Aug 20 2025, 01:12 PM
QUOTE(Moogle Stiltzkin @ Aug 19 2025, 04:54 PM)
i agree, most r nubs, this why the scammer business so good 
this is what i used
https://github.com/gamestailer94/farm-check
how i install, i used truenas, then pop in the hard drive. then in docker (i use dockge UI to install new docker containers), i then deploy the docker compose for this farm-check docker container app (lots of malware in fake docker pages, so confirm if the one you are using is legit or a fake loaded with malware. do ur own diligence)
then u can go to the shell for that container and run the checks. It was easy and quick.
For myself, i spotted a 4 year already used drive whos farm power on hours did not match despite the seller claiming is brand new (when clearly its not). What i did was, contact shopee and ask for refund with all the proof. And i got my refund.
In a future purchase, i bought a X18 Exos 12tb from a different seller. Price was the same as a seagate 12tb non pro. Difference is, the non pro from amazon is 3 year warranty, whereas the one i bought had 4 year warranty (STORE warranty, NOT seagate. This was CLEARLY stated in the seller page when i bought. so its not like he cheated, everything was upfront). That said i DO NOT know if this new seller will honor a warranty or not.
The PREVIOUS seller, when i ask for warranty because i found out from seagate that the drive did not qualify, so they ask me to ask from the seller. Seller claimed they were doing refund on my behalf. Wait 2 months, nothing. Basically in this case, the scammer was never going to replace drive under warranty, they just waste ur time and pretend as if they r doing something. But they did not expect me to hound them through shopee to finally get my refund.
Thats my experience, so dont fall into the same trap i did
The NEW seller is totally legit because i ran the farm check, it checked out. Power on hours tallied as 0. Meaning brand new. X18 is hardly the newest in the exos line, but for me the important part is its 12tb and is NAS certified for 24/7 and it's power on hours 0 (basically brand new condition unused). The specs also decent despite not being the latest exos. So this was a good buy for me. 4 year warranty even (the normal warranty from seagate is 5 year)
if u dont have a truenas, i suspect u can use some sort of virtual emulation to install truenas and do it from your desktop. Hook up the hard drive to your desktop pc and add it to the VM. There should be guides on youtube how to do this. It's easy as long as you follow the youtube guides. In your bios you need to enable the VM stuff.
The new seller for the EXOS is also shopee? could you share the store please? I previously few months ago bought Exos 16tb from Shopee China seller which the seller stated as pulled from system. warranty 1 year. I just yesterday use the farm check and it did indeed fail the smart vs farm power on time. this is what i used
https://github.com/gamestailer94/farm-check
how i install, i used truenas, then pop in the hard drive. then in docker (i use dockge UI to install new docker containers), i then deploy the docker compose for this farm-check docker container app (lots of malware in fake docker pages, so confirm if the one you are using is legit or a fake loaded with malware. do ur own diligence)
then u can go to the shell for that container and run the checks. It was easy and quick.
For myself, i spotted a 4 year already used drive whos farm power on hours did not match despite the seller claiming is brand new (when clearly its not). What i did was, contact shopee and ask for refund with all the proof. And i got my refund.
In a future purchase, i bought a X18 Exos 12tb from a different seller. Price was the same as a seagate 12tb non pro. Difference is, the non pro from amazon is 3 year warranty, whereas the one i bought had 4 year warranty (STORE warranty, NOT seagate. This was CLEARLY stated in the seller page when i bought. so its not like he cheated, everything was upfront). That said i DO NOT know if this new seller will honor a warranty or not.
The PREVIOUS seller, when i ask for warranty because i found out from seagate that the drive did not qualify, so they ask me to ask from the seller. Seller claimed they were doing refund on my behalf. Wait 2 months, nothing. Basically in this case, the scammer was never going to replace drive under warranty, they just waste ur time and pretend as if they r doing something. But they did not expect me to hound them through shopee to finally get my refund.
Thats my experience, so dont fall into the same trap i did
The NEW seller is totally legit because i ran the farm check, it checked out. Power on hours tallied as 0. Meaning brand new. X18 is hardly the newest in the exos line, but for me the important part is its 12tb and is NAS certified for 24/7 and it's power on hours 0 (basically brand new condition unused). The specs also decent despite not being the latest exos. So this was a good buy for me. 4 year warranty even (the normal warranty from seagate is 5 year)
if u dont have a truenas, i suspect u can use some sort of virtual emulation to install truenas and do it from your desktop. Hook up the hard drive to your desktop pc and add it to the VM. There should be guides on youtube how to do this. It's easy as long as you follow the youtube guides. In your bios you need to enable the VM stuff.
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