18Jan/09Off
My Backup Failed and It Wasn’t My Fault
Penguin added for festivity bonus
One of my two recently purchased 1TB Seagate 7200.11 drives (model: ST31000340AS, firmware: SD15) decided to join the IBM deathstar family. Otherwise known as the deskstar, it's apparently #18 on the list of worst tech products of all time.
This time, the drive decided to stop powering up fully instead spinning up and down like a yo-yo. Quick internet research revealed they are failing en mass due to a firmware bug. RMAing the sucker tomorrow for a reflashed one. This is just the latest proof regarding my knack for buying defective storage intended for backups.
Go Figure.
Read full article at:
The Register
Anyone else got one of these duds?
15Jan/09Off
Dell Mini 10 – My Next Toy Purchase
Dell Mini 10 - Thanks Engadget!
Specs:
- 1280x720 glass screen
- Z530 1.6 GHz Atom
- 3G
- GPS
- 802.11n
- multitouch/gesture trackpad
- A decent sized netbook keyboard
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