when reading, the thing keeps spinning and spinning and spinning ... slow response ... and at last, I ran a chkdsk on it to diagnose.

found --- bad sectors

no wonder the thing keeps spinning and spinning --- things stored on bad sectors how to read?

Also, it gets very VERY HOT !

The Seagate 1TB drive that I'm using on another PC don't even get so hot. This 640GB disk, sigh ....

Urs is wd raid edition?

The problem is that maybe thats why WD is the only one with 640g edition? How come other hdd makers like Seagate or etc dun have 640g?

ive been using mine for months without a single hitch man.... and im sure theres alot of other people who are VERY happy with their drives....

guess ur just one of the unlucky ones...

oh....and send for RMA la...

This post has been edited by mADmAN: Nov 23 2008, 03:58 AM

eh bought 6 of wd 640 aaks for our office a few months back
and have been running 24/7 since then

and our technician check for errors on hdd every 6 months..
no prob so far...
but this was in a office that runs 24/7 in aircon..

Will it be the pc shop staff fall down ur WD RE on the floor before?

Did u scan for bad sector monthly?

Ur technician got scan for bad sector using through mode? or fast scan?

Well, i'm using WD Element 1TB series , which using the green hdd, so far so good as a storage device

I store and play MKV files from the hdd, no problem so far

due to the USB2.0, the transfer rate is =_=" haha and i notice green hdd will auto turn to sleep mode if you don't use it, i guess that is the part it save the power

hei guys.... wanna ask something ah... just sent my WD again for rma... lol... this is the 2nd time sending it already... yea i know.. its kinda sad... the thing is.. there's a LOT of bad ass sectors... so its ok... send for warranty lor... when i see my reciept ah.. its says bad sector and a burnt port... how can u burn a port on the hdd?? haih... no wonder i saw that person smelling my hdd.. lol...

anyone got any updates for the seagate 1.5tb freeze issues?

it seems that the new firmware has fix the bug?

erm if i get a My Book Essential Edition i plug it into my computer and i never unplug it and let it stick there will there be any problem with my HDD or cpu?
is this the meaning of Auto on/off with your computer ?will it over heat?or wad?

no idea..shudnt be a prob...juz the lifespan will be lessen due to overusage?

Apparently its been solved
http://forums.seagate.com/stx/board/messag...cending&page=13

HAve anyone gotten a 1.5 TB seagate hard disk from Low Yat? I was there yesterday and it seems that the 1.5 TB is all sold out.

This post has been edited by fujkenasai: Nov 25 2008, 04:21 PM

Sure or not? didn't 1.5 TB just came out? Why so fast sold out? And someone said that 2TB is coming out end of Dec. Anyone can confirm this?

the main reason WD have 640G HDD is due to business strategy, imagine, you're paying 500G price but getting 640G capacity. Since I'm staying in Pg, if using PC Depot pricing, you find out the lowest cost per GB, 640GB drive is the most value for money.

It same as Seagate have 750GB drive where as WD don't have it.

it seems that those that apply the firmware solved the issue
but there are still so many people that still could not get their hands of the firmware

Don't they have it on their server for everyone to download?

Hi all, im not sure if this is appropriate thread for me to ask this noob question..

Is there a difference in game performance if i install the game on SATA or IDE hardisk. I know SATA is faster then IDE but does it affect game performance?

i have SATA as primary and IDE as slave.

Thank you very much..

Hmm, using it since August 2008. So far so good Very satisfied with it.

The reason is because not all drives are compatible with the firmware update. There are currently 2 types of firmware found (SD1A and CC1H) and they are given by Seagate after you contact their technical support (giving serial/part number) and it's for your own use only. There are cases where some drives were bricked when they perform the update with firmwares provided by other users who obtained them from Seagate for their own drives.

WD640GB user here. Buy in September 08 So far, yes, working very well even though doing lots of formatting and partitioning.