FC4 and external hard drive (USB)

[Hans Müller]

Claude Jones schrieb:
> On Sun August 7 2005 7:21 pm, Charles E. "Rick" Taylor, IV wrote:
> 
>>On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 22:41 +0100, J.Underwood wrote:
>>
>>>I am considering purchasing a USB hard drive to use with a FC4 system. I
>>>am currently considering one of the Lacie 80 GB models, and was
>>>wondering if anyone had any comments on how well supported these types
>>>of devices are with FC4?
>>
>>If it is one of the many drives that are just "plug and go" under
>>Windows and Mac, it ought to work fine.
>>
>>Using an 80 GB Maxtor external 80GB hard drive here.  Works great with
>>Fedora.  In fact, I'm copying some files to it as I write this message.
>>
> 
> 
> In my view, most of the USB externals now being marketed, were designed by 
> grads from fashion schools, NOT engineers. We have had multiple failures of 
> these devices during this time, numbering over 10 at this point. There are 
> two main culprits: Maxtor, and heat. All the USB externals that I know of are 
> being warrantied for one year. There's  a reason for that. We have dissected 
> many of these cases and have found the insides to be brownish/black. These 
> things have been put out with silence/styling as their selling points and 
> this is problematic. They literally bake themselves to death. 
> 
> We have been on an odyssey of late, looking for alternatives; there are a 
> number of aftermarket cases out there that recognize this problem and have 
> cooling fans. That would be my first suggestion. Secondly, when you assemble 
> the device, choose Seagate, which still sells drives with 5-year warranties.
> 
> LaCie suffers from both of the above issues. The cases are heat traps, not 
> sinks, and the drives inside are Maxtor - caveat emptor. I just took a LaCie 
> apart two weeks ago - the ribbon cable, and all the pc parts were literally 
> covered with a brownish/blackish veneer - the guy in support 'couldn't 
> understand it' and assured me that the warranty has just expired, two months 
> earlier. The drive was a Maxtor 200 GB. 
> 
I use a Maxtor One Touch II wih USB and Firewire
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