07-09-2008, 12:58 AM
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 Re: Seagate 7200.11 High Failure Rate
In article , "Tony" wrote:
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>"Rod Speed" wrote in message
>news:6diiirF2ph04U1@mid.individual.net...
>> Tony wrote
>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>> Tony wrote
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>>>>> I have gotten 5 drives and 4 of them failed within an hour. Yes, the
>>>>> warranty replacements gotten directly from Seagate failed just like
>>>>> the orginal 2 new ones purchased from an online retailer.
>>
>>>> Then the system you were installing them in was killing them.
>>
>>> You mean my provenably reliable desktop
>>
>> No such animal as far as a new fault showing up is concerned, particularly
>> when you increase the load on the 12V rail by adding extra drives.
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>You're obviously on the defensive for whatever reason. (Trolling!).
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>>
>>> that I have used for years all of a sudden picks and chooses to destroy
>>> 7200.11 drives but not my Maxtor SATA or Segate PATA drive or other
>>> drives I've had in it?
>>
>> All that indicates is that the Seagate drives were more sensitive to the
>> fault.
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>>> I regularly SATA and PATA drives in this machine to test and setup other
>>> users' machines.
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>> Irrelevant to what happens when the number of drives is increased
>> significantly.
>>
>>> So, given all the data of users experiencing high failure rates,
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>> No one got anything like the failure rate that you claimed to have seen.
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>Even moreso! The latest post shows 8 drives failing for one user! Read all
>about it:
>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148316.
>41% of the reviews rate it VERY POOR (one star, probably because it may not
>be possible to give zero stars). 50% rate the product 2 stars or less. It's
>clearly a defective product being delivered for whatever reason.
>
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>>> you actually came to the conclusion that my system is bad?
>>
>> Nope, from the failure rate that no one else is seeing, actually.
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>Click on the above link and see.
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>>> Totally bizarre, dude.
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>> Nope, dud.
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>>>>> One of the original warranty replacements is still working,
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>>>> All that proves is that what killed the others doesnt kill all drives.
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>>>>> though I'm not really using it yet other than loading Windows and
>>>>> testing configs. The model is ST3320613AS. Has anyone the inside scoop
>>>>> on what the problem with these drives is/are
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>>>> The system you are putting them in is killing them.
>>
>>>>> and whether or not it affects all 7200.11 drives or just the 320 GB
>>>>> model?
>>
>>>> Its cant be either of those. If they were all failing at
>>>> anything like that rate, the sellers would know about that.
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>>> Check out the product reviews at NewEgg.
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>> None of them have had anything like the failure rate you are claiming.
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>The link dude, the link. Read and learn.
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>>> I think the latest reviewer notes that he went through 8 drives looking
>>> for 2 good ones. Check it out.
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>> No thanks, its clearly not what most see.
>>
>>> Something is up with these drives.
>>
>> Something is certainly up with your 'logic'
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>>>>> (Aside: I bought the original 2 drives for a desktop RAID 0 setup
>>>>> but there's no way I'd use these drives in anything less than a
>>>>> RAID 1 setup now because of their proven unreliability).
>>
>>>> Its the unreliability of the system you put them in thats proven.
>>
>>> That's not a logical conclusion given the existing information.
>>
>> Wrong, as always.
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>OK troll. Buh bye!
>
>Logical users who aren't trolls and have the ability to reason, please post
>your experiences with this drive model as something is obviously awry.
>
>Tony\
>
I have a pair of 320Giggers and a newly purchased 750GB drive, All seagate
7200.11 series and they are fine. Running cool using my Antec 900 case with 2
front 120mm fans.
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