Spontaneous reboots :(

[Greg Daly]

I test for quantum, the atlas series is excellent. I have a 10k and they
just sent me a atlas V - I know I love my 10k, and the V seems pretty solid.
I'd recommend the 10k II heavily also. :)
-greg

----- Original Message -----
From: Shawn Wilson <lannocc at u.washington.edu>
To: UW Linux Group <linux at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: Spontaneous reboots :(


| That's good to know. About a month ago I bought me a Quantum Atlas IV
18.2GB
| Ultra160 SCSI drive from buy.com (yeah, it was gonna rock!). Unfortunately
| when it arrived it was bad, so I had to return it (to buy.com). They have
| finally shipped out a replacement, which should arrive tomorrow. I cross
my
| fingers that it will be good. Of course, they would only ship the
| replacement via UPS (which I would _never_ trust for shipment of fragile
| products) _and_ I live in the dorms so I can only hope this next one will
be
| okay. Otherwise, I too may have to have it shipped elsewhere.
|
| Shawn
|
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "R. David Whitlock" <ryandav at u.washington.edu>
| To: "UW Linux Group" <linux at u.washington.edu>
| Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 7:32 PM
| Subject: Re: Spontaneous reboots :(
|
|
| > When you are talking to the people there to determine if you are under
| > warranty, they will just ask for the serial number on the top of the
drive
| > (or some similar sounding type thing).  The first few digits are the
date
| > made, and so it becomes a simple yes/no question whether they cover you.
| > And of course, you have to be the origional purchaser, no transfer of
| > responsibility.  OTOH, they don't ask for a receipt...
| >
| > After my roommate lost one Maxtor drive, they shipped him a new one.
Both
| > that new one, and the next one they sent after that were also bad.  He
got
| > the idea that campus mail was playing kick-the-can with em, had it sent
| > elsewhere, and the next worked just fine.  So, uh, don't have it shipped
| > to the dorms...
| >
| > Later,  (and good luck)
| >  David
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Cliff wrote:
| >
| > > I love email lists :)  That sounds exactly like what is happening.
| > > Fortunately, I was able to get my mp3's off without trouble so the
rest
| > > of the data is worthless (hmmm, where are my priorities).  Now if I
can
| > > just convince Maxtor that I'm still under warantee...warning to
| > > others...of course I don't condone or reject any brand of hardware
| > > (cough, cough) but this makes drive number 2 from maxtor to go bad on
| > > me...
| > >
| > > Thanks for the info Shawn,
| > > Cliff
| > >
| > >
| >
|