Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> | Subject | Re: IDE Disk Problems | Date | Wed, 12 Feb 1997 20:11:58 -0500 (EST) |
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> I had the same problem on a 21000 (1Gb). Sent it back to the supplier, > they replaced the disks software and did a new low level format. Had no > trouble since. There have been problems with a few series of WD drives > that require a replacement of the drive's software. You can download a fix > from www.wdc.com
I can second this - sent the drive back to WD, and they sent me back a new drive (WD has a 1 year warranty). I think the Caviar must have had a bad run or two or three...anyways, works fine now, but they are hugely more noisy than my Seagate Hawks (I've got a pair of each).
-- Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@netcom.ca Linux Plug-and-Play Kernel Project http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/pnp/ XFree86 Matrox Team http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/~ajv/xf86-matrox.html
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