Kris Steenhaut wrote:

>Don{ald} O. Woodall schreef:
>  
>
>>    On 1/13/2005 I copied files from an IBM DRHS 36D OEM SCA 80-pin drive
>>to the ST336938LW.  Purchased over eBay.
>>
>>    On 2/04/2005 I copied files from an IBM DRHS 36D OEM SCA 80-pin drive
>>to the ST336607LW.  Purchased new from Newegg.
>>
>>    Hopefully this explanation is now clearly stated.
>>    
>>
>Sorry to be the messenger of bad news again, albeit it's not so much 
>news as an already 3 years old history.
>
>There are no IBM 36 Gig scsi disks and there never have been!
>
>Last scsi disks "made by IBM" were 18 Gig sized, (over 3 years ago now 
>btw), and even these already were notorious for their instant failures 
>(coz there were Hitachi disks in reality). Yes, I have has 2 of these 
>to, alas. And I had a bit of luck one of them under warrenty could be 
>replaced by a Quantum (by local dealer courtesy).
>
>So, 3 years ago IBM ditched HD fabrication as a whole and sold it's 
>market share to Hitachi. Meaning, if you encouter a scsi disk larger 
>than 18 Gig with an IBM sticker on it's face, you know for sure it's a 
>Hitachi disk with the correspondent poor Hitachi (scsi) quality.
>
>I can't recall the amount of times I've repeated this message ... will 
>you guys never learn?
>
>
>Anyway, if you want scsi at Ebay, go for Seagate and Quantum and nothing 
>else.
>

Kris,

It's one of the SEAGATEs that he has a problem with, not the "IBM"!

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Mike

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