I believe IBM had an incredibly high failure rate for the TravelStar 4G -- upwards of 30%. I had the good fortune to be one of the first adopters, and our tape backup was also faulty... (btw, tape backup is an oxymoron!), so... The whine is a good sign of pre-death problems. DON'T IGNORE IT. I tried to get by until a replacement drive came for my desktop; the drive was back-ordered, "just two days," etc.; until my drive died a sudden death, and sounded like a submarine diving into the water. Thereafter followed two weeks of hell, and I still have an 8G external that I bought to hold the files off tape... one day I'll go over them... I haven't heard anything about the 6G having a high failure rate. The production runs were probably close enough, that they hadn't dealt with the problem. I believe both were fabbed in Hungary, which is now known as a very good plant (though, btw, the enviromentally and worker-conscious might note that IBM moved this stuff out of San Jose because it was too dirty). On their side, when my drive did die, I called IBM, gave them the serial number, and there was a drive on my doorstep the next day. Hitachi I know nothing about. Toshiba also makes drives that fit the specs (including power consumption), but their 4 & 6 gigs don't work :), which may be a good indication that the rest won't either... -Ken At 0:20 -0700 7/6/00, a DuoLister wrote: >From: "Robert J. Kohlhepp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [Duo] Re: Buying a 2400 harddrive > >Well, I have had better luck with the Hitachi. I first had MCE >install an IBM 6.4G. It started whining after about a month. I sent >it back for a swap to the Hitachi. This drive is quieter (and faster) ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> XRouter | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Now $199.99 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH120.html> PowerBook Guy is | Click here! Everything PowerBook! | http://www.powerbookguy.com Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
