yeah!!

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bought a new dell 700m.  hard drive goes, 'click, click, click, click...' first blue screen of death i've gotten with windows xp, system freezes, etc.  called, dell sent replacement HD (fujitsu), now no clicking, no freezing, no crashing, can't even hear the thing.

snapohead · Answer

Thats amazing!

laffingbilly · Answer

yep, dang Hitachi HD.

bacillus · Answer

Just consider yourself unlucky as the present model of Hitachi laptop hard drives have a very good reputation.

snapohead · Answer

How does it have such a good reputation? I've seen nothing good from the Hitachi drives.

laffingbilly · Answer

obviously not, since the Hitachi travelstars that people have been getting have been clicking beasts.  i've had IBM travelstars (i bought one around the 2002 timeframe) and never had clicking problems.  Clicking is bad, there is no reason for it and no one can tell me that clicking ain't hurting the HD.  Now, considering IBM had a firmware update in 2002 to resolve clicking issues on IBM computers, it is not learning about quality if after 2 years Hitachi travelstars are still clicking.  This with the latest firmware version.  i'm not saying that this applies to all travelstars, but it seems from reading Dell pages here and others that Hitachi travelstars in Dells suffer from the clicking.  Anyways, the point is moot now since I got a Fujitsu replacement from Dell and it is dead quite.  maybe IBM sold Hitachi the HD business, because they knew it was a clicking dog.

johnallg · Answer

The bought up the IBM hard drive business from IBM and learned something about reliability.

johnallg · Answer

The GN, GNX, 5K, and 7K Hitachi/IBMs are good drives.  The DK series Hitachi drives and their direct descendants were/are junk.  My earlier IBM DJxxx drive was a fairly quiet reliable drive (had audible spinning sound). I'm glad you got a hdd you are satisfied with.

laffingbilly · Answer

actually, the 5k80 (HTS5480xxM9AT00) was the one that had and has the clicking problem

snapohead · Answer

I am aware that the IBM Travelstar is now the Hitachi Travelstar, although i still question their reliability. I have seen a number of failed Hitachi drives.

Dr. Paws · Answer

Man...consider yourself pretty lucky to get a Fujitsu. I have specifically requested a Fujitsu from Dell TWICE, but both times they sent me a new HD, they were both Hitachi's with the same clicking noise. I don't know how else to spell it out to them...i said NO HITACHI, and what happens? They send me a Hitachi. I might have to ebay the HD and just buy a Fujitsu on my own.

laffingbilly · Answer

sorry to hear about that.  you can only try again and point out all the hitachi's that people are having problems with.  i'd personally ask for a manager to ensure you don't get another hitachi.  unless you are wanting to get a larger HD, i wouldn't buy on ebay.  dell comes with a warranty and you shouldn't have to buy something else in order to run properly.  simply unacceptable in my book.  and believe me, i would be informing dell that if i were you.

laffingbilly · Answer

sorry to hear about that.  you can only try again and point out all the hitachi's that people are having problems with.  i'd personally ask for a manager to ensure you don't get another hitachi.  unless you are wanting to get a larger HD, i wouldn't buy on ebay.  dell comes with a warranty and you shouldn't have to buy something else in order to run properly.  simply unacceptable in my book.  and believe me, i would be informing dell that if i were you.

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