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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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WD external 6 TB USB drive DOA
On Wed, 04 Jan 2017 04:09:25 -0000, Neill Massello wrote:
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. Blacks run hot. They need a lot of cooling. Even some enclosures with fans aren't good enough. They should have said that when I bought them, there was no warning about extra cooling. It cost WD about 6 drives. All they had to do was put a sticker on them saying "please ensure sufficient ventilation, as we've designed this really crap". -- Wedding rings: the world's smallest handcuffs. |
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WD external 6 TB USB drive DOA
On 1/3/2017 8:15 PM, Ed Light wrote:
On 1/3/2017 12:24 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote: I have to send it back to WD. They will send a refurbished! I got one from them. It has been up to 55C .. ugh. OK otherwise. But did they reset the SMART data when they "refurbished" it ? Lynn |
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WD external 6 TB USB drive DOA
On 1/3/2017 10:09 PM, Neill Massello wrote:
Percival P. Cassidy wrote: I thought I had read that WD's "Green" drives were being discontinued. They have been. Blue is the new Green. The only remaining 7200rpm Blue is the 1TB model; all the others are 5400rpm. Big River does not have an WD 8 TB blue for sale by itself. There is a WD 8 TB red for sale for $303. https://www.amazon.com/Red-8TB-Hard-...dp/B01BYLY4DM/ One wonders if one should buy the WD 8 TB external for $220 and pull the hard drive out for my 8 TB internal back up drive needs: https://www.amazon.com/Book-Desktop-...dp/B01LQQHLGC/ Thanks, Lynn |
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WD external 6 TB USB drive DOA
No, the smart showed 55C as the maximum temperature during its lifetime.
It was real clean and has gone for the equivalent of 2 years 24/7. On 1/4/2017 12:55 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote: On 1/3/2017 8:15 PM, Ed Light wrote: On 1/3/2017 12:24 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote: I have to send it back to WD. They will send a refurbished! I got one from them. It has been up to 55C .. ugh. OK otherwise. But did they reset the SMART data when they "refurbished" it ? Lynn -- Ed Light Better World News TV Channel: http://realnews.com Send spam to the FTC at Thanks, robots. |
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Rereading, I see I wasn't clear!
On the refurbished drive WD sent me, the SMART data for maximum temperature over lifetime was 55C. Looking at my other drive of that same model, it's never been over 43C. I have HD Sentinel to warn me if they get into the mid-40's. So, all the SMART data couldn't have been cleared. I can't remember for sure, but maybe the total hours running was reset. It makes me wonder what goes into "refurbished." Is it rebuilt from a warrantee return? Is it just tested ok? Anyhow... it has done ok for a couple of years at least, running about 10 hours a day. -- Ed Light Better World News TV Channel: http://realnews.com Send spam to the FTC at Thanks, robots. |
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WD external 6 TB USB drive DOA
On 1/3/2017 2:24 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
I had my first DOA drive on Sunday in a very long time. It is a WD 6 TB external USB drive. Will not even spin up. And I bought it from Big River back in September so I have to send it back to WD. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KU686HI/ Lynn Just got my new WD 8 TB external USB3 drive. It was formatted EXFAT. It is now formatted NTFS. I am now running a full LAN backup to it. https://www.amazon.com/Book-Desktop-...dp/B01LQQHLGC/ Lynn |
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WD external 6 TB USB drive DOA
On 1/3/2017 2:24 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
I had my first DOA drive on Sunday in a very long time. It is a WD 6 TB external USB drive. Will not even spin up. And I bought it from Big River back in September so I have to send it back to WD. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KU686HI/ Lynn I got my replacement for the DOA 6 TB WD external USB drive yesterday from WD customer support. It says "Recertified in Vietnam", whatever that means. I am performing a 3.0 TB LAN backup to it now. Lynn |
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WD external 6 TB USB drive DOA
Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 1/3/2017 2:24 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote: I had my first DOA drive on Sunday in a very long time. It is a WD 6 TB external USB drive. Will not even spin up. And I bought it from Big River back in September so I have to send it back to WD. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KU686HI/ Lynn I got my replacement for the DOA 6 TB WD external USB drive yesterday from WD customer support. It says "Recertified in Vietnam", whatever that means. I am performing a 3.0 TB LAN backup to it now. Sounds like re(furbished/pair)ed? -- Quote of the Week: "PLEASE tell your aardvark that I'm NOT an anthill!" --unknown Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail privately. If credit- ( ) ing, then please kindly use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. |
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WD external 6 TB USB drive DOA
On 01/20/2017 04:18 AM, Ant wrote:
I had my first DOA drive on Sunday in a very long time. It is a WD 6 TB external USB drive. Will not even spin up. And I bought it from Big River back in September so I have to send it back to WD. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KU686HI/ I got my replacement for the DOA 6 TB WD external USB drive yesterday from WD customer support. It says "Recertified in Vietnam", whatever that means. I am performing a 3.0 TB LAN backup to it now. Sounds like re(furbished/pair)ed? IOW, it has undergone more thorough testing than the original one (and most others). Perce |
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