have only had one WD fail in all my life. But, there are good lots and bad lots, and quality control needs to be at the forefront of any manufacturing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal Posted October 24, 2002 Report Share Posted October 24, 2002 my freind actually had an 80 giger maxtor and he got an RMA just like that. we put the phone upto the HD and the lady heard the noise, gave us an RMA #, u just have to send ur old one back . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal Posted October 24, 2002 Report Share Posted October 24, 2002 my freind actually had an 80 giger maxtor and he got an RMA just like that. we put the phone upto the HD and the lady heard the noise, gave us an RMA #, u just have to send ur old one back . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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