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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