edge wrote:I own a WD400VE and a Dell Latitude D610. My drive is model 00HDT0, manufactured in November 2004. It had the click problem. Even though the software on the Dell site says it is for 75HDT0 model, I ran it and it allowed me to update my firmware.

The clicking noise is now gone!

That's great!

I couldn't help noticing the Dell firmware update is for drives with the following model numbers: WDxxVE-75HDT0. My Scorpio's model number is WD400VE-00HDT0. I have not installed my drive yet as I was waiting on this update(I am installing it in a mac so the update would need to be done in a pc) . C...

Wooh hooh! There's hope for my WD400VE, soon to be installed in my Mac Mini.
Thanks for the info Ed. I'm looking forward to the review.

T

Ed,

In another thread you mention the absence of the clicking noise, found on many a WD Scorpio, from your review sample. What is the build date of your sample?

Thanks,

T