Comments on: I’m Beginning to Think That I Made a Mistake with My LaCie Purchase http://thomashawk.com/2005/01/im-beginning-to-think-that-i-made.html Fri, 25 May 2012 15:20:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Free Fetish http://thomashawk.com/2005/01/im-beginning-to-think-that-i-made.html/comment-page-1#comment-481540 Free Fetish Wed, 27 Apr 2011 03:54:23 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=4413#comment-481540 You know this is something quite diffrent then I expected.. well, in any matter great work.. better then what I can write! You know this is something quite diffrent then I expected.. well, in any matter great work.. better then what I can write!

]]> By: Escortservice http://thomashawk.com/2005/01/im-beginning-to-think-that-i-made.html/comment-page-1#comment-437948 Escortservice Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:03:39 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=4413#comment-437948 Very beneficial stuff. Overall, I really believe this is worthy of a bookmark, terrific! Very beneficial stuff. Overall, I really believe this is worthy of a bookmark, terrific!

]]> By: Magnus http://thomashawk.com/2005/01/im-beginning-to-think-that-i-made.html/comment-page-1#comment-196278 Magnus Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:31:50 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=4413#comment-196278 I had the power supply failure and replaced with a standard ATX. Before I had some issues when transferring large files. With the ATX supply all problems are gone. Give it a thought... issues with power quality would give intermittent problems... I had the power supply failure and replaced with a standard ATX. Before I had some issues when transferring large files. With the ATX supply all problems are gone. Give it a thought… issues with power quality would give intermittent problems…

]]> By: Phil http://thomashawk.com/2005/01/im-beginning-to-think-that-i-made.html/comment-page-1#comment-74389 Phil Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:40:19 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=4413#comment-74389 I've been very pleased with my Lacie drives. I have 3 at my office and 3 at home. I'm using the raided 500GB NAS and the 1T Nas units. Both units have all three network connections: ETH, USB, FW. At the office, both the 1T and the 500GB units have been attached to my ETH 1G network and were used for high speed db transaction logs from a zOS mainframe. I was able to FTP massive amounts of data in a very timely manor. The disks have been flawless. The only issues that I've had are with security and the power-bricks. Due to the security issues, we no longer deploy them as DB log repository. They are now being used as back-up devices for workstations and to house documentation. Be Well ~ Phil I’ve been very pleased with my Lacie drives. I have 3 at my office and 3 at home. I’m using the raided 500GB NAS and the 1T Nas units. Both units have all three network connections: ETH, USB, FW. At the office, both the 1T and the 500GB units have been attached to my ETH 1G network and were used for high speed db transaction logs from a zOS mainframe. I was able to FTP massive amounts of data in a very timely manor.

The disks have been flawless. The only issues that I’ve had are with security and the power-bricks. Due to the security issues, we no longer deploy them as DB log repository.

They are now being used as back-up devices for workstations and to house documentation.

Be Well ~ Phil

]]> By: Firewire Usb Hub http://thomashawk.com/2005/01/im-beginning-to-think-that-i-made.html/comment-page-1#comment-72761 Firewire Usb Hub Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:58:37 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=4413#comment-72761 Hello, tnx for your precious post about firewire usb hub, well done! Hello, tnx for your precious post about firewire usb hub, well done!

]]> By: Florian http://thomashawk.com/2005/01/im-beginning-to-think-that-i-made.html/comment-page-1#comment-20772 Florian Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:29:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=4413#comment-20772 Same here, crappy slow like hell.<br /><br />:( Same here, crappy slow like hell.

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]]> By: Anonymous http://thomashawk.com/2005/01/im-beginning-to-think-that-i-made.html/comment-page-1#comment-20773 Anonymous Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:59:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=4413#comment-20773 My suggestion would be to forget buying drives like the LaCie. If you want Network Attached Storage, you're much better off going this route instead: http://www.lime-technology.com My suggestion would be to forget buying drives like the LaCie. If you want Network Attached Storage, you’re much better off going this route instead: http://www.lime-technology.com

]]> By: Anonymous http://thomashawk.com/2005/01/im-beginning-to-think-that-i-made.html/comment-page-1#comment-20774 Anonymous Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:32:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=4413#comment-20774 Hi all!<br /><br />im from SWE and i ran to the store to get a external harddrive, i got the LACIE 500gigs! Biggest misstake ever! Im having problems detecting it and now it turned it self into a RAW disk? cant get my pics out, and ppl i have 8000 of them on there! Going sleepless over this and no help from the support! plzzz dont get Lacie if ure thinking of getting a HD!<br />If ure a super talent at this format(RAW) and can help me plz dont hesitate to do that, my e-mail is tingo101@hotmail.com :-( Hi all!

im from SWE and i ran to the store to get a external harddrive, i got the LACIE 500gigs! Biggest misstake ever! Im having problems detecting it and now it turned it self into a RAW disk? cant get my pics out, and ppl i have 8000 of them on there! Going sleepless over this and no help from the support! plzzz dont get Lacie if ure thinking of getting a HD!
If ure a super talent at this format(RAW) and can help me plz dont hesitate to do that, my e-mail is tingo101@hotmail.com :-(

