FLUID BEARING MOTORS - WD1200JBRTL

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I just purchased a WD1200JBRTL 120gb drive from BestBuy - it is still
shrinkwrapped and has a May 8 2004 manufacturing date. The serial number
begins w/WCAEK. I cannot tell what both sides of the drive look like - the
side w/the information, model no etc. is black - the other sied is probably
silver.

HOW DO I KNOW IF THIS DRIVE HAS THE NEW FLUID BEARING MOTORS W/OUT OPENING
IT?
 
I just purchased a WD1200JBRTL 120gb drive from BestBuy - it is still
shrinkwrapped and has a May 8 2004 manufacturing date. The serial number
begins w/WCAEK. I cannot tell what both sides of the drive look like - the
side w/the information, model no etc. is black - the other sied is probably
silver.

HOW DO I KNOW IF THIS DRIVE HAS THE NEW FLUID BEARING MOTORS W/OUT OPENING
IT?
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Look the model # up on WD's website. Shouldn't need the
serial #, just the full model #.
 
Toshi1873 said:
Look the model # up on WD's website. Shouldn't need the
serial #, just the full model #.
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Have you tried that? If you have and have found anything be kind enough to
post the link. If it's there it's well hidden.
 
joe said:
I just purchased a WD1200JBRTL 120gb drive from BestBuy - it is still
shrinkwrapped and has a May 8 2004 manufacturing date. The serial number
begins w/WCAEK. I cannot tell what both sides of the drive look like - the
side w/the information, model no etc. is black - the other sied is probably
silver.

HOW DO I KNOW IF THIS DRIVE HAS THE NEW FLUID BEARING MOTORS W/OUT OPENING
IT?
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Hello,

Well, you could do a Web search, at Google <http://www.google.com>,
as I just did. Then, you might turn up this pertinent Western Digital
<http://westerndigital.com> page:

WD Caviar SE 120 GB Hard Drives (WD1200JB)
<http://westerndigital.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=27>

Among other things, it states the following:

"Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) technology – improves hard drive
reliability; reduces heat, vibration, and noise."

Good luck!


Cordially,
John Turco <[email protected]>
 
Hello,

Well, you could do a Web search, at Google <http://www.google.com>,
as I just did. Then, you might turn up this pertinent Western Digital
<http://westerndigital.com> page:

WD Caviar SE 120 GB Hard Drives (WD1200JB)
<http://westerndigital.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=27>

Among other things, it states the following:

"Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) technology – improves hard drive
reliability; reduces heat, vibration, and noise."
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I've got one of those black top WD's and it's the worst WD I've owned.
The old WD SE drives (I've got two) were much better drives than
these things.

You can tell the fluid bearing by the noisy spin up. Regular spin
isn't any louder or quieter than the SE version that I've noticed.

At first the drive ran 3-4C cooler than the ball bearing version, but
after a month or two the idle temps are only 1C different (which is
essentially nothing).

Very noisy arm movements too (compared to the near silent SE models).
Some repetitive background activity is really annoying.

If you can get the older SE versions, run don't walk.
 
disappointed said:
I've got one of those black top WD's and it's the worst WD I've owned.
The old WD SE drives (I've got two) were much better drives than
these things.

You can tell the fluid bearing by the noisy spin up. Regular spin
isn't any louder or quieter than the SE version that I've noticed.

At first the drive ran 3-4C cooler than the ball bearing version, but
after a month or two the idle temps are only 1C different (which is
essentially nothing).

Very noisy arm movements too (compared to the near silent SE models).
Some repetitive background activity is really annoying.

If you can get the older SE versions, run don't walk.
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Hello,

My last Western Digital purchase, was in 1997. I've been rather pleased,
with my two Samsung SP1614N (160GB PATA) OEM hard disks, these past few
months.


Cordially,
John Turco <[email protected]>
 
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