Stupid WD HDD!! - Page 2

scriptasylum · March 13th, 2003

Originally posted by RaWShadow
having 2 drives go bad on you though.. Maybe you could have got them to test it in store after it failed the first time ? Maybe it was a problem with your comp or the drives.

I got them through Newegg, not sure what they do once they get them back for RMAs.

My older drives work fine in my comp for many days. I had them in my PC for over a year. I think it's a bad batch of drives. When Newegg refunds my money I'll go get a Maxtor locally and see if the same thing happens. Maybe my PC doesn't like a drive over 80G?

The PC it was in is the one in my sig... Oh, in case you are wondering, the FSB was not overclocked when I got the second drive because I thought maybe WD drives are real sensitive to PCI clock values. Even so, my FSB was only O/C'd to 138, which equates to a 34.5MHz PCI clock.

March 14th, 2003

I have to say on WD seem to have a split consumer base, those who hate them, those who have no preference and those that love them. Although i suppose this is tru for any product but this has always struck me about WD the most for some reason.

I have used Maxtors for every one of my computers so far, never had a drive go bad, apart from the one i dropped

It seems if people have a good experience with a particular brand early on in the computing experience then they tend to stick with them.

March 13th, 2003	Top \| #21
scriptasylum OSNN Senior Addict Joined: December 2001 Location: Des Moines,IA Posts: 832 Reputation: 0 Power: 135	Originally posted by RaWShadow having 2 drives go bad on you though.. Maybe you could have got them to test it in store after it failed the first time ? Maybe it was a problem with your comp or the drives. I got them through Newegg, not sure what they do once they get them back for RMAs. My older drives work fine in my comp for many days. I had them in my PC for over a year. I think it's a bad batch of drives. When Newegg refunds my money I'll go get a Maxtor locally and see if the same thing happens. Maybe my PC doesn't like a drive over 80G? The PC it was in is the one in my sig... Oh, in case you are wondering, the FSB was not overclocked when I got the second drive because I thought maybe WD drives are real sensitive to PCI clock values. Even so, my FSB was only O/C'd to 138, which equates to a 34.5MHz PCI clock. Gigabyte GA-8KVNXP A64 3200 1MB Cache "CG" stepping SLK-948U & SilenX 92mm fan 1GB Centon PC3500 DDR (CAS 2.5) ATI Radeon 9800Pro 128MB (410/360) w/ VGA Silencer Rev2 2 x 36GB WD SATA Raptor in RAID0 IDE 200GB Seagate Stealth Lite-On DVD Burner Lian-Li PC-82 case with 80mm SilenX fans all around 550w Fully Sleeved Antec True Power PS 3DMark2001 (20955) 3DMark2003 (6389)

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March 14th, 2003	Top \| #22
OTE Unregistered Posts: n/a	I have to say on WD seem to have a split consumer base, those who hate them, those who have no preference and those that love them. Although i suppose this is tru for any product but this has always struck me about WD the most for some reason. I have used Maxtors for every one of my computers so far, never had a drive go bad, apart from the one i dropped It seems if people have a good experience with a particular brand early on in the computing experience then they tend to stick with them.