What is the Warranty period for the Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS? I don't see the warranty info listed for the Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS. Anyone know what it is?
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WD Support Site says GREEN is THREE Years. Caviar Black is FIVE years. You might be able to update to the FIVE YEAR Warrantee for a fee...? Usually I've found that bad drives fail early. BUT they ALL fail eventually...:( If you don't do back ups, you WILL cry! Esp.@ 1 TB!
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Hey, I bought mine about 2 months ago and got a defective screen. (It showed white scrolling lines which sounds similar to one of the other posts) It performed great while it worked, but the HD screen going out is kind of a biggie. At least they have an awesome warranty (including both way shipping) The damn RMA repair service takes 14-16 business days plus time spent in shipping I'm looking at almost a month w/o the computer. If given the choice I would probably buy it again, because any computer risks issues like this but not all the companies have as nice return policies.
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That may be true, but I've noticed that Seagate gives you a five-year warranty while Western Digital gives you only one. As long as you don't keep your ONLY copy of something important on the drive, I would go with the Seagate knowing that you'll have at least five years of replacements in case it fails.
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In the case of Western Digital. If the drive was originally sold to an OEM it is not eligible for warranty. (Many old drives find their way into the market that way.) The start of the warranty period is the date of sale IF it is sold by an AUTHORIZED dealer. Not everyone on Amazon is an authorized dealer. In my experience if it is sold by and shipped by Amazon you are golden.
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Caviar Black drives have a 5 year warranty. BUT, when I registered my drive with WD the website reported that my drive had 3 years till expiration. I wrote to them in the comments and will see what comes of it. Save your receipts is all I have to say at this point.
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The warranty on these things is two years. Mine died 3 days ago, after two and a half years. Perfect planning by Seagate.
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The drives I got have a Dec, 2009 build date, so if there were actually a 5 year warranty, the warranty would expire Dec, 2014. However, the drives were surplus Dell Enterprise branded products, and my previous experience with WDC is that products that are sold under another brand name are only under warranty to the original purchaser (in this case, Dell). Since I did not purchase the drives from Dell, that would mean that they are sold as is (no warranty).
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Candidly, I think it really doesn't matter what the ratings are. I know it is somewhat the same as the WD Red drives. The key is whether they continue working and last a while. I have had drives by other makers that had 3 year warranties and lasted over 5 years before I retired them (all were still working). Lots of the numbers thrown to the consumer by drive companies have little meaning when it comes to mean fail times as everyone uses drives differently and it also depends on what drives you get and what shape they were in.
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Bare oem drives are quite different when it comes to warranty. Either buy the extra warranty offered or get the retail package. WD will not replace a bad OEM drive. TRUST ME, personal experience everyone.
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What is the RPM for Western Digital 1.5 TB Caviar Green SATA Intellipower 64 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive WD10EADS? Is it 5400 or 7200 RPM?
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Honestly I don't think I ever paid attention... but I would assume it came with standard 2 year warranty. In any case, these hard drives don't tend to fail months after purchased, either they're DOA (dead on arrival) / die in the first few hours of use because they're defective, or they last for years. My last Seagate external HDD lasted me for TEN years, hence why I bought this one. I wouldn't worry about it too much, Seagate has pretty decent customer support.
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If it is new and not refurbished the warranty should be good. When in doubt email Western Digital and verify...
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Reading the Warranty Limitations for WD I got this:"WD will have no liability for any Product returned if WD determines that:" "The Product was not sold to you as new."From when the warranty strat to apply:"The term of your limited warranty period shall commence on the purchase date appearing on your purchase receipt from an authorized distributor or authorized reseller and extends only for the period of time set forth in the Product documentation."I hope this help.
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Manufacturer's warranty on new WD Red WD20EFRX Hard Drives are currently 3 years. (Source: http://support.wdc.com/warranty/policy.asp)
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Yes. I have purchased WD products for years and they have all had warranty from Western Digital. You have to be sure and register your product with WD.
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i have all ways used blue, never had a problem with blue hd. Western Digital Caviar Black VS Blue.&gt;&gt;http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1858471/western-digital-caviar-black-blue.html
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I've chosen Western Digital because of reliability. I've owned 4 WD drives: An 80GB, a 160GB, a 500GB, and this 1TB, and haven't had one of them fail on me. But as another user stated, WD sends just the drive itself. You'll have to download software, find screws, etc