Sorry. No I can't get them loacally ie. going down to a shop and looking at them, I have to order them online so there is no way of knowing what colour the top is before I buy them.

Oh ok, sorry for being not too bright! So what does the full acronym mean? I take you are on America (just done a search for best buy and see it's an american e-tailor), and that is why you were asking if I can get these locally ie England, ah it's all falling into place! :) I have no idea TBH what ...

Color of the drive. As opposed to standard silver. From what I read, and the drive I had in hand, the black / darker colored drives are the FDB drives. FDBs may be earlier than October 2004 but I would stick with that or a later build date. I'm assuming you can get these locally? FDB's? Sorry, what...

If you go for the WD, I belive you need a black / dark top drive as those are the FDBs to include the SATAs. The PATA I had was a October 2004 build. I'll be scoping them out at Best Buy soon. I'm sorry, I don't completely understand this post (sorry for being a bit retarded!) What do you mean that...

I've been returning drives sad to say. Don't get the Seagates. The seeks are huge and they whine louder than the WD 160! If you thought the Samsungs were noisey you'll be very disappointed I think. For the sound level you seem to be going for I think your going to need the SmartDrive 2002C enclosur...

The thing is that there is nowhere in the UK that can guarentee Nidec motors, and I really can't be bothered t keep ordering from everywhere and then returning them if they are not the right motors,beside some places might start to get a little annoyed if I keep sending them back!! What about Wester...

Ok, i have got an RMA number and going to send them both back. Not really interested in lining the case TBH friend had some and I wasn't that impressed and I don't think I could bear coverin the inside of beautifuly modded PC70!! So what should I get instead of the spinpoints then? Must be SATA. Not...

Ah ok, sorry I thought it was just about the noise at seek, never really knew much about what the differences between the JVC and nidec motors were. So does this noise annoy many people, I am seriously considering sending them back and swapping them for some other make, prob hitchi. know they are no...

Hello. I have just got 2 new Samsung Spinpoints, one 80Gb and the other 160Gb. Now while these dirves are very quiet the seem to emit a very high pitched noise (both of them). I have compared the noise to my old maxor and while that alsio emits a sound at idle the sound is much lower in tone and muc...

Hello everyone,

My first post so please be gentle! I see that you have found a place in the US that can guarantee these motors, but does anyone know of a place in the UK

Cheers, Peter.