I too have had at least 3 WD IDE drives fail on me. They all started with a ca-chunking type noise. I can't wait to have all my working ones replaced with something else ... only then will I breathe a little easier! Good luck!
Chris -----Original Message----- From: cythraul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 10:17 AM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Hard Drives that Actually Work? Hi Paul, My Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 (120 GB) has been running efficiently for more then a year now. Tho, it's now as quiet as my two 40 GB Seagate Barracuda IV that used to be in my backend -- now being used almost as badly on my desktop. My last experience with WD is with a 3 GB model that WD replaced 3 times during the warranty period. (the retailer bankrupted -- too much WD returns? :) It cost me a bundle of shipping and customs.. The last time it died (not long after the warranty expired,) I swore never to buy from them again and encourage people to do the same. Obviously they are still having problems but are still in business. Mind boggling. Good day, cythraul On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 07:53:36 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just had my second Western Digital Special Edition 200 GB drive die on me. Since I'm using an ASUS Pundit, I figured heat was the culprit, so the second drive had a dual-fan cooler on it. No such luck. After about three months of use, performance suddenly degrades, and the journals begin to corrupt. A few days later, I/O errors crop up, and the drive is pretty much useless. > > Are these drives just not up to the stress of a PVR? I'm interested in hearing what kind of drives people have had good luck with, as I've about had it with these. I'll get my third on warranty, but It won't be going back into a myth box. > > Thanks, > > Paul > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users >
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