Re: Pismo Hard drive problems UPDATE

2004-05-13 Thread Laurent Daudelin 
On 13/05/04 13:24, "Pat Heidingsfelder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Thanks to the person who made it known the travelstars have a 3 year
> warranty!!  I purchased this Pismo used over at powerbook central.  The
> previous owner upgraded the HD, and the warranty is still valid until
> September!!!   Yipp!!   Got my RMA # and it is in the mail!!!  Will
> they send me a new, refurbed, or this HD fixed?Hope its new =)

Usually, it's a refurbed. Sometimes, you get a new one. Never the old one
fixed. Sometimes, you might even be lucky and get an "upgrade". For
instance, I had a Maxtor 120GB that died within the first 30 days. Sent it
back to Maxtor to get a replacement. I got a new drive, but instead of a
120GB, it was a 160GB!

-Laurent.
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Re: Pismo Hard drive problems UPDATE

2004-05-13 Thread Pat Heidingsfelder 
Thanks to the person who made it known the travelstars have a 3 year 
warranty!!  I purchased this Pismo used over at powerbook central.  The 
previous owner upgraded the HD, and the warranty is still valid until 
September!!!   Yipp!!   Got my RMA # and it is in the mail!!!  Will 
they send me a new, refurbed, or this HD fixed?Hope its new =)

Thanks to all!!
Pat
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Re: Pismo Hard drive problems

2004-05-13 Thread Malcolm Cornelius 
> be sure to call IBM and check on the warranty on that drive before you
> chuck it. Many of the travelstar drives have a 3 year warranty. Even if
> you need to purchase a new drive sooner, you can have that one fixed
> under warranty and get a working drive back to use in an external case,
> or sell to offset the cost of a new drive.

Ones that are sold OEM e.g. to Apple for use in Powerbooks have a 1 year.

Best wishes

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Re: Pismo Hard drive problems

2004-05-13 Thread Steve Fuller 
 On May 12, 2004, at 9:59 PM, Pat Heidingsfelder wrote:

Hey, thanks, well not thanks!! But needed info!  Pretty bad timing 
too!  Planing a trip for next Weds.!  I will be off to look for a new 
drive, and will try the freezer trick.
be sure to call IBM and check on the warranty on that drive before you 
chuck it. Many of the travelstar drives have a 3 year warranty. Even if 
you need to purchase a new drive sooner, you can have that one fixed 
under warranty and get a working drive back to use in an external case, 
or sell to offset the cost of a new drive.

Steve

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Re: Pismo Hard drive problems

2004-05-12 Thread Pat Heidingsfelder 
Hey, thanks, well not thanks!! But needed info!  Pretty bad timing too! 
 Planing a trip for next Weds.!  I will be off to look for a new drive, 
and will try the freezer trick.

Thanks again!
Pat
On May 12, 2004, at 9:41 PM, G-Books wrote:
Bad news, my friend your hard drive has died. The clicking sound, is 
the
tall tale sign your hard drive is dead. The second factor is Tech tool 
Pro
can't find your hard drive. I hope you have your data backed up. If you
haven't backed up your data, you might try the freezer trick, to temp 
mount
your hard drive so you can back up your data before installing a new 
hard
drive.

Regards,.
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Aaron Willems
Ok, I have a 500mhz Pismo.   All has been fine, I tried to start it 
up,
but all I get is click, click, click from the drive.  It has a 48 gig
Travelstar in it.  After the clicking, it shows the question mark and
the finder folder.  I tried booting with tech tool pro, all it found
for volumes was the CD!!  I really hope this is not the end of my hard
drive.

Please help!!!


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Re: Pismo Hard drive problems

2004-05-12 Thread Aaron Willems 
Bad news, my friend your hard drive has died. The clicking sound, is the
tall tale sign your hard drive is dead. The second factor is Tech tool Pro
can't find your hard drive. I hope you have your data backed up. If you
haven't backed up your data, you might try the freezer trick, to temp mount
your hard drive so you can back up your data before installing a new hard
drive.

Regards,.
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Aaron Willems

> Ok, I have a 500mhz Pismo.   All has been fine, I tried to start it up,
> but all I get is click, click, click from the drive.  It has a 48 gig
> Travelstar in it.  After the clicking, it shows the question mark and
> the finder folder.  I tried booting with tech tool pro, all it found
> for volumes was the CD!!  I really hope this is not the end of my hard
> drive.
> 
> Please help!!!
> 


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Pismo Hard drive problems

2004-05-12 Thread Pat Heidingsfelder 
Ok, I have a 500mhz Pismo.   All has been fine, I tried to start it up, 
but all I get is click, click, click from the drive.  It has a 48 gig 
Travelstar in it.  After the clicking, it shows the question mark and 
the finder folder.  I tried booting with tech tool pro, all it found 
for volumes was the CD!!  I really hope this is not the end of my hard 
drive.

Please help!!!

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