Maxtor full-height 5.25" drives of death
Tom Gardner
t.gardner at computer.org
Thu Feb 8 13:03:19 CST 2018
XT2190 was first produced in 3Q 1984 and last produced in 1989 which gives yours a remarkable life span and well beyond the them at most 5 year warranty.
Be thankful they lasted this long.
Tom
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From: Ian Finder [mailto:ian.finder at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2018 11:36 AM
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Subject: Maxtor full-height 5.25" drives of death
XT2190s, XT1140s, some of the early ESDI disks...
I have 6 XT2190s at home, and maybe one of the damn things works.
Does anyone out here know, beyond speculation, what some of the common failure modes of these drives are? I'm not opposed to open-HDA surgery.
And I probably won't do anything.
But the question of WHY this line of drives in particular sucks so much has haunted me for some time...
- Ian
Honorable mention: CDC Sabre, Wren.
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