As Stepehn said, they seemed to be a premature failure problem on a batch of them, but haven't heard
much new stuff about it, I heard they were quickly replacing any faulty drives for the customers so
I don't understand how they can sue over potentially lost data. There are disclaimers all over the
place about data is not covered, etc...but people will sue over anything and everything these days.
--
Biz
"Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
the....." - Ash
> I own 4 IBM GXPs (a 75-Gb, two 60s and a 40). IBM became my HD
> vendor-of-choice after Micropolis went t.u. But a couple of months ago, the
> Net was awash in horror stories about how the GXPs (particularly the GXP
> 75s) were failing at an alarming rate. There's even a major class-action
> law suit pending, as if they were Ford Explorers on Firestone Wilderness
> ATs. I thought I had detected the death-rattle of my GXP moaning from
> within the box (like Iomega Zip Drives' "click of death") only it turned out
> to be a tiny fan on my GeForce video card. So far, I have had no trouble
> with any of the quartet...but the last HD I bought was a Maxtor.
> > Just curious, why would you advise to stay away from the IBM drives? I
> have
> > always run nothing but IBM, and have never had a problem. I am running
> their
> > 60 gb 75GXP in this system, and it is doing very well.
> > Don Burnette
> > > Don,
> > > Sounds good, but shouldn't you be looking for the KT266*A* chipset
> > (emphasis
> > > added)? It replaced the KT266 abt. 4 months ago...right after I bought
> > just
> > > such a system.
> > > You'll need Papy's "speed" patch for a CPU that fast, which may impact a
> > > couple of add-ons (the 7-engine-sounds mod is the only one I can think
> > of).
> > > The 40-Gb drive sounds a little small by today's standards, but that
> > depends
> > > on what else you want to keep on there. Just make sure it isn't an IBM
> > GXP
> > > model!
> > > --Steve Smith
> > > > I'm taking the plunge and upgrading my home computer, and would
> > appreciate
> > > > your thoughts on whether I'm shooting my self in the foot with
> anything
> > > here
> > > > (in terms of running N4 and GPL, with considerably more graphics
> addons
> > > than
> > > > I run now ;-) This is a pre-built system, I know I may do cheaper
> > rolling
> > > > my own, but I've already decided it's worth it to me to pay somebody
> > else
> > > to
> > > > do the grunt work. My current system is in parentheses for
> comparison.
> > > > MB - KT266 Chipset DDR ATX
> > > > Processor - AMD Athlon XP 1700 (P3-433)
> > > > RAM - 256mb 266 non-ecc DDR (128)
> > > > HD - 40gb ultra ATA 7200 (13)
> > > > Video - GeForce 3 64mb DDR (voodoo3-3000)
> > > > Sound - SB Live 5.1 (same)
> > > > OS - Win98se (same)
> > > > Any thoughts on likely improvements I'll experience, or ideas on what
> > > might
> > > > be better alternatives?
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Don
