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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Despite its infamy, this family did usher in for the first time ramp loading and unloading to 3.5" drives, a feature that would eventually be copied some years later by the other manufacturers.
*Despite its infamy, this family did usher in for the first time ramp loading and unloading to 3.5" drives, a feature that would become a staple of all IBM and then Hitachi drives produced since, and would eventually be copied some years later by the other manufacturers.
**Along with this, this drive first introduced the quirk of Power-off Retract Count being erroneously identical to Load/Unload Cycle Count, which would be carried over to all later Deskstars. It currently still presents in the [[Toshiba DT01ACA]], [[Toshiba DT01-V]] and [[Western Digital Ultrastar]] families, which are all based on the 75GXP's Deskstar descendants.  
**Along with this, this drive first introduced the quirk of Power-off Retract Count being erroneously identical to Load/Unload Cycle Count, which would be carried over to all later Deskstars. It currently still presents in the [[Toshiba DT01ACA]], [[Toshiba DT01-V]] and [[Western Digital Ultrastar]] families, which are all based on the 75GXP's Deskstar descendants.  



Latest revision as of 23:01, 24 September 2024

IBM Deskstar 75GXP, also known by its popular culture nickname, IBM Deathstar, is a hard drive family created by IBM. This family was infamous for being one of the most unreliable hard drive families to date, and was a major catalyst for IBM's departure from the hard drive market.

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Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • Despite its infamy, this family did usher in for the first time ramp loading and unloading to 3.5" drives, a feature that would become a staple of all IBM and then Hitachi drives produced since, and would eventually be copied some years later by the other manufacturers.
    • Along with this, this drive first introduced the quirk of Power-off Retract Count being erroneously identical to Load/Unload Cycle Count, which would be carried over to all later Deskstars. It currently still presents in the Toshiba DT01ACA, Toshiba DT01-V and Western Digital Ultrastar families, which are all based on the 75GXP's Deskstar descendants.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Scott Goodin. "IBM Deskstar 75GXP Ultra ATA 100 Hard Drive". Anandtech.
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