Da click of death...

[Seedler]

My Maxtor diamondmax 10 200GB 16mb HD just died:( ...

I think the HD is still in warranty, so I guess ii'll RMA the fucker.

My question is that because I overclocked my comp, would that void the HD warranty? Because when you OC your cpu, your RAM and PCI speeds are gets OCed because of the HTT increase. Would this affect the HD?

Good thing I backed up yesterday...Now running my comp on my ancient 40gig WD...

[clocker]

No, the HDD is unaffected by any OCing you may perform.

Congratulations on your prescient backup....none of my customers back up a damn thing.

[Darth Sushi]

Not likely, but maxtor had me run a diagnostic prog and give them code it spits out. You'll probably want to turn off OC when running this prog. It took about 10 days for my rma.

[Seedler]

No, the HDD is unaffected by any OCing you may perform.

Congratulations on your prescient backup....none of my customers back up a damn thing.

ahh indeed...still have all my games and movies:)

Hope blu-ray is standarized soon tho, so all my BT downloads would be backed onto like 4 discs.


Not likely, but maxtor had me run a diagnostic prog and give them code it spits out. You'll probably want to turn off OC when running this prog. It took about 10 days for my rma.

Thanks for the tip, I'll contact ppl tom morning

[Wolfmight]

ahh indeed...still have all my games and movies:)

Hope blu-ray is standarized soon tho, so all my BT downloads would be backed onto like 4 discs.


Not likely, but maxtor had me run a diagnostic prog and give them code it spits out. You'll probably want to turn off OC when running this prog. It took about 10 days for my rma.

Thanks for the tip, I'll contact ppl tom morning
me too. It isn't easy to back up 500GB of data. (mostly video projects...and I constantly delete cache...only saving the important Uncompressed AVIs.)

I can't afford a 500GB hardrive right now.

[Duffman]

backing up, i try not to keep anything on a hard drive too long, burn my movies, keep the drive frag free, and do a ghost backup once in a blue moon.

[Chewie]

www.maxtor.com
They have a smart warranty system where you enter the drive's serial number and it tells you when the warranty will run out, then they present you with their drive utility download to run from a booting floppy that gives you the error code, which you enter on the form back at Maxtor's site.
If you're lucky though, the people you bought it from will exchange it for you and save you the hassle/wait involved in RMAing to Maxtor themselves.

[Buffalo]

Bad news about ya hard drive.
I had it happen on my notebook.

How do you rate the diamondmax now?
was going to buy a DiamondMax 300GB @ £76 from Ebuyer
I was always a bit unsure about Maxtor drives, until the new diamondmax came out.

[maebach]

my 160gb seagate dies on me a few weeks ago. I have to send it in. I;ve packed it, I just have to drop it at the post station.

[GepperRankins]

No, the HDD is unaffected by any OCing you may perform.

Congratulations on your prescient backup....none of my customers back up a damn thing.
well can't you do anything for them? isn't it your job?

[Seedler]

RMA successful and i'll be getting a new one in about a week:)

[Virtualbody1234]

No, the HDD is unaffected by any OCing you may perform.

Congratulations on your prescient backup....none of my customers back up a damn thing.
well can't you do anything for them? isn't it your job?
Since when is it the responsibility of computer tech to backup your stuff? That's your own responsibility.

You want to keep your stuff? Then make backups.

[clocker]

Congratulations on your prescient backup....none of my customers back up a damn thing.
well can't you do anything for them? isn't it your job?
Yes we can- assuming of course, the drive still spins.
We don't do forensic data recovery.
Naturally, we charge for data recovery-fees start at $80 and go up depending the quantity in question and what format the end result must take.

The point being, if data has already been backed up a wipe/reload is a minor inconvenience, not the major crisis we face daily.
An astounding number of local businesses run off antiquated POS hand-me-down PCs that never see any maintenence or backup. When they go down, somehow it becomes our problem and responsibility- and do you think they want to pay for the expedited emergency service?
Na-huh.

At least the PC from the local Burger King smells like french fries when turned on....

[Chewie]

At least the PC from the local Burger King smells like french fries when turned on....
:O You mean they backup the food to computer?

[GepperRankins]

well can't you do anything for them? isn't it your job?
Yes we can- assuming of course, the drive still spins.
We don't do forensic data recovery.
Naturally, we charge for data recovery-fees start at $80 and go up depending the quantity in question and what format the end result must take.

The point being, if data has already been backed up a wipe/reload is a minor inconvenience, not the major crisis we face daily.
An astounding number of local businesses run off antiquated POS hand-me-down PCs that never see any maintenence or backup. When they go down, somehow it becomes our problem and responsibility- and do you think they want to pay for the expedited emergency service?
Na-huh.

At least the PC from the local Burger King smells like french fries when turned on....
i knew that'd rile you :D


sorry :unsure:

[clocker]

I wasn't riled, just amazed that people actually trust their PCs to actually work.
A healthy dose of skepticism (which would automatically lead to proper and timely backups) is definitely called for.

It's amusing to see "business" PCs come in and the first thing in internet history is "comeonherfacedotcom"...
"Boy, I really have no idea how that got there!"

"I know exactly how it got there, moron...you typed it in.
Now, shall we discuss internet security and the sad fact that you have none?"

[j2k4]

I wasn't riled, just amazed that people actually trust their PCs to actually work.
A healthy dose of skepticism (which would automatically lead to proper and timely backups) is definitely called for.

It's amusing to see "business" PCs come in and the first thing in internet history is "comeonherfacedotcom"...
"Boy, I really have no idea how that got there!"

"I know exactly how it got there, moron...you typed it in.
Now, shall we discuss internet security and the sad fact that you have none?"

That last is an awfully conservative POV.

BTW-only liberal business owners surf porn at work. :P