WD15EARS-00MVWB0 - 2 or 3 platter drive?
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WD15EARS-00MVWB0 - 2 or 3 platter drive?
I just received a WD15EARS at my door and it has a revision code of 00MVWB0. I know that a WD20EARS-00MVWB0 exists, but this is the first time I have seen this code on a WD15EARS. Does anyone know how many platters this drive uses?
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Re: WD15EARS-00MVWB0 - 2 or 3 platter drive?
I'm not aware of any platter density higher the 667GB, currently.
Re: WD15EARS-00MVWB0 - 2 or 3 platter drive?
WD shipped 3TB drives with 750GB platters for quite some time.
ck8-04, it's easy to find out if you have a kitchen scale. One older 1.5TB EARS (00z5b1) is ~627 grams. If yours is the same, it's 3 platter.
Let us know.
ck8-04, it's easy to find out if you have a kitchen scale. One older 1.5TB EARS (00z5b1) is ~627 grams. If yours is the same, it's 3 platter.
Let us know.
Re: WD15EARS-00MVWB0 - 2 or 3 platter drive?
Here is the bottom of the drive:
My WD10EADS-00L5B1 has the exact same frame. I think this WD15EARS is indeed a 3 platter drive. I'll weigh the drive once I find a scale just to be sure.
My WD10EADS-00L5B1 has the exact same frame. I think this WD15EARS is indeed a 3 platter drive. I'll weigh the drive once I find a scale just to be sure.
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Re: WD15EARS-00MVWB0 - 2 or 3 platter drive?
The ribs on the bottom of the drive don't look tall enough for a 2-platter model.
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That is my thought exactly. Like I said, I'll grab a scale and weigh both the WD10EADS and the WD15EARS just to make sure.Lawrence Lee wrote:The ribs on the bottom of the drive don't look tall enough for a 2-platter model.
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This post is simply a bump, I'm curious to see if any 2 platter 1.5tb's are shipping yet
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Doing a bit of searching it appears to be using 667gb platters, possibly 5 heads, so only 2.5 sides of the platters will be used, then slightly short stroked.
Re: WD15EARS-00MVWB0 - 2 or 3 platter drive?
I bought new WD Green 1.5TB drive WD15EARS-32MVWB0 (made in November 2010 in Thailand) and I found it to be much slower in comparison to 00MVWB0 version. I saw benchmarks of 00MVWB0 (having 667 GB platters) showing 122-65 MB/s read speed with average 98 MB/s. My 32MVWB0 drive has only 97-36 MB/s with average 72 MB/s, which is even slower than old 500 GB platters version. 36 MB/s at the end of the drive is really awful...
What can be the size of platters of this drive? I checked its weight and it is 628g, so it should be 3 platters drive...
Drive is alligned correctly (partitioned & formated in Windows 7 x64). One week ago I had Samsung F2 in PC and it was much faster (88 MB/s average), but also louder...
What can be the size of platters of this drive? I checked its weight and it is 628g, so it should be 3 platters drive...
Drive is alligned correctly (partitioned & formated in Windows 7 x64). One week ago I had Samsung F2 in PC and it was much faster (88 MB/s average), but also louder...