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Geek Culture / After six years my Maxtor finally gave up....

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 10th Mar 2009 02:22 Edited at: 10th Mar 2009 02:24
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Having clocked 20000 hours on its little 40Gb drive, it finally started ticking today... It's deeply saddening in a way. Not lost any data. Is it wrong to develop an emotional attachment with something that uses IDE?

Ah well. *dissects*

Can anyone else here recall developing an incomprehensible emotional attachment to something inanimate, just to have it die?

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tha_rami
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Posted: 10th Mar 2009 02:46
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Quote: "Is it wrong to develop an emotional attachment with something that uses IDE?"

Expect an old woman and a master of suicidal arts to come up with a witty reply. Also, expect at least one person to come with the revelation that the abbreviation has a second meaning that you were formerly unaware of, which will cause you discomfort. Finally, if you're allergic to tomatos, do not eat tomato paste.


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soapyfish
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Posted: 10th Mar 2009 03:42 Edited at: 10th Mar 2009 04:29
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Every time I turn my eee pc on I know that one day it just won't work anymore. The SSD will eventually give up when it reaches a certain number of writes.

I've never completely understood what all the fuss was about because all hard drives only have a limited life span but every time I read about SSD's only allowing for a certain amount or writes I'm reminded that one day my little eee 701 just won't work anymore.

It's odd, because if my ipod broke I would at least know that when I replaced it I could get a better model for the same money I originally spent on this one. When my eee breaks though, I don't want any extra features, that's the whole point of me getting it in the first place, I just want it to stay as simple as it is now.

I don't think I'm attached to it as much as I just don't want to ever upgrade it.

Good to know you didn't lose any data.


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Posted: 10th Mar 2009 04:44
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I am still using my 40gb HD that has been used on multiple computers...

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Posted: 10th Mar 2009 04:51
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I have a TV sitting in my kitchen. Its been there for like 30 years, same TV...

Two days ago, it just stopped working. It never showed any signs or anything. One day I just tried to watch tv while I was eating and it didn't turn on. So I said, oh well, and went into the living room to watch the plasma.


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Posted: 10th Mar 2009 10:49
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Witty, eh? Not me. I've given up on that part of my life.
Seppuku runs strong still, but this lifestyle doesn't suit an old fart like me anylonger. My golden age has passed I'm afraided, but letters randomly stacked next to each other forming comprehensible words. So it's true, monkeys can type. That's what happens when the rivers run dry in styx. Crossing the void was a mistake, deemed to eternal chaos at the hands of post-mortals. If only to see my cat again. Wait, what was I replying to again... Oh right, coffee. Here's one on the house.

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 10th Mar 2009 12:40
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@Soapyfish

Just to note, it was from my desktop not my Eee.

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soapyfish
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Posted: 10th Mar 2009 13:19
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Oh yeh I wasn't thinking it was but it's just something I always think about. It was just coincidence that I'm mentioning it to you again in the space of a week.

Now that I'm thinking about it, I'd probably be pretty cheesed off it my N64 wasn't working next time I dug it out. I'd at least like to get to the end of Zelda OoT before it died on me.


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Posted: 10th Mar 2009 20:33
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No, it's not wrong unless it's towards a Maxtor product. I won't even buy Seagate anymore because they chose to put their name side by side with junk. WD has never let me down, so says my 8GB.

Lucky for you, hard drive prices are stupidly low.

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David R
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Posted: 10th Mar 2009 22:56
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I was pretty 'attached' to my old Hitachi/IBM 120GB which failed after ~5 years, mainly because it took an absolute (sustained) pounding write-wise, and still lasted a fairly good span of time.

I think you get more of an attachment to them after you see one fail (because you realise how well the drive is running considering it could be one misstep from oblivion )


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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 10th Mar 2009 23:41
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I'm not suprised mine failed now I've taken it to bits.

There was a seal under the reader head which covered an area about 2-3cm square. It was sealed with a chunk of plastic and some high-grade sellotape. If this seal broke... well, I can manipulate the reader head through it.

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Neuro Fuzzy
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Quote: "Witty, eh? Not me. I've given up on that part of my life."

yeah... i remember when my Witmaker34,000,230.0294 broke... that was pretty sad...

When my first cellphone died a couple years ago, i always felt like something was missing whenever i went anywhere. I didn't even use my cellphone that much, but i almost always had it in my pocket or something.

When my xbox 360 broke, i was just like... Eh, i can get another one.
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Posted: 12th Mar 2009 20:02 Edited at: 12th Mar 2009 20:02
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dude, 6 years is great, Harddrives these days don't last a single year

dont hate people who rip you off,cheat and get away with it, learn from them
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bitJericho
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Posted: 13th Mar 2009 03:54
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Can't you replace the SSD in an eee pc?

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Posted: 13th Mar 2009 04:51
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ssds are expensive and less reliable than disk drives, they burn out.

dont hate people who rip you off,cheat and get away with it, learn from them
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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 13th Mar 2009 10:26
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Quote: "ssds are expensive and less reliable than disk drives, they burn out."


They don't burn out, every sector has a limited number of writes. That figure is roughly 100,000. This means as long as you don't have a pagefile, an overcomplicated filesystem (use FAT) or something you'll be fine for at least five years.

Quote: "Can't you replace the SSD in an eee pc?"


No, it's flash chips soldered to the motherboard. But there is a Mini-PCIe slot vacant in the memory bay which could take a standard PCIe SSD.

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Posted: 13th Mar 2009 21:12
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Quote: "No, it's flash chips soldered to the motherboard. But there is a Mini-PCIe slot vacant in the memory bay which could take a standard PCIe SSD."


Lame, I saw the 901 series has a removable SSD, but I assume that's been removed? Haven't had time to research the eee line. I personally am planning on buying an MSI netbook one of these months

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Posted: 13th Mar 2009 22:02
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The original design had just flash chips on the motherboard, the from the 4G onwards a PCIe slot was introduced and newer ones have only a PCIe slot.

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