Let's Kill LaCie?
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- elektro0
my western digital fell from a height of 1 meter while it was working
it's still working like it never fell ..lucky i guess
- I'd take this as a good opportunity to buy another drive********
- I'd take this as a good opportunity to buy another drive
- showpony0
lacie... should seriously go out of business. every drive of theirs that i've had has died... one even fried my logic board. fun stuff!
- Meeklo0
Thanks for 5 years of solid response, keep it going!
- Respect!Meeklo
- I keep this up, I'm never going to get laid hahaMeeklo
- I have that one. No problems in like 3 years of owning itGlitterati_Duane
- It seems to random. I've had those and they died in 6 months.CyBrainX
- ********0
they are french...what do you expect...
try shoving cheese and cigarettes in the drive, maybe that will work.
- Tungsten0
Are super-slow uploads on a Lacie external a sign of imminent death?
Or do they just stop working with no warning?
- svenreed0
ive had a maxtor since 2004, 80gb and no problems. it's always unplugged and sits stationary. do you guys leave your shit running all the time or something?! if so fuck that haha. i also burn DVDs for every project / month of photographs, sometimes 2 or three, and have them stacked (sitting at 90˚ is no good.) i also copy work to my computer at work, screw them haha.
- CyBrain0
I lost three drives to LaCie. One was in 2001 right before I lost my job and I had my portfolio on there. I had to pay for data recovery. About $250. The third time, I was able to get most of my stuff off there, but had to replace most of my music. Took me months. Let's get those torches lighted.
- raf0
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Bumping old thread
==========Lacie Minimus: mini USB 3.0 connector got loose, apparently a common problem. I sent it back to Lacie and they told me it was a "mechanical problem" they wouldn't cover under warranty, and blatantly offered me to fix it for about 80% of the cost of a new enclosure+drive. Laughable, considering that the Seagate drive inside was still good and worth this money on its own.
I took it out to use with a third-party enclosure rather than going for that rip off "offer".The best came when I got the thing shipped back: it now actually had mechanical damage on the aluminum casing, looked like someone tried to break in using force right below the USB connector. I have no idea why, the enclosure easily opens with 4 screws, no force was necessary for someone with a screwdriver.
One hypothesis is they bent and scratched it to make the "mechanical damage" story more credible — but what kind of company would do that?
Just to be sure: the enclosure spent its whole life behind the monitor. It did not have a scratch when I sent it back, let alone a bender in its thick aluminum casing.
- instrmntl0
Did u take pics before u sent it?
- inteliboy0
what a joke. I'd be pissed.
Those USB 3 plugs are terrible, have had 1 go loose on a lacie rugged, and the same thing happen on 2 portable WD's (never going near their piece of portable drives again as you can't remove the actual HD).
Now have a rugged mini that I use and it actually is lasting, maybe the USB plug plugs are now designed to be more sturdy.
