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| Thread ID: 30280 | 2003-02-15 00:30:00 | Reliability of Fujitsu drives. What date range is affected? | Billy T (70) | Press F1 |
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| 121383 | 2003-02-15 00:30:00 | Following on from an earlier post about the reliability of Fujitsu drives, I have a new & as yet unused 40GB Fujitsu drive Model MPG3409AH manufactured in October 2001. Does this fall within the problem batch? This model number is on the list of problems and I have checked all the sites dealing with this issue but they don't seem to be definitive about manufacturing dates. The best indication I could get was that Fujitsu apparently stopped producing these drives during the fourth quarter of 2001. I bought it from DSE some months ago and will take it back for a refund if it is suspect, as it is not worth the risk to install it. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 121384 | 2003-02-15 01:56:00 | Have a look at the date codes on the ICs of the controller board. (Usually 4 digit numbers ... in the form "yyww" . The week number is the number of the week, with 01 being the first week in the year with a Thursday, I think :D). With "JIT production", the chips are usually produced within a very few weeks of the final product. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 121385 | 2003-02-15 03:59:00 | Thanks for your input Graham, but that doesn't really help me unfortunately . The range of faulty drives apparently spanned quite a period in 2001 and I already know the month of final assembly for my drive (October 2001) . The black painted chassis was produced in September 2001, however the controller IC was manufactured in week 20 of 2001 (3rd week of May) for what that is worth . ?:| What I really want to know is whether this late manufacturing batch is still at risk because I don't want to go to all the trouble of installing it, only to find that it fails during the first 500 hours of use . Cheers Billy 8-{) :( |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 121386 | 2003-02-15 04:27:00 | If you are in doubt, take it back to DSE. If its a known problem, Fujitsu would have provided a list of affected drives. I would say | dot_com (558) | ||
| 121387 | 2003-02-15 04:53:00 | Hi dot com When returning products that have not yet been used, let alone failed, it is a good idea to get one's facts straight and one's ducks in a row. I wanted to be reasonably sure of my ground before going to DSE, that way both myself and the salesperson will have a more pleasant experience. Cheers Billy 8-{) :D |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 121388 | 2003-02-15 13:26:00 | Hi Billy T, I checked out the link that you mentioned and from there went on to this (www.theregister.co.uk) article which would seem to put your drive in the clear. It seems that it was restricted drives manufactured before June and also possibly only 20GB drives. I certainly hope that this is the case as I have a number of 10GB drives that fall well within the suspect period. Last thing I need is for more hard drive failures as two inthe last couple of months was a bit much :_| |
Gorela (901) | ||
| 121389 | 2003-02-15 13:42:00 | Have a look at this thread @ OCNZ (forums.overclockers.co.nz) | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 121390 | 2003-02-15 21:41:00 | Hi Billy, If there IS a known problem, retailers like DSE wil know about it. I can't see why they will give you a hassell as they will be replaced at Fujitsu's expense. Not DSE's I brought a vacum cleaner years ago, and 5 years later the power-head destroyed itself. When I took it back to Tisco for repair, they remembered the problems with that Sanyo brand and replaced it with a brand new unit - even though it was over 4 years out of warranty. If the Fujitsu drives HAVE a known fault, there is than likely a probability of a product recall. Or something similar. |
dot_com (558) | ||
| 121391 | 2003-02-15 22:14:00 | I know this isn't particularly helpful, but..... Seriously though, Fujitsu, I mean don't those drives have like a 3 month warranty, enough said. |
nz_liam (845) | ||
| 121392 | 2003-02-15 22:28:00 | Thanks for that JM :( "Firetruck" springs to mind! X-( |
Gorela (901) | ||
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