🚀 go-pugleaf

>: eventually returned it and got something else, but apparently, the guy I
>: bought it off said that a whole lot of 6.4Gb STs had been returned as
>: well.


just sounds like a bad batch, not a bad model.


Ron Reaugh <Ron-Reaugh@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> Leon Garde wrote in message
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> >In aus.computers.ibm-pc Julian Lee <Julian.Lee@alcatel.com.au> wrote:
> >: Brett wrote:
> >:>
> >:> Hey,
> >:>
> >:> Quantum Fireball
> >:> No need to say more... prices are very competetive now.
> >:> Though, you've got me worried about the WD drive in my gf's puter now
:(
> >:>
> >:> Good luck
> >:>
> >:>         / brett
> >
> >: I had used a Quantum Maverick 540 Mb, a Quantum Fireball 1.2 Gb, and a
> >: Quantum Fireball ST 6.4 Gb. I had no problems with the Quantums at all,
> >: UNTIL I got the 6.4Gb.
> >
> >: After about 9 months, I started getting bad sectors on the drive. I
> >: eventually returned it and got something else, but apparently, the guy
I
> >: bought it off said that a whole lot of 6.4Gb STs had been returned as
> >: well.
>
>
> Well,  I have four Fireball STs including a 6.4GB and they are a couple of
> years old and none has missed a beat.
>
>