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18Jan/09Off

My Backup Failed and It Wasn’t My Fault

Penguin added for bonus festivity

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.

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The Register

Anyone else got one of these duds?

15Jan/09Off

Dell Mini 10 – My Next Toy Purchase

Dell Mini 10 - Thanks Engadget!

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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