IBM 75gxp 6+ months going strong, heres how

[BigRed]

all those to refer to IBM and junk and crap please dont post in this thread, im telling everyone how to make IBM drives last longer. I own the 75gxp, the hdd with the largest failure rate of any hdd made. Those failures were caused by HEAT. 90% of people who have had those drives fail on them were using either no cooling or just a fan. the days of cool, high performance hard drives are over. you HAVE to cool your hdd now, and not with just a fan mind you. you need a heatsink to PULL the heat away from the drive. Try putting just a fan on your cpu and see how far you get.
Here is my IBM 75gxp, 6+ months run time (running high stress applications) and still runing like the day i bought it.
Bottom: i have the heatsink/fan hard drive cooler there to cool the controller chips.

Top: this is where most of the heat comes from, i have the vantec ultimate hard drive cooler, its a large heatsink with 2 40mm fans cooling it.

Heat is the reason IBM drives fail. Here is an arcitle that explains it.
That article is a month old, lol. but its still useful, it also explains the click of death.

 

[nikhsub1]

If you have to go thru that just to have the drive NOT FAIL, you can keep your IBM's! I'm done with em.

 

[MoPMatrix]

lil too much work to get ur HD to work at whats suposed to be a normal operating lvl
But good tips for someone that has already bought one...

I just bought my new Maxtor 60GB, 7200rpm, ATA133 from newegg like 20 min ago =)

 

[rUfUnKy]

Well If it wasn't for the high failure rate these would be great drives. what kind of temps was your drive running at before and after the HDD cooler?

 

[It_The_Cow]

Looks good. I hope it lasts you a long time. Problem is that IBM should start selling 60/75 GXP's with HDD coolers included since they recognize the failures are caused by heat.

 

[rUfUnKy]

Problem is that WD should start selling 60/75 GXP's with HDD coolers included since they recognize the failures are caused by heat.

You mean IBM..

 

[BigRed]

Well If it wasn't for the high failure rate these would be great drives. what kind of temps was your drive running at before and after the HDD cooler?

With hdd coolers = 26c (1 degree above ambient, same as the rest of my case)
Without hdd coolers = 50c
No wonder these drives fail.

also note that the 120gxp is the fastest hard drive (non SCSI) made, it also produces the most heat (the 2 go hand in hand)

 

[rUfUnKy]

With hdd coolers = 26c (1 degree above ambient, same as the rest of my case)
Without hdd coolers = 50c
No wonder these drives fail.

also note that the 120gxp is the fastest hard drive (non SCSI) made, it also produces the most heat (the 2 go hand in hand)

WOW That's cool!! (literally) I think I'll invest in a heat sink sandwich for my IBM HDD if I ever get it back from RMA (30 days and counting )

 

[mrpcman]

Well, both mine lasted a year, one with the same cooler and one without, and the one without actualy lasted a month or so longer. reason being i think is that the "air" hole is being covered by your heatsink.

 

[It_The_Cow]

You mean IBM..

You're right. My mistake

 

[Cowboy X]

I'd still knock on wood BigRed .

 

[hoytron]

I want to know what you folks are doing to your GXPs that's wrecking them, or maybe I don't. I have two of them in a RAID setup, and I run them constantly. No problems here!

 

[Cooler666]

I have a 82.3GB IBM 120GXP and i don't think its worth it too cool it, first the money, second more noise, thirdly never heard of anyone with a failed 120GXP (maybe IBM spent so much research on this after the problem with the 75GXP that this isn't a problem anymore) and if it does fail then its IBM's fault not mine.

 

[MadMan007]

the WD 1200JB w/ 8MB cache is currently the fastest all-around drive I thought...

 

[Cooler666]

the WD 1200JB w/ 8MB cache is currently the fastest all-around drive I thought...

it is, but the fastest 80GB and 40GB is the IBM 120GXP