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<blockquote data-quote="pcjabber" data-source="post: 30351">I have never had a problem with a Maxtor Drive. (been using them for at least 7 years) And,I&nbsp; know that if something does go wrong, that I can use their no-questions-asked warranty...=)--PCjabberEDIT: Sept 2004 - I had one overheat last month. However, it was in a _TINY_ case (the Asus Pundit -- PC, I run Linux on it and use it as a PVR - <a href="http://www.mythtv.org" target="_blank">http://www.mythtv.org</a>), and it was about 3mm from the mainboard, under the DVD drive, and about 1 inch from the warm PSU. The whole drive assy is about 3 inches from the CPU inside a Steel/Alum Combo case, about 13&quot; tall, 4&quot; wide, and 18&quot; deep.&nbsp; Tiny.&nbsp; It was running for about a year, with many power outages, and power-offs.&nbsp; Anyway, it stood that for a year, then one day when booting it up, I see: &quot;WARNING: SMART drive error: drive is about to fail. Please replace it immediately.&quot; I called Maxtor, and a week later (it would have been faster, but they had just run out of them in the warehouse) I got a 40GB upgrade for free -- had a 160GB, and they sent&nbsp; a 200GB.&nbsp; The manufacture date was about 2 weeks earlier! hot off the line ;-)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pcjabber, post: 30351"] I have [B]never[/B] had a problem with a Maxtor Drive. (been using them for at least 7 years) And,I know that if something [i]does[/i] go wrong, that I can use their no-questions-asked warranty...=) --PCjabber EDIT: Sept 2004 - I had one overheat last month. However, it was in a _TINY_ case (the Asus Pundit -- PC, I run Linux on it and use it as a PVR - [url]http://www.mythtv.org[/url]), and it was about 3mm from the mainboard, under the DVD drive, and about 1 inch from the warm PSU. The whole drive assy is about 3 inches from the CPU inside a Steel/Alum Combo case, about 13" tall, 4" wide, and 18" deep. Tiny. It was running for about a year, with many power outages, and power-offs. Anyway, it stood that for a year, then one day when booting it up, I see: "WARNING: SMART drive error: drive is about to fail. Please replace it immediately." I called Maxtor, and a week later (it would have been faster, but they had just run out of them in the warehouse) I got a 40GB upgrade for free -- had a 160GB, and they sent a 200GB. The manufacture date was about 2 weeks earlier! hot off the line ;-) [/QUOTE]

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