[mythtv-users] WD Green drives (was "complete system meltdown")

Henk D. Schoneveld belcampo at zonnet.nl
Tue Feb 11 15:05:58 UTC 2014


On 11 Feb 2014, at 08:11, Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 1:37 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
> 
> 
> On Tuesday, February 11, 2014, Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, so the drive that died today (installed Dec. 31st) was a 2TB WD Green. Used the parking util seconds after installing it.
> 
> My other storage drive (a 1.5TB WD Green) has, knock on wood, been running flawlessly since April 2011. So, for those of you with WD greens, is it generally a good drive and there are some bad apples?
> 
> Just wondering because, of course, I'm RMA'ing it and will just be getting another Green back
> 
> Assuming you ran the wdidle3 utility to increase the timeout value or disable it altogether; IMHO they make excellent drives. 
> 
> In fact; if all drives I've used they are the only one which so far have given me no particular issue. 
> 
> They are fast enough, use little power and run much cooler. What's not to like? 
> 
> 
> Yeah, must have just been a bad apple. 3yrs and running vs 1 month for its sibling.
> 
> Here's a drive/power question:
> 
> My FE/BE Coolermaster case has a RS-400 PSAR-J3 400 W power supply powering:
> 
> - Gigabyte m68m-s2p MB
> - GeForce GT 430
> - DVD drive
> - Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB OS/DB drive
> -  WD Caviar Green  WDC WD15EARS-00MVWB0 1.5TB storage drive
> - until today the WD Green 2TB drive.
> 
> Only USB devicea plugged in are the mouse and infrared remote sensor,
> 
> Is 400W enough or too little especially as some of the reviews say the power is "noisy" for this brand,
If you put a Kill A Watt meter between your PC and AC outlet you’ll probably see that the system uses < 100W
> 
> Would it make more sense when I get the replacement from WD to put it in an external enclosure or dock so it has it's own power?
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