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Offline Fulmar

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Re: bzbzbzbzbz hard drive
« Reply #15 on: October 26, 2009, 04:17:29 PM »
Quote from: Dragon on October 26, 2009, 03:52:03 PM
That make 2 bad 1TB drives posted here in 2 weeks.  Kinda makes you wonder about them. 
Relative to why most manufactuers (except for selected ones from WD - Seagate anymore?) have moved away from 5 year warranties.  Now 3 is the standard on 'most' drives.
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Re: bzbzbzbzbz hard drive
« Reply #16 on: October 26, 2009, 04:38:23 PM »
please dont tell me the hd u got was a 1tb from hitachi ( just got mine from frys on sale for 50 which is the only reason i got it instead of the wd that i wanted.

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Re: bzbzbzbzbz hard drive
« Reply #17 on: October 26, 2009, 11:14:26 PM »
my roommates Hitachi's 1TB tested bad.. just a note Hitachi's drives are really IBM's DeskStar line aka DeathStar.  IBM sold them thier HD division.


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Re: bzbzbzbzbz hard drive
« Reply #18 on: October 27, 2009, 01:24:23 AM »
They (and I can't mention the company I bought from) are allowing me an even swap for the hard drive. If by some strange event the error continues with the new drive, I'll repost here.

The hard drive was a 1TB WD Caviar Black, similar to the 640gig I already have but larger.

I'm wondering if it is the way these HDs are being shipped that is causing much of the problem. Throwing the drive into a box with a few peanuts isn't real secure and really makes the thing bounce around inside.
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Re: bzbzbzbzbz hard drive
« Reply #19 on: October 27, 2009, 01:25:40 AM »
Quote from: TheZohan on October 26, 2009, 11:14:26 PM
my roommates Hitachi's 1TB tested bad.. just a note Hitachi's drives are really IBM's DeskStar line aka DeathStar.  IBM sold them thier HD division.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitachi_Deskstar

I have a 10 year old 13 Gb Deskstar that still works fine but it's not in use anymore.  I tried to sell it on ebay but no one bit.  I did manage to get a pretty good price on a 9 year old 11 Gb TravelStar in perfect working order though.  I was surprised at what I got for it.

Quote from: Delirium on October 27, 2009, 01:24:23 AM
I'm wondering if it is the way these HDs are being shipped that is causing much of the problem. Throwing the drive into a box with a few peanuts isn't real secure and really makes the thing bounce around inside.

I doubt it.  Drives are actually pretty sturdy.  I dropped one 4-5 feet onto the concrete basement floor one day with no ill effects and have another IDE drive missing a pin and it still works perfectly.  Bouncing around in foam peanuts isn't likely to hurt one.
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Re: bzbzbzbzbz hard drive
« Reply #20 on: October 27, 2009, 05:50:51 AM »
Quote from: BaldEagl on October 27, 2009, 01:25:40 AM
I have a 10 year old 13 Gb Deskstar that still works fine but it's not in use anymore.  I tried to sell it on ebay but no one bit.  I did manage to get a pretty good price on a 9 year old 11 Gb TravelStar in perfect working order though.  I was surprised at what I got for it.

I doubt it.  Drives are actually pretty sturdy.  I dropped one 4-5 feet onto the concrete basement floor one day with no ill effects and have another IDE drive missing a pin and it still works perfectly.  Bouncing around in foam peanuts isn't likely to hurt one.

That's probably because 11 GB is 1% of a modern 1TB drive which costs $50. Did you get it for $0.5?  ;)

Drop on contrete floor:  :eek:
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Re: bzbzbzbzbz hard drive
« Reply #21 on: October 29, 2009, 03:28:24 PM »
In regards to peanuts, if it isn't in an antistatic bag, I'd be worried about the chips getting fried. Styrofoam is the most horrible computer component packing material known to man. I'd rather it be in a tub of jello.
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Re: bzbzbzbzbz hard drive
« Reply #22 on: October 29, 2009, 04:25:37 PM »
well i dropped my hitachi 1 tb new hd not once but twice yesterday, including the famous  try-to-catch-it-before-it-hits-the-floor kick and it still worked  :banana:.  guess i got lucky a piece of plastic came off it but heck who needs that extra sharp edge  :lol

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Re: bzbzbzbzbz hard drive
« Reply #23 on: October 30, 2009, 01:29:46 AM »
Quote from: guncrasher on October 29, 2009, 04:25:37 PM
well i dropped my hitachi 1 tb new hd not once but twice yesterday, including the famous  try-to-catch-it-before-it-hits-the-floor kick and it still worked  :banana:.  guess i got lucky a piece of plastic came off it but heck who needs that extra sharp edge  :lol

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Start making backups already. There's really no reason why computer components should be handled sloppy enough to drop them - a harddrive will get damaged from dropping it. If it won't fail immediately it's just a matter of time.
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Re: bzbzbzbzbz hard drive
« Reply #24 on: October 30, 2009, 11:05:34 AM »
agree with u but in my defense my gfluffiedog was on my way both times.  darn mutt likes to be next to my feet all the time.


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Re: bzbzbzbzbz hard drive
« Reply #25 on: October 30, 2009, 04:32:47 PM »
Got my faulty 1Tb drive RMA'd no problem. It was a Samsung Spinpoint F1 btw and not the first one the retailer had back either. They even slammed the old one down on the counter a few times (after testing) in front of me.
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Re: bzbzbzbzbz hard drive
« Reply #26 on: December 20, 2009, 11:30:27 PM »
(apologies for bumping this thread but the reply is still relative)

I'm still having the Bzbzbzbzbzbzbz error in bios anytime I try and boot with the 2nd drive. This 1TB drive is a replacement for the other one, I'm assuming I couldn't get two bad drives, anyone else have any ideas what could be causing this error?
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Re: bzbzbzbzbz hard drive
« Reply #27 on: December 20, 2009, 11:33:01 PM »
I've researched as much as I can on the net, everyone is saying it is a bad drive, but I'm not convinced. Here is a copy of someone's bios that shows the error that I have as well.



As soon as I disconnect the new drive, I can boot on my old drive. I had originally wanted to get a 2nd drive and run Win7-64bit off the new drive.
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Re: bzbzbzbzbz hard drive
« Reply #28 on: December 20, 2009, 11:53:23 PM »
I'm thinking the only people that could debug that at this point would be the software and hardware engineers that created it.
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