teklord310 Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 Where my fellow computer geeks at??I rebooted last night and didn't notice it till this morning. My secondary IBM Deskstar 75GXP 45gb drive is dead. Upon restarting it makes an odd quiet access sound. That is all. My fuckin drive crashed. I know the entire line is shit and they discontinued them. Does anyone know if I can get it replaced under warranty? I bought it OEM. I hope my 75gb deskstar doesn't crash on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuturephunk Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 Should have a one year on it by default, unless you purchased longer . . Go to IBM's website and have it replaced . . When you say OEM are you sayin that you bought it right from IBM or through a sysem manufacturer such as Dell? . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr0ne Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 Originally posted by teklord310 I hope my 75gb deskstar doesn't crash on me. oh but it will.http://news.com.com/2110-1040-274914.html"Hard-drive suit targets IBM By Michael Kanellos Staff Writer, CNET News.comOctober 24, 2001, 3:10 PM PTIBM has been hit with a class-action lawsuit that alleges the company's 75GXP Deskstar hard drive is defective. The 75GB capacity, the lawsuit alleges, is defective because it crashes without notice. The suit, filed in Alameda County Superior Court in California, seeks unspecified damages. IBM could not immediately be reached for comment. "http://forums.storagereview.net/viewtopic.php?t=1923&highlight=75gxpmy advice to you. buy a new one same capacity, online (NOT from ebay). then sell the one that still works on ebay. rma the dead one to ibm and when you get it back....sell that one also and buy another drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teklord310 Posted October 3 Author Report Share Posted October 3 Originally posted by dr0ne my advice to you. buy a new one same capacity, online (NOT from ebay). then sell the one that still works on ebay. rma the dead one to ibm and when you get it back....sell that one also and buy another drive. So basically i'm phucked. Who would pay money for a used IBM piece of shit? Well I did, but that was 2 years ago when they were highly rated and everyone used their drives. From what Iheard IBM sold that line to someone else. I know their SCSI drives have a 5 year warranty.OEM means no box, just standalone drive from a reseller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr0ne Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 Originally posted by teklord310 So basically i'm phucked. Who would pay money for a used IBM piece of shit? Well I did, but that was 2 years ago when they were highly rated and everyone used their drives. From what Iheard IBM sold that line to someone else. I know their SCSI drives have a 5 year warranty.OEM means no box, just standalone drive from a reseller. hitachi is supposed to be the new owner.sell it on ebay like i said, there's plenty of tools out there who don't know what's up and you'll get a good price for it. don't forget to mention its under warranty (they have a 3 yr warranty from ibm even if OEM) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubtness Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 Time to go get yourself a Maxtor or WD HD..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teklord310 Posted October 3 Author Report Share Posted October 3 Originally posted by doubtness Time to go get yourself a Maxtor or WD HD..... WD 120GB 8mb Special "drool" Edition Parts are getting so cheap these days. Mail in rebates that cut prices in half.check out forums.anandtech.com the "Hot Deals" forum. Crazy stuff. I used to read slick deals all the time, but they have nothing in comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr0ne Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 well not all ibm's are bad from what i hear, just the 75gxp.personally i've had problems with maxtor, ibm, quantum and wd. the maxtor died within a month. the ibm came doa. the quantum died sort of after a year but it's been working to this day now just with like 500megs of bad sectors. the wd died within 2 years of use. all of these were ide besides the wd which was scsi, and it was known to be a shitty scsi drive.other than that i have drives by ibm, wd, seagate which have never given me trouble for years. they are all scsi though.....if you want reliability and have the money, go for scsi no doubt. they're not too much faster like people say, but they're better built.this shit can get very complicated but the bottom line is.....have backups of everything. today it's too expensive to buy a tape backup, so the cheapest way is two of each drive in a raid 1 setup. although raid 1 is slow, what i do is have two drives, then every night auto backup the difference from one to the other....faster that way, worst case you lose today's shit, which isn't usually a big deal for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ou812 Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 Originally posted by doubtness Time to go get yourself a Maxtor or WD HD..... Don't get Maxtor, they blow monkey ass................Western Digital is much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teklord310 Posted October 3 Author Report Share Posted October 3 Originally posted by ou812 Don't get Maxtor, they blow monkey ass................Western Digital is much better. Yep... i could never back a company who produced a 5 1/4" 3600 rpm drive in the mid 90s. What the hell were they thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
os9 Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 This is semi-unrelated but I had a ibm drive in my laptop that totally flaked out. It started making goofy noises and "stalling." I replaced it with a Toshiba and it's been fine so far. Not too long ago I was looking for at IBM's deskstars in hopes of expanding space for DV, encasing my old drive into a hardwire enclosure, but read too many articles about IBM being unreliable, defective even.Why do so many of you have so much disk space? I'm just curious. Pro Tools? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gothzane Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 Originally posted by os9 Why do so many of you have so much disk space? I'm just curious. Pro Tools? Porn......duh.My question...who are the Raid freaks out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubtness Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 Originally posted by gothzane Porn......duh.My question...who are the Raid freaks out there? Very small percentage of the home user would use RAID in their systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teklord310 Posted October 3 Author Report Share Posted October 3 Holy shitt!!!!My drive letters just came back. I'm gonna backup everything I can them whack it with a sledge hammer to make sure its broke. Fuck u ibm. Give me a new drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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