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WD external 6 TB USB drive DOA
On Wed, 04 Jan 2017 02:13:47 -0000, Ed Light wrote:
On 1/3/2017 4:05 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote: I bought 6 black drives from them, and almost all of them failed, some twice. They just overheated, all the bloody time. Were those externals? Internals, mounted in a large case with plenty room. Six in a RAID array, I can't remember but I guess I can't have had a drive's width gap between each as tower cases aren't that tall. I guess I should have had fans blowing directly over them. The solution is to buy a directional desk fan like a Vornado and aim it at the drive. I took a WD green out of its usb 2 external enclosure and put in in a usb 3 that had no vents. It would heat up, unless I used the fan, then it was good for whatever time period. -- Why do the Scots wear kilts? Sheep can hear a zipper at 500 yds.... |
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