]]> By: edd parris http://thomashawk.com/2005/01/im-beginning-to-think-that-i-made.html/comment-page-1#comment-20775 edd parris Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:37:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=4413#comment-20775 Ive had my EDmini 500gb for about two months now and have had no end of troubles.<br />I only got round to installing/testing it about 3 wekks after recieving it due to moving out of home etc which was past the time i could lawfully send it back to lacie.<br /><br />1, I cant move/copy a file over 100mb over ethernet.<br /><br />2, The ethernet/usb connections are shady as hell, i cant play mp3s direct off the drive without it pausing a few times during the track.<br />I thought it may just be winamp but itunes, songbird and WMP all share the same issue.<br />I then came accross a fix... bring up a cmd window and 'ping -t 10.208.75.101' (the address of the disk wen plugged in via USB) but this has decided to stop fixing it over the last two days.<br />Another fix for this is to bring up a windows explorer window and navigate to the drive which starts the playback again. Its as if the drive just looses connection to my laptop. I have tried this on other machines and its exactly the same.<br /><br />3, Any sort of intensive transfer via usb or eth to the thing makes it fall over and need a HARD reset (ie, power plug pulled).<br /><br />I wrote to lacie and asked wtf was up and they denied all knowledge of any problems and said if i sent it back they would test it and replace it. I have not done this because i know they will find 'nothing wrong' with it and just send it back. Ideally i would like a refund but they dont seem willing to give me one.. esp as its been a while since i bought the damn thing.<br /><br />My advice, if you want a NAS drive then buy a buffalo. my old man has one and ive had no trouble doing any of the above tasks, its performed flawlessly.<br /><br />thanks for the £170 paper weight lacie ;) Ive had my EDmini 500gb for about two months now and have had no end of troubles.
I only got round to installing/testing it about 3 wekks after recieving it due to moving out of home etc which was past the time i could lawfully send it back to lacie.

1, I cant move/copy a file over 100mb over ethernet.

2, The ethernet/usb connections are shady as hell, i cant play mp3s direct off the drive without it pausing a few times during the track.
I thought it may just be winamp but itunes, songbird and WMP all share the same issue.
I then came accross a fix… bring up a cmd window and ‘ping -t 10.208.75.101′ (the address of the disk wen plugged in via USB) but this has decided to stop fixing it over the last two days.
Another fix for this is to bring up a windows explorer window and navigate to the drive which starts the playback again. Its as if the drive just looses connection to my laptop. I have tried this on other machines and its exactly the same.

3, Any sort of intensive transfer via usb or eth to the thing makes it fall over and need a HARD reset (ie, power plug pulled).

I wrote to lacie and asked wtf was up and they denied all knowledge of any problems and said if i sent it back they would test it and replace it. I have not done this because i know they will find ‘nothing wrong’ with it and just send it back. Ideally i would like a refund but they dont seem willing to give me one.. esp as its been a while since i bought the damn thing.

My advice, if you want a NAS drive then buy a buffalo. my old man has one and ive had no trouble doing any of the above tasks, its performed flawlessly.

thanks for the £170 paper weight lacie ;)

]]> By: John http://thomashawk.com/2005/01/im-beginning-to-think-that-i-made.html/comment-page-1#comment-20776 John Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:12:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=4413#comment-20776 Just thought I'd add my two cents here. I bought the Ethernet Disk Mini 250GB in Oct of 2005 and have to say that I've had no real problem with it. It's connected to my wireless router via an ethernet cord and worked out of the box up to this day. It's jam packed with music and video (ahem) files and works as expected... so much so that I'm looking around for another one. <br /><br />I can connect to it via 2 of my wireless Windows XP machines and a wired Windows 2000 PC.<br /><br />One thing I thought of as I read the previous posts here that I can relate to a bit is that for whatever reason, windows losses connection to the mapped drive the Lacie is on from time to time, causing lengthy file copying of large files to fail. I don't know if this is a Windows issue or a Lacie issue as it's not a big deal for me and I never investigated it.<br /><br />Other than that the only other related time it acted up was when I used the Windows Synchronization feature. Because Windows would not show the mapped drive as connected after a while the Synch functionality would get confused and lock up. I've tried to figure out how to make Windows stay connected to a mapped drive permanently but no luck yet. It happens to all my mapped drives including those on the other computers I have.<br /><br />Overall I am pleased with my Lacie Ethernet Disk Mini and hope to get another to add to my network. That's my two cents for what it's worth. Thanks. Just thought I’d add my two cents here. I bought the Ethernet Disk Mini 250GB in Oct of 2005 and have to say that I’ve had no real problem with it. It’s connected to my wireless router via an ethernet cord and worked out of the box up to this day. It’s jam packed with music and video (ahem) files and works as expected… so much so that I’m looking around for another one.

I can connect to it via 2 of my wireless Windows XP machines and a wired Windows 2000 PC.

One thing I thought of as I read the previous posts here that I can relate to a bit is that for whatever reason, windows losses connection to the mapped drive the Lacie is on from time to time, causing lengthy file copying of large files to fail. I don’t know if this is a Windows issue or a Lacie issue as it’s not a big deal for me and I never investigated it.

Other than that the only other related time it acted up was when I used the Windows Synchronization feature. Because Windows would not show the mapped drive as connected after a while the Synch functionality would get confused and lock up. I’ve tried to figure out how to make Windows stay connected to a mapped drive permanently but no luck yet. It happens to all my mapped drives including those on the other computers I have.

Overall I am pleased with my Lacie Ethernet Disk Mini and hope to get another to add to my network. That’s my two cents for what it’s worth. Thanks.

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