Anybody here use HITACHI HD

**Chewy** · 20 May 2007, 04:43 AM

no more ibm/hitachi deathstars for me

**BR7** · 20 May 2007, 05:01 AM

Damn it

Wish you would have posted sooner it's already on it's way.I guess I will cross my fingers and hope for the best LOL.What I am going to do is put Windows on the new HD and then put my Linux on the 80gig drive. I went against messing with those modems I decided to shell out some money for the Sat DSL in a month or two.

**locoeng** · 20 May 2007, 11:18 AM

I think you will be alright BR...chewy said deathstar and you got a deskstar.

**jm1647** · 20 May 2007, 08:42 PM

@BR7 - To make ya feel a lil bit better, I got an old Gateway from 1999 from a cousin who upgraded that had an 20GB IBM Deskstar in it. The drive is still chugging along.

**BR7** · 20 May 2007, 08:51 PM

I can't wait to get some extra space it has been a needed upgrade since I got my computer.But thanks to loco pointing out Chewys type-O and your friends gateway I feel I can breath a little easier now LOL

**jm1647** · 20 May 2007, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by BR7

I can't wait to get some extra space it has been a needed upgrade since I got my computer.But thanks to loco pointing out Chewys type-O and your friends gateway I feel I can breath a little easier now LOL

I'm not sure of the timeframe awhile back but there usta be a lot of trouble with the Deskstars, thats how they became known as the Deathstars

**BR7** · 20 May 2007, 09:08 PM

I just hope it's all taken care of here in the present.And from what I have been reading they have been holding up

**Chewy** · 20 May 2007, 09:11 PM

typo my arse

out of ~20 deathstars(40-60 gig pata models) over 90% died in 2 years
associates/friends/relatives(I was a maxtor man)

they finally changed their name to hitachi and quit honoring warranty

Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 1 year

says it all, I know it's been almost 3 years but a PO'd wookie never forgives

Other Thoughts: A little less than a year ago I configured a pair of these drives up in a mirrored RAID configuration. Recently I started to encounter write problems with both drives. Files are mysteriously becoming corrupted. I've performed a Drive Fitness Test (the Hitachi test utility) and forwarded the results to Hitachi. They have confirmed that, yes indeed, the drives are both defective. However, even with only less than one year of a three year warrantee passed, they are refusing to cover replacement. Their claim is that I am operating the drives 24/7 and that the drives are intended to be operated a maximum of 333 hours per month. 1. After shutdown, the entire system is powered off with a master switch at night. 2. Even if I was operating 24/7, I see nowhere in the product specifications nor in the warrantee, anything about a maximum duty cycle.

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