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  • Another Desthstar bites the dust

    Familiar Deskstar story:

    clunk grind clunk grind
    and repeat


    And this is a replacement for one that died soon after I got it

    Still, it's lasted since October 2001. 2 Years of constant use isn't great, but is it out of warranty?

    On Hitachi's site:

    <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="430" align="center"> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="2" align="center"><span class="boldtitle">Quick warranty check results</span></td> </tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" cols="4" bordercolor="#808080"><tr bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"> <td width="25%">Serial number
    </td> <td width="50%">Expiration date
    </td> <td width="25%">Sold to GEO
    </td></tr><tr align="center" bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td width="25%">TXR24689
    </td> <td width="50%"> 2004-10-26
    </td> <td width="25%">EMEA
    </td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
    Last edited by SteveC; 28 September 2003, 11:09.

  • #2
    sounds like you have another year worth of warrenty on it
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    • #3
      Problem is that you get another Dethstar to replace it.

      I wonder if Hitachi have solved the problems.
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      • #4
        Yay! A replacement to replace the replacement

        Didn't realise they still had 3 year warranties on consumer kit...

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        • #5
          Yep - just sorted out the RMA.

          Luckily I kept the results of the first Drive Fitness Test which just said 'Device Defective' and the error codes, cos that's what they ask for.

          After I ran that I got angry and hit it, no when I run the DFT it says 'excessive shock' ! oops They might not have liked that if that was the original result

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          • #6
            Originally posted by SteveC
            Yep - just sorted out the RMA.

            Luckily I kept the results of the first Drive Fitness Test which just said 'Device Defective' and the error codes, cos that's what they ask for.

            After I ran that I got angry and hit it, no when I run the DFT it says 'excessive shock' ! oops They might not have liked that if that was the original result
            ROFL
            If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.

            Jeremy Clarkson "806 brake horsepower..and that on that limp wrist faerie liquid the Americans call petrol, if you run it on the more explosive jungle juice we have in Europe you'd be getting 850 brake horsepower..."

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            • #7
              you get 7k250's as replacement nowadays, and they make weird noises... (nothing seems to be wrong with it though)
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              • #8
                it's the recalibration noise

                makes sure they DON'T fail
                If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.

                Jeremy Clarkson "806 brake horsepower..and that on that limp wrist faerie liquid the Americans call petrol, if you run it on the more explosive jungle juice we have in Europe you'd be getting 850 brake horsepower..."

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by SteveC
                  Yep - just sorted out the RMA.

                  Luckily I kept the results of the first Drive Fitness Test which just said 'Device Defective' and the error codes, cos that's what they ask for.

                  After I ran that I got angry and hit it, no when I run the DFT it says 'excessive shock' ! oops They might not have liked that if that was the original result
                  Well, when I had to send a pair back for the second time one of them said "excessive shock" and they RMAed it without a wimper.

                  So it might not have mattered.
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                  • #10
                    well, i dont like the recalibration noise, much too noisy...
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