already done, i think no other way, i dont care about the data..just wanna use dat drive..cuz low space already dem samsung

I don't think that's easy as your friend said, PCB for each and every hard disk is different, it's trial and error for some, but if you screw up, you lose your data in one swoop.
Best is to pay a little visit to specialize shop (can't remember which) and let them deal with data recovery.
If you want to recover it yourself, you have to find the PCB of which of the same model, same manufacturing batch and not just date, if your drive is old the chances is little high, but if it's new, then it's of luck, rarely new drive fail (can RMA after all).

i just rma it back at mid of april...
i guess no luck le...

EDIT

its on SSD thread now.



This post has been edited by TheHitman47: Jun 16 2014, 12:30 PM

Isn't this suppose to be at SSD thread instead?

im looking for that, but too sleepy to notice the thread last night.

thanks man, i already edited the post now.

double post.

This post has been edited by TheHitman47: Jun 16 2014, 12:33 PM

guys, i heard that wd green has the head parking issue which causes high load cycle counts. assuming that i'm using it for a storage drive and constantly downloading(torrenting) videos and music to the drive, will it be an issue?

looking around for 2tb drives, are the seagate barracuda's solid? worried about its 1-year warranty as opposed to wd green's 2-years and wd red's 3 years.

Old news? If you're constantly accessing the HDD, then the head won't park, constant torrenting won't be an issue.
As for the warranty, Seagate has changed his to 2-year, if you're into warranty, get the SV35 (WDC AV Green equivalent) which has 3-year warranty, just add around RM20~40 more depends on location and shop.

DreamScars - There is always wdidle3 to manage the WD Green diskpark feature. I've heard that WD has improved the current version over the original Green which was problematic. You can also consider WD Blue/Red/Black instead, which has 2/3/5 yrs warranty respectively.

wildwestgoh - How's your experience with Seagate SV35? Do you run Windows or Linux with it? My experience with WD AV Green has been 50/50. My 1st unit (20 months old) on a Linux torrent box has been performing solid. The 2nd was DOA and the replacement unit is sitting in my Win PC. It seems to be working better with Linux than Windows.

This post has been edited by mrbob: Jul 2 2014, 04:20 PM

Have you ever wondered what's the use of the unrecoverable read error (URE) measurement that is detailed in the specifications of your harddisk? If you are running RAID5 with HDDs that are 2TB or bigger, you should read the following 2 articles.

Why RAID 5 stops working in 2009 - http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/why-raid...ing-in-2009/162

Has RAID5 stopped working? (2013 update) - http://www.zdnet.com/has-raid5-stopped-working-7000019939/

If you have RAID installed, what are your options?

1) Run RAID6 or RAIDZ2 (ZFS equivalent of RAID6) or higher
2) Ensure you have a proper backup for your critical data
3) If you can afford it, buy HDDs that have better URE ratings for better security and performance

just have a hitachi 2tb failed with at least 60 bad sectors which just past feb 2014 warranty expiry date.
hope the new hitachi enterprise 5yr wrty hdd can longer than this faulty hitachi entry level hdd >.<

Wowzers! 5 years warranty! Anyway you'd probably be ready to upgrade to a larger capacity HDD when you reach the 3rd year. Hopefully by then 6TB HDDs would become more affordable. *Keeping*fingers*crossed*

I don't have SV35, wanting to get one but local stock is not available or dealer does not want to due to low demand.
I only have the WDC AVGP 3TB, working fine so far but that's less run due to only-plug-when-needed.
As for my another WDC Green (normal one; 2-year warranty) is also only-plug-when-needed, so I think it should prone less issue. *cross-finger*

This post has been edited by wildwestgoh: Jul 2 2014, 05:26 PM

this hitachi 2tb already cost RM5xx ler, dun need get larger liao lor, as it is only save company data nia.

Which vendor have you asked? Both Jayacom and Viewnet featured the HDD on last week's pricelist.

Checkout the StorageReview piece on WD AVGP - http://www.storagereview.com/western_digital_avgp_3tb_review

This is what I have observed - Capacity of HDD doubles every 3 years. Price of HDD comes down with time as bigger capacity HDD is released.

Actually RM5xx for HGST Enterprise 2TB is quite a good deal considering the solid performance of their Enterprise range.

Vendor? Those are KL, if I'm in West Malaysia I won't have such hassle, I live in Kuching where vendor only import base on demand or for whatever reason.
Well, so far my drives has been... OK... I've not been using them for very long time, unlike my Samsung 2TB which is running 24/7, torrenting and shares purpose.

If you really want it you could try hikari85.

SV35 has a higher spin rate and can support 32 simultaneous video streams compared with AVGP's 12 streams. AVGP really shines at 24/7 ops with constant write especially in ext3/4 filesystems. I'll be moving my 2nd AVGP to my linux desktop soon.

Well, I'm fine with the AVGP, wasn't really a performance craver anyway, the SV35 is much expensive if I back-to-back order it here, Hkari85 is from Penang, postage could be much worst... so yeah, I'll stick to whatever options I have right now, currently saving up for smaller case for pure NAS setup.
Looking at Linux setup for my future sharing options, Windows Server is faster though in terms of background performance, but I'll get to find out later.