Claude Jones schrieb: > On Sun August 7 2005 7:21 pm, Charles E. "Rick" Taylor, IV wrote: > >>On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 22:41 +0100, J.Underwood wrote: >> >>>I am considering purchasing a USB hard drive to use with a FC4 system. I >>>am currently considering one of the Lacie 80 GB models, and was >>>wondering if anyone had any comments on how well supported these types >>>of devices are with FC4? >> >>If it is one of the many drives that are just "plug and go" under >>Windows and Mac, it ought to work fine. >> >>Using an 80 GB Maxtor external 80GB hard drive here. Works great with >>Fedora. In fact, I'm copying some files to it as I write this message. >> > > > In my view, most of the USB externals now being marketed, were designed by > grads from fashion schools, NOT engineers. We have had multiple failures of > these devices during this time, numbering over 10 at this point. There are > two main culprits: Maxtor, and heat. All the USB externals that I know of are > being warrantied for one year. There's a reason for that. We have dissected > many of these cases and have found the insides to be brownish/black. These > things have been put out with silence/styling as their selling points and > this is problematic. They literally bake themselves to death. > > We have been on an odyssey of late, looking for alternatives; there are a > number of aftermarket cases out there that recognize this problem and have > cooling fans. That would be my first suggestion. Secondly, when you assemble > the device, choose Seagate, which still sells drives with 5-year warranties. > > LaCie suffers from both of the above issues. The cases are heat traps, not > sinks, and the drives inside are Maxtor - caveat emptor. I just took a LaCie > apart two weeks ago - the ribbon cable, and all the pc parts were literally > covered with a brownish/blackish veneer - the guy in support 'couldn't > understand it' and assured me that the warranty has just expired, two months > earlier. The drive was a Maxtor 200 GB. > I use a Maxtor One Touch II wih USB and Firewire
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