wtH?! noise from a new hdd?!

[ct_]

ok, so i got a replacement for that last drive that died...

even got an extra 10GB! they sent a 40 instead of the 30 i had

welll, ok... BUT

NOW, i get a WEIRD noise coming from the PC now, which i never heard before the new drive was put in


"knock (pause) zzzzinggggggggggGGGGGGG"



is this NORMAL for a NEW hard drive?!

**** NO!

what the HELL do they think they are doing?!?!?!

have i mentioned that i ****ing HATE MAXTOR yet?

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[Mr.Tweak]

Was it an IBM drive by any chance?

[Wiggo]

Nah ct_ just likes playin' with rooted Maxtor HDD's. :hammer:
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[FLaCo]

Ct man it better learn from your mistakes ...it better not be another Maxtor d00d! : peace2:

[Mr. C]

That's got to be beyond aggravating
I feel for you man:(

[Wiggo]

Some ppl really should learn when to cut their losses and change brands.
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[Mr. C]

Well, if they were willing to RMA the drive, I certainly would have given them the opportunity too.

But at this point, I'd drop 'em like the proverbial hot potato and never look back. I mean....I'd be P#$$ed!

[aznx]

no maxtor
no ibm
no wd

seagate 0wns

[brashquido]

I think every drive manufacturer has bad batches. I remember back about 4-5 years, IDE segate drives were a dirty word. I remember the company I used to work for sold 50-60 workstations with seagate drives to a school, and ATLEAST two thirds of those drives had to be replaced, and even a very high percentage (50% +) of the replacement drives had to be replaced. We ended up changing suppliers because they refused to sell any other brand.

[ReSpAwN DeMoN]

The way I see it is they do in fact have all there flaws. IBM seems to be the fastest performing drive cause of the more buffer space that it has. But it comes with a price the circuit board over heats causing the click of death sounds. I myself have an IBM Deskstar drive and I don't have anyproblems with it. Maxtor and Western Digital I think seem to be the same with quality and prices I'm not sure about seagate I never used them.