ever had a Maxtor drive that failed? post here

2009-05-02 10:02:08

#1

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6716|The Twilight Zone

I'm just curious how many of you had a Maxtor HDD that failed

.................................quantity
1. .Sup 1
2. Freezer a staggering of 5 dead
3. Panzer 1
4. jsnipy 3
5. Yellowman's bro 1
6. Condoleezza Rice 2
7. DU 1
8. Slarty 1
9. max 3
10. Bertster 10-15
11. Mugen 1
12. Aries 1

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2009-05-02 10:02:39

#2

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6051|Catherine Black

Never..

2009-05-02 10:04:21

#3

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6460|Winland

Yes, at least five, of which two that I bought.

EDIT:

No, it's gotta be way more. I have one 200GB, one 120GB and one 80GB in the trash RIGHT NOW.

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The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-05-02 10:04:59

#4

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6051|Catherine Black

What's so bad that makes them fail?

2009-05-02 10:05:27

#5

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6460|Winland

Finray wrote:
What's so bad that makes them fail?

They're ass-cheap ching-chong drives.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-05-02 10:05:35

#6

GCFC: Davide Santon; +45|6192|NY/CT

i have a 160gb one in my old computer
been there for 2 years
no problems

2009-05-02 10:06:51

#7

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6677|Finland

Mine died horrible crunchy death

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2009-05-02 10:12:03

#8

mafia996630: © 2009 Jeff Minard; +319|7027|d

I got a 152 GB maxtor driive, had it for a couple of years now.No problems at all.

2009-05-02 10:21:56

#9

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6785|...

I have had 3 die in the past, 3 strikes and your out

2009-05-02 10:26:19

#10

Yellowman03: Once Again, We Meet at Last; +108|6498|Texas

My brother's dell had a maxtor drive in it that failed, so i had to donate one of mine to him

Spoiler (highlight to read):
I did get a 300gb Velociraptor cause of it

2009-05-02 11:20:29

#11

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6763|so randum

ive had one thats been going for about 5 years, but this 2yr old seagate shits itself daily

Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella

2009-05-02 11:48:58

#12

Buckles: Cheeky Keen; +329|6819|Kent, UK

mafia996630 wrote:
I got a 152 GB maxtor driive, had it for a couple of years now.No problems at all.

Me too, it's been in about 5 computers over 3-4 years

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2009-05-02 11:58:02

#13

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6726|cuntshitlake

One 40GB one. The only HD that has ever failed on me as well.

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2009-05-02 12:24:39

#14

Ioan92: Member; +337|5985

The only HD that ever let me down was a 4 year old laptop Fujitsu.

2009-05-02 12:36:59

#15

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|6884|London, England

How the fuck did you find out that Condoleeza Rice had her Maxtor drive fail twice

Anyway I have some un named random drive in my PC, this PC has been through so much shit. Overheating CPU, hard drive failure (constant clicking, freezing, odd electrical noises) - DVD drive setting on fire, viruses, AGP slot fucking up

Yet I've managed to go through it all and the only thing I've ever had to do was change the PSU, replace the DVD drive and clean out the heat sink and do some formats.

I always find it funny how so many enthusiast type people and how their PC's are constantly breaking down and having problems with certain parts etc.. I guess it's like automobiles. The cheap crappy cars that don't do much except the basics can work for decades whereas an F1 car constantly pushed to its limit needs constant maintenance otherwise it'll fall apart

Ferdinand Porsche said:

"The perfect racing car crosses the finish line first and subsequently falls into its component parts."

2009-05-02 12:44:16

#16

Slarty: Member; +37|6227|Ingerland

I've had a maxtor fail on me, only H/D I've had die on me.

2009-05-02 13:28:51

#17

GR34: Member; +215|6808|ALBERTA> CANADA

yes I have had one only HDD that has ever failed on me

2009-05-02 13:29:53

#18

mtb0minime: minimember; +2,418|6918

Is Maxtor really that bad? I used one in my first computer build over 4 years ago and it's still running fine.

2009-05-02 14:16:35

#19

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6830|NYC / Hamburg

Put me down for 3 times

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2009-05-02 14:19:35

#20

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6460|Winland

mtb0minime wrote:
Is Maxtor really that bad? I used one in my first computer build over 4 years ago and it's still running fine.

Some of their drives will just run and run and run, but most will die within a year.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-05-02 14:20:39

#21

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|6995|St. Andrews / Oslo

Never owned a Maxtor.

Only had Seagates & Samsungs. Yay for making good choices

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2009-05-02 14:21:21

#22

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6677|Finland

I had a look on the RMA numbers of HDDs when I worked for a while in a PC Store and surprise surprise, Maxtor was winning by a mile.

3930K | H100i | RIVF | 16GB DDR3 | GTX 480 | AX750 | 800D | 512GB SSD | 3TB HDD | Xonar DX | W8

2009-05-02 14:23:57

#23

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,979|6895|949

Amazed at the amount of people posting in this thread to let everyone know theirs hasn't failed.

2009-05-02 15:41:01

#24

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6844|SE London

I've got 3 dead Maxtor drives on my desk at the moment. I've seen several hundred fail.

I must've owned somewhere between 10 and 15 Maxtor drives that have failed - not that I've paid for any of them. All the ones I've paid for are WD or Samsung.

That said, I do have a 300GB Maxtor still going strong after 6 years of constant usage.

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2009-05-02 15:50:04

#25

Noobpatty: ʎʇʇɐdqoou; +194|6617|West NY

I thought my USB external one did but I just took it out and plugged it back in then restarted and everything's been dandy since

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