Date: Sat, 2 Sep 1995 20:00:44 -0700 From: Pete Delaney <pete@RockyMountain.rahul.net> To: pete@RockyMountain.rahul.net, rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Cc: pete@kesa26.kesa.com, jbryant@argus.iadfw.net, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, pete@rahul.net Subject: Re: 4GB Drives - Another Hawk bits the dust after a a short 3 month flight; Loading NetBSD ! Message-ID: <199509030300.AA16556@RockyMountain.rahul.net>
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> > I suspect I would have been better off bleeding. My SeaCRATE just bit the > > dust last night while I was installing NetBSD. It's spinning up, makes > > a click like it's trying to move the heads, and then spins down. Over > > and over again. It responds to a SCSI probe but won't stay on long enought > > to boot or run format on. > > It can't read the mode select pages from the reserved zone. This is bad bad > news. Your drive is toast. Let it cool completely down and try again, if > it does come on line, BACKIT UP! Then get it replaced, or if you can (doubt > it DOA policy is usualy <30 days) get your money back. > > > > Any suggestions? I believe they also have a 5 yr warrenty, but 3 months is > > bloody short. It appears my gut instinct in favor of Micropolus may have > > been right after > > all. My 1.0 and 1.7 drives haven't given me any trouble at all. > > I had a price reduction occur on the MC3243 and MC4243W effective 8/31, > worst case looks to be $1265.00 and $1350.00, best case (and I don't know > why it went from these prices yet it is $1200 and $1287.00, he must have > read the wrong column on his update to me 9/1). > > Given that I can now sell the Micropolis 3243 series drives at a price > point comparitive to the Seagate drive the segate drive has dropped from > my prefered list at this point and been replaced. Boy, I just love this > industry. One day I am telling people to buy a Seagate, within 36 hours > I am telling them I can get them a much better Micropolis for the same > or lower dollar amount :-). > > [My Micropolis supplier must be reading the mailling lists and noticed > I was pushing Seagates and gone and got me some SPA pricing :-) :-)] So it appears I have to take it to SeaCrate and get a replacement. Once I get it is it possible to switch up to a Micropolus? -pete
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