Shortage of Hard Drives Prices UP!

FishOil Wrote:Good price but seems a bit risky. Some really bad reviews and it seems that the drive has problems with RAID.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...k=WD20EARX

RAID yes, but not unRAID

WhiteLighter Wrote:Nice, but do we know what kind of drive inside it? aside from being a seagate 3tb

i believe that it has this hd inside the case- Seagate Barracuda XT 3 TB 7200RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Bare Drive ST33000651AS .

i'm not 100% sure on it, but it's still superb price for 3tb.

bluray Wrote:i believe that it has this hd inside the case- Seagate Barracuda XT 3 TB 7200RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Bare Drive ST33000651AS .

i'm not 100% sure on it, but it's still superb price for 3tb.

yup, i have to admit that it is very tempting ^_^

WhiteLighter Wrote:yup, i have to admit that it is very tempting ^_^

Well whomever decides to try first I'd be interested in the results. Looking to add a 3tb Parity to unRAID

Newegg has IDE drives on there e-mail specials crazy cheep 80Gb and 160Gb

Jetster Wrote:Newegg has IDE drives on there e-mail specials crazy cheep 80Gb and 160Gb

Thanks for the heads up (and don't take this the wrong way) but I think that most people following this thread are concerned about HDDs that they would use for media storage. To me that means 2TB and above. I could see some people viewing that as 1TB and above. If those drives you mentioned were free and all I had to pay was shipping I still would not be interested. But of course everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

Jetster Wrote:Newegg has IDE drives on there e-mail specials crazy cheep 80Gb and 160Gb

I think Newegg started blowing the dust off of their old stocks that's been sitting on the corner of their warehouse. Shortage means opportunity to get rid of those old stocks.

WhiteLighter Wrote:I think Newegg started blowing the dust off of their old stocks that's been sitting on the corner of their warehouse. Shortage means opportunity to get rid of those old stocks.

Holy cow!! I had to check my Inbox for Newegg's email to make sure. First I thought he was talking about SSD's ... now I realize that 80GB HDD are still on the market !!! And those are recertified. I guess you're right, every opportunity is good to make a buck.

g725s Wrote:In theory it sounds great. But you void the warranty as soon as you do that. Unless you feel you could put it all back together as if it never was.

bluray Wrote:it's not true, because most manufactures still give full warrantee on hd after it is removed from the case.

I'm sorry bluray, but you are wrong. And I don't think it is right to lead others down a path that could lose them money in their XBMC quest.

Here is a quote from the Seagate Warranty; " Our warranties do not cover any problem that is caused by (a) commercial use; accident; abuse; neglect; shock; electrostatic discharge; heat or humidity beyond product specifications; improper installation; operation; maintenance or modification; or (b) any misuse contrary to the instructions in the user manual; or © loss passwords; or (d) malfunctions caused by other equipment. Our limited warranties are void if a product is returned with removed, damaged or tampered labels or any alterations (including removal of any component or external cover)."

I knew this from before. I could research others but won't since they will be the same. I still have an email from Seagate when I asked this question a few years ago. Here is the response;

"Thank you for sending your Seagate E-mail inquiry.

I understand that you will like to remove the drive from the external case, but doing that will void the warranty on the drive."

Seagate Warranty

I can guarantee you that all other major manufactures will follow the same business practices.

g725s Wrote:I'm sorry bluray, but you are wrong. And I don't think it is right to lead others down a path that could lose them money in their XBMC quest.

Here is a quote from the Seagate Warranty; " Our warranties do not cover any problem that is caused by (a) commercial use; accident; abuse; neglect; shock; electrostatic discharge; heat or humidity beyond product specifications; improper installation; operation; maintenance or modification; or (b) any misuse contrary to the instructions in the user manual; or © loss passwords; or (d) malfunctions caused by other equipment. Our limited warranties are void if a product is returned with removed, damaged or tampered labels or any alterations (including removal of any component or external cover)."

I knew this from before. I could research others but won't since they will be the same. I still have an email from Seagate when I asked this question a few years ago. Here is the response;

"Thank you for sending your Seagate E-mail inquiry.

I understand that you will like to remove the drive from the external case, but doing that will void the warranty on the drive."

Seagate Warranty

I can guarantee you that all other major manufactures will follow the same business practices.

this guy just removed hitachi hd from a usb case, and hitachi still warranty the bare drive- he remove it in post #30 and he called hitachi in this post #36.

i guess that some companies do offer warranty and some companies don't offer warranty. i would think the hd inside the very tiny usb case is more neglect and abuse than when it transfer the larger pc case!