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Got an IBM Deskstar (aka Deathstar)? Check this....
Posted: 2003-11-08 01:55pm
by Vertigo1
IBM releases firmware updates that supposedly fix this issue.
Took them long enough.
Posted: 2003-11-08 02:34pm
by phongn
That was released a year ago, Vert. The 'Deathstar' also really only applied to the 75GXP and 60GXP models.
Posted: 2003-11-08 02:49pm
by Vertigo1
They certainly never informed me of it the last time I sent a drive back to them. I managed to salvage the one I have with a LLF. I still don't trust it though.
Posted: 2003-11-08 03:00pm
by phongn
I wouldn't trust a 60GXP or 75GXP either, though the newer Hitachis seem reliable.
Posted: 2003-11-09 02:10am
by TrailerParkJawa
I had to replace 4 IBM drives last week , 3 for Netvista's and 1 laptop drive. I was happy to see that IBM technical support answered my calls quickly and efficiently. Although the were out of one drive and never told me. So I had to call be and get a substitute.
Posted: 2003-11-09 03:51am
by Crayz9000
I think I have a 60GXP. It's been giving me a lot of strange errors both in Windows and Linux-- in Linux I'm getting an occasional burst of ldm_validate_partition_table() errors, and in Windows it tells me that \device\dr2 can't be read from.
AND THE GODDAMN FUCKING IBM WEBSITE IS RETURNING AN INTERNAL SERVER ERROR!
Posted: 2003-11-09 03:55am
by Crayz9000
Wait a second... Windows tells me that the model number is IC35L060AVVA07-0, which a Google search turns up as the 60GB Deskstar 120GXP... huh?
Edit: D'oh, that's right. I have a 20 GB Quantum and a 60 GB IBM...
Does this update also apply to the 120GXP?
Posted: 2003-11-09 11:58am
by phongn
Erm ... it may. Some 120GXPs might have been bad, too.
Posted: 2003-11-09 02:49pm
by Pu-239
How come so many things from IBM are broken?
Examples would be the IBM JDK having the html documentation (or what there is of one) have executable permissions (otherwise it's a lot faster than Sun's), and the Omni drivers having windows-like names with spaces and capital letters which are annoying to type and script, with a nonusable debian directory, which means i have to go in and edit it.
Posted: 2003-11-09 02:58pm
by phongn
A few things does not make many a broken thing. However, the HD incidents were cause by some bad quality control at the Hungary plant.
Posted: 2003-11-09 10:43pm
by Vertigo1
Crayz9000 wrote:Wait a second... Windows tells me that the model number is IC35L060AVVA07-0, which a Google search turns up as the 60GB Deskstar 120GXP... huh?
Look at the top of the drive to be sure.