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by Kishai
Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:29 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: WD Caviar SE16 single-platter 320GB hard drive poll
Replies: 54
Views: 84696

This morning NZ-time i received a phone-call from the returns chappy, sunny voiced (!). He told me that the drive sent to me from the suppliers (in NZ) was sent by mistake to my address (then why would they have my name and address i wonder?), and that they are still waiting to get the two WD6400AAK...
by Kishai
Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:31 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: WD Caviar SE16 single-platter 320GB hard drive poll
Replies: 54
Views: 84696

The continuing saga referring to my post 2008-08-12. On 2008-08-21 i returned the two double-platter WD3200AAKS harddrives, one in a failing condition, to the retail supplier in person—a round trip of about five hours for myself (one of the benefits of living in the sticks)—having been told by p...
by Kishai
Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:16 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: WD Caviar SE16 single-platter 320GB hard drive poll
Replies: 54
Views: 84696

Have recently read the article on the WD3200AAKS harddrives. I have two bought in september 2007, dated august 2007 (am in New Zealand)—and one has just failed (it was from new obviously noisier spun up than the other, the latter being relatively quiet), or to be more precise, is failing (SMART) a...