> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Breheny [SMTP:shb7@CORNELL.EDU]
> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 8:39 PM
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      [OT]: Double HD failure
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a computer that had two Maxtor drives (a 60GB 5T060H6 and an 80GB
> 98196h8, both IDE Ultra ATA/100s) fail at the same time (or close to the
> same
> time). One of them is making clicking sounds often while running and the
> other makes no strange noises but neither gets recognized on that
> computer or on any other I've tried. They were both on the same IDE
> interface card (a Promise Technology ULTRA ATA/100 card, which was
> necessary because this is a server and has no built-in IDE interface),
> but they were both masters on separate connectors on the card (primary
> and secondary).
>
> They were only about 1.5 years old and worked fine up until recently.
> I've had very good luck with Maxtors in general, and I've NEVER had two
> HDs die at the same time.
>
> Any ideas what might have happened?
>
Vibration, excessive heat and excessive voltage seem to be the favorite hard
drive killers.  May be an idea to check the PSU regulation, I had to fix a
PC in which components kept dying mysteriously and it turned out to be the
cheapo PSU.

Pretty bad luck having two go down though, and I have always had good
experiences with Maxtors.

Regards

Mike

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