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Oct 26, 2010
What's wrong with Maxtor?
I've heard all kinds of things about Maxtor hard disk drives. They're too cheap; they don't last as long; more Maxtors die than other drives. Well, in my experience repairing computers, I can honestly say that Maxtor doesn't seem to be any worse than other brands. It might be that it seemed that Maxtor drives died more often because of how many more were sold than other brands thanks to their competitive pricing, but the percentage of drives sold that didn't last through their warranties probably wasn't much different from those of other manufacturers.
I myself have owned several hard drives, and a couple of them died in one way or another, including a Maxtor. The one drive in particular I want to mention is that very drive that this purchase is meant to replace, a Maxtor 4G120J6 120GB 5,400rpm hard drive that served me perfectly for just over eight years before the day I turned on my computer and got that dreaded hard drive failure error. That's a pretty good run for a drive that has been run 24/7 non-stop, in my book.
Today, Maxtor is a part of Seagate. So a review of a product that dates back to a time when Maxtor was still independent probably isn't too relevent. But you still see Maxtor's name on a number of storage products. Buy a Maxtor. It's a cool name.
Sep 16, 2008
Fast, but gets very hot
2 of 2 found this helpful I imagine this series of 80GB 7200rpm hard drives by Western Digital predates hard drives made with fluid bearings which I believe were responsible for allowing high-spindle-speed drives to run much cooler. This drive would get almost untouchably hot running for several minutes in open air. I would imagine drives running this hot wouldn't last more than a few years in 24/7 operation without some kind of cooling aid. If you decide to jump on a good deal for these drives made between 2001-2003, make sure you can fit a decent cooling fan in your computer case to constantly blow air across the drive to help keep it cool.
Feb 10, 2021
Case of the two-faced DIMM
I bought a Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4G 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 memory module to match the existing memory module installed in an older computer with a Core 2 Duo CPU. It worked very well, even though the older system could not take advantage of the module's highest FSB speed support.
I found that I had to be careful, though. As I searched for someone or someplace selling this exact model of memory module, I learned that Kingston had actually produced two significantly different module designs under the same model number, one of which was incompatible with older systems like mine. I encountered online forum posts from people looking for help to figure out why the memory modules they purchased didn't work with their systems, even though the model number was in their motherboard's memory compatibility list!
The first release of this KHX1600C9D3/4G memory module was assembled with sixteen 256MB memory chips. And then later, Kingston released, with the same model number, a memory module with eight 512MB chips. Some older systems don't support memory modules with 512MB chips. In the case of my older system, modules with the higher-capacity chips are ignored.
Memory modules with fewer chips yet the same total capacity are cheaper to produce and have no performance difference from modules with more chips. The trouble is that by recycling model numbers, users looking to add memory to their older computers may find that the memory they purchased is not compatible, even when the model number is present on the official memory compatibility list for their motherboard!
So when I went on eBay looking for someone selling this model, I had to ask the seller to check how many chips his modules had. You be sure to do the same, otherwise you may find yourself with incompatible memory! Or worse, you may misdiagnose the memory or your motherboard as bad!