Has someone tried to replace the orginal Green drives with the Red model? Do they work?
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WD says that greens will work and nothing else. I have a feeling that has to do with the lower power consumption. I have heard horror stories about green drives and WD software has said my drives have gone bad, but the drives read and write just fine. I love the raid setup and dont know why anyone else hasn't continued this setup at this price point ( I bought mine used for a little less than $100)
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Yes it does, though i think it's an HDD dependent issue and not related to the dock. I am using WD 5400rpm Green series , and energy saving features work like a charm, dunno about other drives, i think it shouldn't be an issue. Anyhow, the dock has gotten individual power and eject buttons for each of the drives in case u need manual control
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Hi there. First of all, I dont recommend any WD green line hard drive as a system (C:) drive, because the speed. These drives are excelent as a external storage (via usb or esata cables). Try a new sata cable in a different sata slot. For format use operative system tools (avoid and unistall every acronis software, even the free one). Do not intent repair or manipulate in any form the drive with any tool. Try a RMA from WD. Hopes this helps.
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I need to replace the drive in a white wii - I recieved this drive and installed it - the drive looked used ??? but in good shape it worked for about a week then stopped reading - It may not be the drive that was the problem have not looked into it any further as I found a compleate system to replace my busted wiiTed K
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You should email them. The Red drives that they put in these units are not 7200RPM.
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I would compare this drive to the current one you own. If the size or type of connector is different then that it's where your problem lies
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I just checked www.wdc.com Typed in Serial Number from drive I received. Answer from WD: "The warranty for this product has expired. The product is not eligible for replacement. If you need technical assistance, please send us email." So either Seller is warranting this drive OR NO ONE IS!!! I, for one, would like to hear from the seller on this matter!
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Yes I am using this array full of 4tb red drives. You are good to go with these...
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I have 2 with no problems but, recently 1 of them want down and i have no cull as to why. the good news is Oyen digital is going too help recover n send a new one .So why not i like these drives work fine with my Mac.
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p/n: 9tn158-301fw version: cc34if Your looking to get one beware I bought 2 of these and both died within a year. both where used as extended storage drives. need a logic board lol?
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I concur with Robin V on this one - I suggest replacing any failed drives with a WD RED drive. They are built to work in NAS boxes under constant use while other drives are not built for this kind of use and abuse.
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Mine did not work. This drive is sata and I needed a pata drive. Double check. I have done these replacements before And they work great. Just do your research and insure you are purchasing the correct interface.
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Yes you can. If you are going to replace the drives try to go with the same name drives or at least 7200 RPM.
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not all drives are supported,recommend downloading the manual.I followed neweggs "to manufactures site" to get it.
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No and they are so slow its almost not worth the buy. 4gb transfer to each drive took 45mins :(
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Hi. I never use greens, they fail to quickly. Red is ok, ensure you are ok with RPM. I tried 6tb red, didn't work. 4tb is max from my experience. I have two of these, work best on eSATA. Enjoy.
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I've had problems with Greens on servers/RAID before (not on this machine, though), so I was wary of them and bought a bunch of 4TB Reds that work great so far (about 4 months in). Combined storage spaces over 6TB are no problem - my RAID 5 is just under 12TB total, and you could go much higher with larger drives and a different configuration.