I got a nice deal on a Western Digital hard drive on boxing day. It was external but I opened it and took out the hard drive, and put in the computer directly. It is the 10EACS. First impression, the hard drive is a bit quitter then other Westerns I have used, but the seek sound is still there. I used the Hitachi tools to set the AAM to 128, the hard drive now becomes almost silent, can still hear it but barely. The only problem the hard drive transfer rates become terribly slow, and also feels slow.
Thanks
Western Digital 1TB green drive
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Might I ask which external drive you bought and how you opened it? I haven't figured out a way to crack open my MyBook Essential Edition (USB only) without damaging the enclosure.elec999 wrote:I got a nice deal on a Western Digital hard drive on boxing day. It was external but I opened it and took out the hard drive, and put in the computer directly. It is the 10EACS. First impression, the hard drive is a bit quitter then other Westerns I have used, but the seek sound is still there. I used the Hitachi tools to set the AAM to 128, the hard drive now becomes almost silent, can still hear it but barely. The only problem the hard drive transfer rates become terribly slow, and also feels slow.
Thanks
Last edited by bob548 on Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:06 pm, edited 1 time in total.
What I can't understand is that they sell the USB only My Book much cheaper than the GP, and they're using the same drive. $270 vs. $350 and they give you the enclosure too. Here the difference is smaller, 40 euros, and the external has a 2 year warranty against 3 years of the GP.
I think I'll get one and hack it too!
I think I'll get one and hack it too!
WD seems to do that. I bought a 2.5" WD portable as an emergency replacement for a laptop locally a few months ago. 120GB for $89 as a portable, or $149 retail boxed drive. Hmmm, tough choice. Stripped the enclosure and put a Hitachi 40gb in it, lol.
Thanks for the info, I'll be watching for MyBook sales locally...
-Evan
Thanks for the info, I'll be watching for MyBook sales locally...
-Evan