[mythtv-users] Recent Drive Purchase from Newegg -- (10x WD2002FAEX-0)

[Matthew Daubenspeck]

----- Original Message -----
> I've had a 2TB WD green drive in a Myth-box / home-brew NAS now for a
> year (Power_On_Hours = 9456).  Another 1TB before then has also
> performed without problem for roughly double that time (21128).  Both
> disks are from Newegg, were packaged fine, and  have worked
> flawlessly.
> The first was purchased Oct-2008 & the second in May-2010.  It's
> unfortunate that you've had trouble but personally I have not had
> problems with Newegg with disks or other hardware.  Out of curiosity
> how
> was the condition of the main box they were shipped in?  As a side
> note
> I did not modify them with hdparm or WD tools in any way.

Same here. I have 6 WD green drives (5+spare) in an array and they all came from Newegg. No trouble with them whatsoever. They have been running fine with Power_On_Hours = 10160. Knocking on wood, of course. No need to jinx anything...