[pchelpers] Re: HDD appears and disappears

Jackie
The coverage on the HDD begins from the date of manufacture. So look at 
the date on the HDD and make sure that it is under 3 years, unless your 
suppler is providing it in store.

Jacqueline MacWhrter wrote:
> Hi : I just took a  good look at the  the sticker I bought 3  HDDS that day 
> off my supplier 1 yr and a half ago it says its got 3 yrs warranty -I never 
> noticed it  usually everything is only a year so I knew it was past the the 
> year--- well thats good !!!-thank you for the information  I really 
> appreciate it its a Sata II 300 GB--my supplier is about 15 miles from here 
> so its worth taking back  Anyways its going back as soon as I can get out of 
> this house  and my office they paved the driveway and did the side  to the 
> back gate  so I am blocked in   a full 24 hrs. I can't hop the front 
> verrandah railing  because I had  5 operations on both legs I could use a 
> kitchen ladder  hehehe!!! I already tried that  legs are too weak yet --I 
> don't need to take a tumble mess up going to the convention - tomorrow's 
> another day - thanks again Jackie
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>> Jackie
>> I have seen this twice.
>> I had a 250 Hitachi that do it and a 30 WD that just did it. I spent
>> days TS'ing it and came to the conclusion it is the controller. Hitachi
>> and Maxtor were tow companies that for a while (I do not know if they
>> still are) used the same controller but either changed the CMOS on the
>> controller card or in some cases just the jumper to change the HDD size.
>> What I mean is Maxtor made all drives with the exact same size platters
>> say 120GBHDD but put but altered the controller either by jumpers or the
>> CMOS on the controller.
>>     
>


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