Comments on: And I Thought The Fun Was Over – My Maxtor Madness Part 2 http://www.geardiary.com/2007/04/12/and-i-thought-the-fun-was-over-my-maxtor-madness-part-2/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mvix Wireless Hi-Definition Media Player (MX-760HD) - Page 17 - AVS Forumhttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/04/12/and-i-thought-the-fun-was-over-my-maxtor-madness-part-2/#comment-26367 Mvix Wireless Hi-Definition Media Player (MX-760HD) - Page 17 - AVS Forum Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:17:07 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2007/04/12/and-i-thought-the-fun-was-over-my-maxtor-madness-part-2/#comment-26367 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] an external USB/firewire case, and it was a bitch to get it to reformat back to its full capacity. http://www.geardiary.com/2007/04/12/...adness-part-2/ http://forums.macosxhints.com/archiv...p/t-68166.html One of the posts said that they used MHDD [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] an external USB/firewire case, and it was a bitch to get it to reformat back to its full capacity. http://www.geardiary.com/2007/04/12/…adness-part-2/ http://forums.macosxhints.com/archiv…p/t-68166.html One of the posts said that they used MHDD [...]

]]> By: arifhttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/04/12/and-i-thought-the-fun-was-over-my-maxtor-madness-part-2/#comment-13006 arif Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:01:38 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2007/04/12/and-i-thought-the-fun-was-over-my-maxtor-madness-part-2/#comment-13006 I had a 300gb Maxtor One Touch II (usb/firewire) hard drive, I got it when they first came out. It was pretty cool, looked great but was a bit slow (23mb/s). I took it apart the a while ago because it was acting up.. turns out the firewire/usb board was freaking out, but the hard drive worked fine plugged in my computer directly. But yeah, I'm thinking that because Maxtors were the very first drives that supported ATA133, they've engineered their products to work correctly with only ATA133 drives and not ATA100 like most other Seagates & Western Digitals. Maybe that's why you're only seeing 128gb with your Samsung. I had a 300gb Maxtor One Touch II (usb/firewire) hard drive, I got it when they first came out. It was pretty cool, looked great but was a bit slow (23mb/s).

I took it apart the a while ago because it was acting up.. turns out the firewire/usb board was freaking out, but the hard drive worked fine plugged in my computer directly.

But yeah, I’m thinking that because Maxtors were the very first drives that supported ATA133, they’ve engineered their products to work correctly with only ATA133 drives and not ATA100 like most other Seagates & Western Digitals. Maybe that’s why you’re only seeing 128gb with your Samsung.

]]> By: Chris Magnussonhttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/04/12/and-i-thought-the-fun-was-over-my-maxtor-madness-part-2/#comment-12956 Chris Magnusson Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:15:33 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2007/04/12/and-i-thought-the-fun-was-over-my-maxtor-madness-part-2/#comment-12956 Another reason to avoid Maxtor. :? fwiw, I've had -zero- issues with WD drives. Also, my WD 160GB portable external drive is faster than my no-name enclosure, Seagate drive 500GB external drive. Another reason to avoid Maxtor. :? fwiw, I’ve had -zero- issues with WD drives. Also, my WD 160GB portable external drive is faster than my no-name enclosure, Seagate drive 500GB external drive.

]]> By: Allen Honghttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/04/12/and-i-thought-the-fun-was-over-my-maxtor-madness-part-2/#comment-12928 Allen Hong Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:56:14 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2007/04/12/and-i-thought-the-fun-was-over-my-maxtor-madness-part-2/#comment-12928 Hmmmmm, seems like a "mythbuster" like experiment to do, to comfirm it... find out what really causes it and how to fix and restore the hard drive. Only bad, I dont have any working Maxtor external boxes to test with. :( Mitchell, if you're going to dump the Maxtor box, PCB and P/S, maybe you can send it to me for experimenting? Hmmmmm, seems like a “mythbuster” like experiment to do, to comfirm it… find out what really causes it and how to fix and restore the hard drive.

Only bad, I dont have any working Maxtor external boxes to test with.
:(

Mitchell, if you’re going to dump the Maxtor box, PCB and P/S, maybe you can send it to me for experimenting?

]]> By: Mitchell Okehttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/04/12/and-i-thought-the-fun-was-over-my-maxtor-madness-part-2/#comment-12915 Mitchell Oke Fri, 13 Apr 2007 04:01:15 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2007/04/12/and-i-thought-the-fun-was-over-my-maxtor-madness-part-2/#comment-12915 The case originially came with a 160GB drive which was recognized just fine (up until it died of course :P). I also have another identical unit which came with a 200GB drive. Therefore I'd say the IDE interface on them is ok. The unit was bought as a sealed item, not separate parts. The case originially came with a 160GB drive which was recognized just fine (up until it died of course :P ). I also have another identical unit which came with a 200GB drive.

Therefore I’d say the IDE interface on them is ok. The unit was bought as a sealed item, not separate parts.

]]> By: Tyler Pucketthttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/04/12/and-i-thought-the-fun-was-over-my-maxtor-madness-part-2/#comment-12913 Tyler Puckett Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:48:32 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2007/04/12/and-i-thought-the-fun-was-over-my-maxtor-madness-part-2/#comment-12913 That also came to my mind. Older revisions of IDE only recognized 128GB. Did your enclosure originally come with a drive installed? It is possible Maxtor used an older rev of IDE in order to cut costs, thinking nobody would take out their drive to insert another one? That still doesn't explain it working fine with Maxtor-branded drives, though... That also came to my mind. Older revisions of IDE only recognized 128GB. Did your enclosure originally come with a drive installed? It is possible Maxtor used an older rev of IDE in order to cut costs, thinking nobody would take out their drive to insert another one?

That still doesn’t explain it working fine with Maxtor-branded drives, though…

]]> By: Findehttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/04/12/and-i-thought-the-fun-was-over-my-maxtor-madness-part-2/#comment-12912 Finde Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:38:27 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2007/04/12/and-i-thought-the-fun-was-over-my-maxtor-madness-part-2/#comment-12912 I thought IDE in general was restricted to 128GB, but apparently that's only earlier versions of the interface.. Wikipedia says that "This problem is also found in older external FireWire disk enclosures, which limit the usable size of a disk to 128 GB." So it may just be your enclosure is "old" or isn't being recognised properly. I thought IDE in general was restricted to 128GB, but apparently that’s only earlier versions of the interface..

Wikipedia says that “This problem is also found in older external FireWire disk enclosures, which limit the usable size of a disk to 128 GB.”

So it may just be your enclosure is “old” or isn’t being recognised properly.

]]> By: Tyler Pucketthttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/04/12/and-i-thought-the-fun-was-over-my-maxtor-madness-part-2/#comment-12911 Tyler Puckett Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:55:03 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2007/04/12/and-i-thought-the-fun-was-over-my-maxtor-madness-part-2/#comment-12911 You might try putting the drive in a desktop using an IDE cable and performing a low-level format. You might try putting the drive in a desktop using an IDE cable and performing a low-level format.

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