[iyonix-support] Re: Hard Drives.
- From: charles <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:14:04 +0000 (GMT)
On Sat 20 Oct, Thomas Milius wrote:
>
> In message <Marcel-1.53-1016114124-345pErr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Chris Evans <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Tue 16 Oct, Barry E Allen wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Folks,
> > >
> > > I'm looking to buy a new hard drive for my Iyonix. Are there any makes
> > > that I should avoid as being incompatible?
> >
> > Recent Seagates and Maxtors have problems on RiscPCs, recently Castle and
> > ourselves found problems with some Seagates in Iyonix PCs!
> >
> >
>
> Unfortunately I can acknowledge problems with Seagate. I bought a 80GB
> Barracuda last year as a second backup disc and for LINUX for my Iyonix. I
> used it only rarely and it become more and more broken (not the disc itself
> but the electronic). Meanwhile it worked only properly if it is cold. Even
> the quality of the metal case of the seagate disc is very poor. Two times
> screws removed and refitted and the screw thread in the metal case of the
> disc was unuseable.
>
> Today I bought a 200 GB Samsung. It seems to work fine. Of course acceptable
> speed is only available until 120 GB under the Iyonix. But the other
> alternative here at the city where I am living in would have been the same
> Seagate model which just gots broken. So it is better for me to waste 80GB.
>
> My local dealer acknowledged problems with Seagate and told me that he
> discontinued selling seagate hard discs.
>
> SATA discs are not supported on the Iyonix!
>
> Regards
> -- Thomas Milius
In May 2004 I have bought 2 Seagate Barracuda 80GB harddisc's
(model ST 380011A). One is used as backup for the other one.
Until now no problems.
Regards Charles Deckers
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