Meltingfire

I just broke my seagate st1. I had it in my hand when switching between to CF-cards and i dropped it from about 1m (5feet?) heigth on one of the corners and it stopped working...

Is there anything i can do with it to fix it or is it completly broken?

Compusmurf

Oh, ouch. The corner is the worst possible place for it to hit. Doesn't distribute the G force of impact.

Have you tried reformatting it on a PC? Unfortunately, since it was a pull, you can't send it back.....

Meltingfire

It cant find the card in ipaq or on two diffrent machines/card-readers, so i cant format it.

I get an "I/O Error" and the disk does some noise while the disk spins. I dont know if thats normal or if its the heads that grinds agains the disk

But shouldnt the heads be securely locked when device is not used?

Compusmurf

Yeah, but the platters are THIN aluminum....

Meltingfire

Ok, how is it with the retail MD's that you can buy at the store? Are they as sensetive as the ST1? Also will Seagates ST1 retail be this sensetive to?

How is it with CF, should i buy a solid state memory instead maybe? I dont plan to drop then that often but you get a bit frustrated when you buy a MD for $250 and drop in after 1 month and its broken.

rob1303

Originally Posted by Meltingfire

Ok, how is it with the retail MD's that you can buy at the store? Are they as sensetive as the ST1? Also will Seagates ST1 retail be this sensetive to? How is it with CF, should i buy a solid state memory instead maybe? I dont plan to drop then that often but you get a bit frustrated when you buy a MD for $250 and drop in after 1 month and its broken.

Solid state memory cards are much more resiliant than Microdrives (as they have no moving parts.

I have to say though that yours is the first MD that I have actually seen to have broken

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imported_stevef

Remember, you are at the cutting edge of technology here. How often do you lose a 3.5 inch HDD. How they can even make a disk so small amazes me, let alone make reliable. I work in IT and we lose disks all the time. S'pose thats why they came up with RAID.

I could be happy with a RAID 5 setup on my ipaq

Meltingfire

Well its not the lost data that is the problem here really, but the cost.
So having raid5 wouldnt solve the cost problem, only increase it

rob1303

Although someone mentioned it was ripped from a MP3 player I don't believe that you have said that - any comeback available with the manufacturer?

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Meltingfire

Its ripped from an Creative Rio (i think), its bougth from the states and i live in sweden, so first of all it would be a big hassle to send it back, and second of all i think the warrenty is voided if i open the product

rob1303

Originally Posted by Meltingfire

Its ripped from an Creative Rio (i think), its bougth from the states and i live in sweden, so first of all it would be a big hassle to send it back, and second of all i think the warrenty is voided if i open the product

Yeah if it is ripped out of something else then I don't think it is advisable to send it back

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Meltingfire

If i get my hands on a camera, i will take it appart and post the photos

rob1303

Originally Posted by Meltingfire

If i get my hands on a camera, i will take it appart and post the photos

- cool

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Meltingfire

Got some pics: http://www.ipaqhq.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15059

rob1303

Originally Posted by Meltingfire

Got some pics: http://www.ipaqhq.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15059

Thanks for that

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