Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote:
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> On May 23, 2006, at 9:13 AM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote:
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>> I can't remember any Maxtor disks failing, though there is one disk
>> I had to RMA a year or so ago and I cannot remember the make -- it
>> could have been Maxtor.
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>
> Actually, I went and looked it up. It was a WD drive (yet another).
> Almost exactly 1 year ago it was sent back.
>
> Chad
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Hmmmmm, I have one of each. The Maxtor is faster since it has more
cache. Sound wise I can't tell them apart.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # hdparm -i /dev/hda
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> /dev/hda:
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> Model=Maxtor 6Y080P0, FwRev=YAR41BW0, SerialNo=Y22J9KXE
> Config={ Fixed }
> RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57
> BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=7936kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
> CurCHS=4047/16/255, CurSects=16511760, LBA=yes, LBAsects=160086528
> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
> PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
> DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
> UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6
> AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled
> Drive conforms to: (null): ATA/ATAPI-1 ATA/ATAPI-2 ATA/ATAPI-3
> ATA/ATAPI-4 ATA/ATAPI-5 ATA/ATAPI-6 ATA/ATAPI-7
>
> * signifies the current active mode
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # hdparm -i /dev/hdb
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> /dev/hdb:
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> Model=WDC WD800BB-00DKA0, FwRev=77.07W77, SerialNo=WD-WCAHL2497094
> Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs
> FmtGapReq }
> RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=57600, SectSize=600, ECCbytes=74
> BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
> CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=156301488
> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
> PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
> DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
> UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
> AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
> Drive conforms to: Unspecified: ATA/ATAPI-1 ATA/ATAPI-2 ATA/ATAPI-3
> ATA/ATAPI-4 ATA/ATAPI-5 ATA/ATAPI-6
>
> * signifies the current active mode
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] / #
It is really rare that I have a drive to go out. Maybe I'm just lucky.
<shrugs > I do have a few drives that are over a decade old and some a
couple decades old.
Dale
:-)
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