Pyro Wrote:I tried it in another PC, and for some reason the PC wouldn't boot past motherboard with the faulty drive attached. I think the bitch is dead. After two weeks, in a brand new, well ventilated PC, my Seagate Barracuda 500GB looks dead as Elvis. Great.

Only 2 weeks?

And Seagate is supposed to be the good brand that doesn't break...

Take it back to the shop and try to get a refund/replacement.

(This post was last modified: 13/10/2008 09:27 PM by Assassinator.)

Assassinator Wrote:And Seagate is supposed to be the good brand that doesn't break...

Was it?

I've been running Western Digitals and Samsungs  --- one of my WDs failed but the Samsung drives are excellent.