In case information is still being harvested, I built a machine for a friend a couple months ago with an 60gb IBM Deskstar, DOA. Made clicks and beeps. They happily advance RMA'd the drive (a little too happily, I think, I've been doing hardware solutions for years, and it usually is a little more inquirious of a conversation), and the replacement works fine, for now.
However, if you're having repeated drive problems, I'd suggest qualifying everything else you use too, the odds of a huge manufacturer actually selling a product built with a defective process are very slim, especially for IBM.
I wouldn't abandon the best IDE drive manufacturers over this, IMHO.
-Matt
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At my sleep deprived state, "petaflop" really seems more like a cooking technique than a gauging of processes. I think anything that involves this word will be forever lost in convolution.
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In case information is still being harvested, I built a machine for a friend a couple months ago with an 60gb IBM Deskstar, DOA. Made clicks and beeps. They happily advance RMA'd the drive (a little too happily, I think, I've been doing hardware solutions for years, and it usually is a little more inquirious of a conversation), and the replacement works fine, for now.
However, if you're having repeated drive problems, I'd suggest qualifying everything else you use too, the odds of a huge manufacturer actually selling a product built with a defective process are very slim, especially for IBM.
I wouldn't abandon the best IDE drive manufacturers over this, IMHO.
-Matt
At my sleep deprived state, "petaflop" really seems more like a cooking technique than a gauging of processes. I think anything that involves this word will be forever lost in convolution.