Wednesday, October 17th 2012
Apple's Seagate Hard Drive Troubles Date Back to 2009
An increasing number of Apple iMac customers are facing troubles with Seagate-made 1 TB hard drives their iMacs shipped with, since 2011. Apple responded with a free no-questions-asked hard drive replacement program for affected customers, but evidently believes some customers may be using faulty Seagate hard drives from even before 2011. The company stretched its hard drive replacement program to cover iMacs purchased between October 2009 and July 2011. "Apple has determined that certain Seagate 1TB hard drives used in 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMac systems may fail," said Apple.
The company is holding a list of iMacs by their serial numbers, which are likely to be affected by faulty hard drives. Customers who registered their iMacs have already been contacted, while others are presented with an online tool that lets you check if yours is one of those affected iMacs. Apple and its Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP) are tasked with carrying out these free replacements. Customers will now be covered by replacement protection for three years, that's up to April 2013.
Source:
TechEye.net
The company is holding a list of iMacs by their serial numbers, which are likely to be affected by faulty hard drives. Customers who registered their iMacs have already been contacted, while others are presented with an online tool that lets you check if yours is one of those affected iMacs. Apple and its Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP) are tasked with carrying out these free replacements. Customers will now be covered by replacement protection for three years, that's up to April 2013.
27 Comments on Apple's Seagate Hard Drive Troubles Date Back to 2009
Note that Samsung's HDD business is now owned by Seagate.
Aw dang it...
Laptop drives are another story though, almost every laptop I have has had its HDD replaced at least once; whenever they were Toshiba, Samsung, Fujitsu or WD drives didn't matter.
If you buy seagate, beware of lower quality china parts...
Did anyone see the SNL skit on the Apple I phone 5. Fuc*ing hilarious
Saturday Night Live - Tech Talk: iPhone 5 - YouTub...
May be something Appl€ has done.
Also, I found that the design of the iMac and the location of the hard drive made the drive run extremely hot. There was virtually no airflow for the drive, and even after power the machine down and taking the 20 Minutes to carefully peel the screen off to get to the drive, it was still warm to the touch... No wonder they fail.
In my opinion WD has always been superior. I've never owned a Seagate drive but across these past years I've read quite a few more complains about them than WD's.
HDDs aren't dead yet but I give them a few years.
That been said all the seagate drives i have sold are still working, cross fingers i guess.
Apple bought Seagate because they are cheaper than WD...