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Offline tonyvdb

Re: Which hard drive brand?
« Reply #14 from previous page: December 10, 2005, 04:46:02 AM »
In my Video Toaster Flyer I have 4 Segate Cheetah 9.1 gig drives, 2 Segate Cheetah 36 gig drives all for video and one 9.6 gig Baracudah for audio. All have worked great for years I have only lost one drive ever and it was still under warentee so I just swaped it out. I still have 4 spare cheatah 9.1 gig drives in case I loose one :)
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Re: Which hard drive brand?
« Reply #15 on: December 10, 2005, 08:36:02 AM »

Gday!
My experience!

1.2 GB Seagate - Working 8? years, but not used much anymore. Was used in my a1200

8.0 GB Western Digital - Working bout 5-6 years? but is very noisy now, was used in my 1200 and 4000. The 8GB was harder to get it to recognise in the 1200 than the 1.2 GB
and the 4000 wouldn't boot when it was cold!!

40 GB Seagate - Working 3 years - PC

160 GB Seagate SATA- Working 1 year - PC

200 GB Maxtor - Working 3 months - PC (external)

I have been very please with seagate and tend to stick with that where possible!!!


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Re: Which hard drive brand?
« Reply #16 on: December 10, 2005, 10:20:24 AM »
My old 3.5gb Maxtor from 1998 is still working.

All my older maxtor drives still work, but the last 3 years we've (at work) got a few dozen "newer" (Well 80 at least) ones die within a year, or a bit later. Far more then WD drives that seem to be going steady.

Does have to work with heat perhaps, Maxtor drives are less heat tolerant then other makes.
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Re: Which hard drive brand?
« Reply #17 on: December 10, 2005, 10:31:29 AM »
Seagate drives are the most reliable, and they also have five years of warranty. The other brands may or may not be very reliable, shifting from model to model.
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Re: Which hard drive brand?
« Reply #18 on: December 10, 2005, 10:42:25 AM »
there is a compatible problem with hitachi travelstar 7k60 ( 7200rpm ) & amiga 1200 interface..


im unable to load boing bag 2 ( os3.9 )..just keeps on resetting after boing bag is installed..


also the access light ( HD ) stays permenenly on..to get rid of this i fitted ELBOX 4 way buffer IDE interface..

it seem the drive is giving out some kind of noise which affect the IDE interface..


also avoid MOTOROLA MC68060RC60 REVISION 71E41J this has a timing fault with the CLOCKPORT..( this is a fault with the CLOCKPORT NOT THE PROCESSOR..

get lock-up when using prelude sound card with PPC games
works fine under 68k ONLY ( ie 68k quake & prelude )..
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