Subj : Grrrrr...
To   : Frank Reid
From : Belly
Date : Tue Apr 12 2005 09:20 pm

  Re: Grrrrr...
  By: Frank Reid to Belly on Tue Apr 12 2005 06:00 am

 > Ya know, both a buddy of mine and I had Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 (6Y080L0) 
 > go bad within the past week.  I thought it was just coincidence, but I 
 > joked about how they must've been time-bombed!  Now I'm starting to 
 > wonder!  :)

That 'L' in the model number means fluid bearings... which Maxtor apparently
hasn't gotten the hang of yet.

BTW, I just got reports of two more dead drives today. Both Maxtors, and both
in Dell machines.

     o
    (O) 
   BeLLy


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