Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 6Y160M0 User Reviews March 31st, 2003 | by Ian Bell
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Average user rating from 20 users |
Drives fail
by Mike on Mar 3rd, 2008 at 9:55 AM:
I bought qty (4) 200G Maxtor drives. Only 1 lives today after 2 years. They all ran hot.
Watch Out
by Mike on Jan 25th, 2008 at 9:48 AM:
The first time I bought this hard drive it lasted for about 8 months, it failed. It had warranty so I sent it back to Maxtor and they sent me another one. This other one lasted me another year. Don't buy this unless you are planning to use it for only a year. And if you do buy it, make sure you always back up your data CAUSE IT WILL FAIL!
Spinning out of control
by Dennis on Jun 17th, 2007 at 11:15 PM:
I've had this drive in my Dell computer for 33 months. The drive has always seemed to be "hot" and I found I absolutely needed to keep the computer in the open rather than in a desk cavity. Only recently have I had some real concerning problems though - that is the drive spins out of control. There will be times I'm on the computer and the drive is hardly noticeable. More often though - the drive spins loud and seems to want to take off the runway. I've tested this a little to try and narrow down what is being done on the computer at the time. I've found that I can have some or all of the following running: several browsers, be in my photos online, working a Word document, updating web pages or simply playing a game - the drive will often times accelerate, then slow down, then accelerate for no reason at all. I've tried turning off the DSL to the house and running the computer - thinking MAYBE something or someone is accessing the computer from outside my location. Same problem! Finally, I've started the computer up and run nothing more than what usually starts up (things that came with the computer - I don't believe in auto-starting programs - that's just me though) and the problem is still there.
The darn thing is still under warranty, but due to some recent and numerous contacts with Dell's tech support (they are a bunch of idiots from "fur-eign" countries) I'm not looking forward to having to deal with them about this.
Interestingly enough though - on other computers in my house and computers in my past - I've never had one single issue with the NUMEROUS Western Digital drives.
Is it the drive or is it the computer (since this is the only Dell I have ever had (or should I say kept)?)
Just wanted to share the recent problems I'm having with others.
This Drive Runs HOT!!!
by Steve on Jun 3rd, 2007 at 4:37 PM:
This drive runs HOT! Speeds aren't bad, and hasn't failed me yet, but I'm reading tons of reviews it will fail. Gonna stick w/ Seagate next time. Did I mention it runs hot?
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Ive had 3 of them for over 2.5 years - they run perfectly fine
by Steve on Mar 13th, 2008 at 11:24 AM:
Ok - it runs more hot than my 2 40GB Maxtor drives, but I invested in a few 120mm fans in my case - and they can now be touched, even after hours and hours of processing...