Re: [expert] hard drive experiences (was 8.0 final --brakes MANY applications (Software Installeris first on that list))

[Tom Brinkman]

On Thursday 26 April 2001 07:52 pm, Walter Luffman wrote:
> Let me see if I have this straight.  At various times Western Digital,
> IBM, Quantum and Maxtor have all produced drives that are lemons.  These
> makers have also produced some very good drives.  Is that about right?
>
> Okay, who has horror stories to tell about Seagate and Fujitsu? 

    In recent years, IBM, Quantum, and WD have been the overclockers 
favored IDE drives.  Mainly because they could stand up to off spec 
voltages and more importantly, off spec PCI bus speeds.  Maxtor, Seagate 
and Fujitsu were the most vunerable to an oc'rs abuse.  None of which 
applies to any Scuzzy drives, since none of them ever could handle an off 
speed PCI or marginal motherboard.

   But like most things computer (specially hardware) related, this is all 
subject to change on a month to month basis. AFAIK, WD was the first to 
fall from favor, ~ mid '98.  I'd say the prize for takes a lickin' an keeps 
on tickin' goes to IBM ...... presently ;)

    I'm between a rock and a hard place.  Old WD 8.4, newer IBM 13.6, both 
or a highly oc'd system.
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Tom Brinkman       [EMAIL PROTECTED]       Galveston Bay
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