chan@valhalla.ee.rochester.edu (03/24/89)
I read lots of comments about LaCie hard disks. Most people said that their software is reasonably flexible. However, these people also said that their disks gave out high pitch noises after running for a while. Some of these people's disks either crashed or broken down. Is there anyone out there that owned a LaCie hard disk for more than a year and don't have any of the above problems ? Did anyone successfully fixed the high pitch problem once and for all ? Seems like Rodime, Segate, and Quantum are the three most reliable brands. Am I right ? -Dan. Chan
paryavi@harris.cis.ksu.edu (Saiid Paryavi) (03/25/89)
In article <2061@valhalla.ee.rochester.edu> chan@ee.rochester.edu (Daniel Chan) writes: < stuff deleted > > >Is there anyone out there that owned a LaCie hard disk for more than a year >and don't have any of the above problems ? > I have had a LaCie 80MEG external drive for about a year now and have never had any problems with it. It is the most reliable hard disk that I have ever used. I highly recommend it. >-Dan. Chan -Saiid Paryavi <<<< I have no association with LaCie except as a satisfied customer >>>> -- Saiid Paryavi Computer Science Dept. Internet: paryavi@harris.cis.ksu.edu Nichols Hall BITNET: paryavi@ksuvax1.bitnet Kansas State University UUCP: {rutgers, texbell}!ksuvax1!harry!paryavi Manhattan, KS 66506
garth@cs.swarthmore.edu (Garth Snyder) (03/26/89)
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In article <2061@valhalla.ee.rochester.edu (Daniel Chan) writes:
I read lots of comments about LaCie hard disks. Most people said that
their software is reasonably flexible. However, these people also
said that their disks gave out high pitch noises after running for a
while.
Is there anyone out there that owned a LaCie hard disk for more than a
year and don't have any of the above problems ? Did anyone
successfully fixed the high pitch problem once and for all ?
I have had the LaCie 60M external disk for about a year and a half
now. I love it. I love the software. I would buy another disk from
LaCie without reservation.
It DID develop the high-pitched whining problem related to the static
brush, but I did not have any problems fixing that in the way that the
LaCie techs described to me. Took about 15 minutes and a screwdriver
- AND I got to look inside the drive. The electronics looked very
high-quality. Everything was SMD.
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--------------------earhard@dalcsug.UUCP (Mark Earhard) (03/27/89)
In article <2061@valhalla.ee.rochester.edu> chan@ee.rochester.edu (Daniel Chan) writes: >Seems like Rodime, Segate, and Quantum are the three most reliable brands. Well, I've owned two segate drives, one st225 on my XT clone, and that thing has been dropped, turned on its side while running, run on an angle and had just about everything else done to it (never spiled anything on it...) and now I own a ST277n on my Mac in a Tulin Chassis, and it's been bumped once or twice (rather hard...) it's also stood up to my poking, proding, offencive soldering iron gestures, etc etc, and it's stood up to it all. I know people who don't like them, but for what I've put the st255 (damn, I think that's the number, anyhow it's a 20 meg XT drive) through you just can't get any more reliable or tolerant. If anyone has any horror stories, drop me a line. Mark.
davidl@inteloa.intel.com (David Levine) (03/29/89)
In article <2061@valhalla.ee.rochester.edu> chan@ee.rochester.edu (Daniel Chan) writes: >I read lots of comments about LaCie hard disks. Most people said that their >software is reasonably flexible. However, these people also said that their >disks gave out high pitch noises after running for a while. Some of these >people's disks either crashed or broken down. > >Is there anyone out there that owned a LaCie hard disk for more than a year >and don't have any of the above problems ? I have owned my LaCie 30 for more than a year (what is it, a year and a half now?) and have never had any problems with noise or hardware failure. I am extremely happy with it and recommend it to all my friends. - David Levine, BiiN (.signature file temporarily inaccessible)