Re: click-death w/ zip drive

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Joseph Lee writes ...
> 
> Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> spawned virtual particles writing:
> : misalignment. He noted that internal drives were
> : less susceptible to the problem, and stressed that,
> 
> Actually, PC internals might be less succeptable, but Mac internals
> would be more susceptable.  It all depends on how close the
> drive is shoved up against a-not-fully-shielded-powersupply, like
> some Mac setups tend to be.
> 
> Try http://members.aol.com/zipcod1/Zip.html for more info.
>

     Weirder and weirder. If I had seen the new Mac Zip control panel
before buying my Zip, the Zip would never have been bought. "Format
Life"? 20MB for a "pool of _spare_ sectors"?  What a pile of
garbage!     

 
> : "It's fairly rare," he said. "But it does happen."
> 
> If it's so rare.. I wouldn't be hearing it happening to so many
> people I know personally, especially myself. :P
>

     My first Zip was so screwed up it's hard to know whether it ever
"clicked". The replacement-- an external drive which sits a couple feet
from monitors and power supplies--  has worked fine for 18 months. It
would be a major chap if it started clicking.

     Iomega had best get its act together.
 
     

Rubywand