DEC RZ28-E "Made In U.S.A."

Apparently made in the U.S.A. in the year 1994.

Test PC

Rescued from being scrapped, this is the PC I use to test all of my hard drives. It is capable of testing any kind of PATA, SATA, or SCSI drive (not including SAS). I swapped out the original Pentium D CPU for a Pentium 4 to lower operating temperatures.

Brand: Dell
Series: Optiplex
Model: GX620
MFG Date: December, 2005
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 640 @3.20GHz *originally a Pentium D 820 @2.80GHz
RAM: 2.0GB DDR2
HDD: 80GB Maxtor DiamondMax 10 (6L080M0) *identical to the one in my collection
OS: Windows 7 Enterprise 32-Bit SP1
Storage Controllers: SATA II, Ultra-ATA 100, Adaptec SCSI card 19160

U10, Deskstar 180GXP, and DiamondMax Plus 8

These three hard drives have bitten the dust. I have found a replacement for the 180GXP, but the other two I must keep searching for.

Seagate U10 (ST310212A):

Hitachi GST Deskstar 180GXP (IC35L120AVV207-0):

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 (6E040L0):

Testing the Quantum Bigfoot...

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92 hard drives in total. Maxtor 6E040L0, and Seagate ST310212A have recently failed.
All hard drives are wiped clean and put through tests with HD Tune.
Together, all drives total in capacity of about 9.4TB.

PCB board of the Seagate U10:

Quantum / Digital Equipment Corporation (RZ28-E)

Brand: Quantum / Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Series: n/a
Model: RZ28-E
Size: 2.1 gB
Interface: SCSI (50 Pin)
MFG Date: 1994
Spindle RPM: 5,403
Firmware: 441C
Serial #: ?
Status: OK - Passes surface test
Other info: Came out of a Digital VAX server.