and all the bad jokes when i said i saved the box on my externals so return would be easy.
in maryland, the warantee sort of starts over. they cannot keep patching to get you through the two years or whatever. At 03:26 PM 9/23/2008, you wrote: >Contacted seagate and they were all too ready to exchange it ...I think this >is common ...I escalated to a "tech" and he said to backup my stuff NOW and >while waiting for the exchange drive ($20) I should visit a local religious >institution to make sure it doesn't fly apart before the other one gets here >...no extension on the warranty but I still have to Oct25 2010 on it which >will carry over, so ...barracuda ate my double sawbuck ...not as bad as a >failure be4 backup ...and they pay the s/h both ways so... > >Lesson...if these were such good drives why is it so easy to exchange them? >...shop somewhere else!! > >-----Original Message----- >From: mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 2:02 PM >Subject: Re: Diagnosis: noise of death or ? > > >Open the case and see. > >On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:46 AM, rlsimon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> My seagate barracuda 120gb ST3120026A is in a dell 4400 and there is a >> ringa janga sound which comes from the unit...I wonder if it is the >> unit fan because it began suddenly a few weeks ago and running >> SeaTools and using the >> spindown feature, the sound doesn't go away. The running temp is 27-30 >and >> the drive seems to function well. The "smart" feature is not triggered >> according to Belarc advisor. Drive IS under warranty. What shuddi doo? >> >> >> ********************************************************************** >> *** >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> ************************************************************************* >> > > >************************************************************************* >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >************************************************************************* > > >************************************************************************* >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
