"Servicable Used Part" Label on 180GXP

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Kostas K.

Today I received a 80GB 180GXP, replacement of my old broken 120GXP, but it
does have a sticker on it saying "SERVICABLE USED PART".

Does this mean that this is a previously broken drive which they fixed? And
if it has already failed once isnt it more likely that it will fail again?
Now they give it to me as a replacement? Should I trust this drive? It seems
to work fine (for now), but for how long...

Thank you for any replies

Kostas K.
 
Today I received a 80GB 180GXP, replacement of my old broken 120GXP,
but it does have a sticker on it saying "SERVICABLE USED PART".
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Does this mean that this is a previously broken drive which they fixed?
Yep.

And if it has already failed once isnt it more likely that it will fail again?
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Thats not clear at all.
Now they give it to me as a replacement? Should I trust this drive?
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Probably. The atrocious problem with
earlier GXPs appears to have been fixed.
It seems to work fine (for now), but for how long...
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Time will tell.
 
Kostas K. said:
Today I received a 80GB 180GXP, replacement of my old broken 120GXP,
but it does have a sticker on it saying "SERVICABLE USED PART".

Does this mean that this is a previously broken drive which they fixed?
And if it has already failed once isnt it more likely that it will fail again?
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So? Your 120GXP also failed and it wasn't a used part, was it?
Now they give it to me as a replacement? Should I trust this drive?
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Ofcourse, just as much as you trusted that 120GXP.
It seems to work fine (for now), but for how long...
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For just as long as any other drive unless you can predict the future ....
 
Does this mean that this is a previously broken drive which they fixed?
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It means they prolly just whacked it against something solid like a desk or
a wall, until the drive seemed to work.
 
Today I received a 80GB 180GXP, replacement of my old broken 120GXP,
but it does have a sticker on it saying "SERVICABLE USED PART".

Does this mean that this is a previously broken drive which they
fixed? And if it has already failed once isnt it more likely that it
will fail again? Now they give it to me as a replacement? Should I
trust this drive? It seems to work fine (for now), but for how long...

Thank you for any replies
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Most likely it was RMAed to them and when they tested it they couldn't
find anything wrong with it. If they had fixed it then it would be
"refurbished" or "rebuilt" or "remanufactured".
 
J.Clarke said:
Most likely it was RMAed to them and when they tested it they couldn't
find anything wrong with it. If they had fixed it then it would be
"refurbished" or "rebuilt" or "remanufactured".
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And how is that different from a "SERVICABLE USED PART" ?
 
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And how is that different from a "SERVICABLE USED PART" ?
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I would assume REBUILT or REMANUFACTURED would mean something was
physically done to repair it. SERVICEABLE USED would mean it was checked,
and was in specs without any repair needed.
 
Andrew Rossmann said:
I would assume REBUILT or REMANUFACTURED would mean something was
physically done to repair it. SERVICEABLE USED would mean it was checked,
and was in specs without any repair needed.
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Actually, I find it a nonsensical term but kind of expected it to mean all of
the forementioned things, to just have one sticker to 'cover all' possibilities.
 
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