MAXTOR Alert

[mmicrosysm]

If you have a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 120GB or 80GB HDD manufactured in August of 2003, backup your data up, as these drives have a high failure rate of 90%.

After mine and my friends two drives took a dump, I did some research and found out this drive is failing like the Mir space station. I lucked out and was able to retrieve my data before it finally stopped working, my buddy was not as fortunate with his two drives.

Part# 80GB w/2MB 6Y080L0 and 6Y120L0 120GB w/2MB

Unsure if 60GB w/2MB model #6Y060L0 is effected too but check the date if was manufactured in August 2003 as well, back your data up.

No convinced do a search on "DiamondMax Plus 9 failure" in your favorite search engine and read on man.

I've been runing Seagate Barracudas since there SCSI days and No issues every including my new ATA/SATA versions.

 

[TheTK421]

I have one of those drives that I got in Aug/Sep '03...

I looked at Google, but it seems pretty contained (luckly). Do you have any other sites where a large number of people reported problems with the 6Y080L0?

Worst part is I only have one other drive, and it has Linux on it. XP or Linux, not a very hard choice, but still (Linux of course).

 

[mmicrosysm]

http://www.productreview.com.au/showitem.php?item_id=2163

http://www.dabs.com/UK/productview?quicklinx=259Y

Some Comments I've came acrossed:

"A Lemon--Prone to early failure"

Mark Weiss on May 1st, 2004 at 10:39 PM
Score: 1

I purchased one 6Y120P0 drive last month and installed it. It was great for about a week, fastest drive I've ever benched. But after 168 hours, it just died. I had to switch back to the 20gb drive that I had been using for the last 3 years. I would probably not buy another Maxtor drive again after this experience.

"premature death"

apchar on Feb 12th, 2005 at 3:49 PM
Score: 1

mine crashed just a few months after the warranty ended (of course.) I keep reading nasty remarks about this series. Fast but flaky.

"Fast, quiet, unreliable"

pSynrg on Apr 5th, 2005 at 12:40 AM
Score: 7

Indeed, a fast and quiet hard drive that unfortunately proved to be unreliable. Drive failed after 4 months. However, Maxtor's online RMA service is first class and using their 'advanced RMA' facility - where you guarantee to return the defective drive after receipt of a new one - had me up and running again within 3 days! The +9 range has been their least reliable in my 15 years of Maxtor drive ownership but their custromer service keeps me coming back...

"My harddisk failed!!!", I screamed."

Hideaki Kyo


After I scanned my drive with the Norton Disk Doctor... My harddisk failed... Why is it like that... My HDD is Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 6Y060L0... I used the Maxtor Diagnostic Software called PowerMax to test it... It failed the SMART Test... What will cause SMART Fail? Or is this HDD model problematic... I had 2 HDDs, this model, failed before... This is my 2nd RMA drive... Failed 3 times in 2 months... Why...

For your details... This is my PC Specs...
AMD XP 2000+
ABIT NF7
256MB DDR 333 SDRAM CL2.5 - Kingston
Windows XP Pro with SP1
ATi Radeon 9000 64MB DDR SDRAM ~Catalyst 3.0~

 

[gamersha794]

this.is.only.the.2mb.models.right?



sry.but.my.space.bar.is.broken

 

[mmicrosysm]

this.is.only.the.2mb.models.right?



sry.but.my.space.bar.is.broken

Yes the 2mb buffer units only as for as my research shows.

And get that keyboard fixed

 

[da_supa_fish]

wow intresting 2 know, thx alot for the info. my friend has one of those i'll let him know bout this

 

[manu_xl]

sry.but.my.space.bar.is.broken

lol ... you made my day

 

[mmicrosysm]

this.is.only.the.2mb.models.right?



sry.but.my.space.bar.is.broken

What you got one of those iMac keyboards?