Re: [LUG] Fujitsu 20G Hard Drives

[Keith Abraham <keith.abraham@xxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 30 September 2002 6:09 pm, psutton wrote:
> I think there are probs with fujisu drives,  not sure though,  this prob
> sounds familar though
>
> Paul
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jon Lawrence" <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 4:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [LUG] Fujitsu 20G Hard Drives
>
> > Hi,
> > A lot of hard drives come with a 3 year manufacturing warranty.
> > So although you whole machine may be out of warranty, it could be that
> > your hard drive isn't. It's worth speaking with the machine
> > manufacturers and seeing if you can pursuade them.
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 14:44, Keith Abraham wrote:
> > > Anyone been following the Fujitsu drive fiasco?
> > >
> > > I had two of their 20G drives go down in the last year and a half.
> > > The 1st was replaced under warranty but after a few months it
> > > also went down. By this time the whole machine was out of
> > > warranty so I replaced the drive with a Maxtor (excellent drive).
> > > As I'm loath to throw anything away I retained the faulty drive.
> > >
> > > When the fiasco blew up I contacted Fujitsu. But, although the
> > > drive has the same faulty chipset and exhibits all the reported
> > > symptoms, they would'nt replace it because they only do
> > > replacements under a distribution warranty.
> > >
> > > So I'm out in the cold! My machine manufacturer can do nothing
> > > because I'm out of warranty and Fujitsu will do nothing because
> > > they will only deal with the manufacturer of the machine.
> > >
> > > To cut the story short as I am not the original purchaser of the
> > > drive I have recourse to no one.
> > >
> > > Happy days!
> > >
> > > Keith

As I understand it there are 2 problems with some Fujitsu
drives:

(a) MPG3102/3204AT 10/20G drives dated before 2001-02.
       have a Servo Timing error which can be fixed with a Flash
       Firmware Upgrade.

(b) Those with a Cirrus Logic controller chip (CL-SH8671-450E-A3)
       which can't be easily fixed. (My drive)

Keith
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