I posted this in another "Seagate" hot deal thread then realized that this is the thread that prompted me to buy one. I did read the earlier post about "fixing the serial numbers" but recommend that everyone check the warranty based on the drive's label.
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Outpost is just werid on this drive. Price has shifted around constantly for the last few weeks from $99 to $229. I purchased one when it was $129.00 w/free shipping last week. The actual drive received was a 7200.9 w/16M cache.
I believe that most (if not all) recently ordered and received 400GB were the 7200.9 drive.
What I ordered was outpost #4596287 listed as a ST3400632A. Drive in box was 7200.9 ST3400633A with datecode of 06406. Searching on Outpost for the stock number gave no hit today.
The other twist in this story is that the information on the Drive Box shows up with a 5-year warranty in the Seagate database whereas the drive id based on the label on the drive itself shows up as "OEM - contact your supplier". The SAME serial number is on the Retail Box and the Hard Drive; Model number and Part number are different. I've sent e-mail to Customer Support to have this fixed, otherwise the drive goes back to Outpost. The main reason I picked this up over a 320 gb WD was the warranty. It's no deal in my opinion if there is no warranty.
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Outpost is just werid on this drive. Price has shifted around constantly for the last few weeks from $99 to $229. I purchased one when it was $129.00 w/free shipping last week. The actual drive received was a 7200.9 w/16M cache.
I believe that most (if not all) recently ordered and received 400GB were the 7200.9 drive.
What I ordered was outpost #4596287 listed as a ST3400632A. Drive in box was 7200.9 ST3400633A with datecode of 06406. Searching on Outpost for the stock number gave no hit today.
The other twist in this story is that the information on the Drive Box shows up with a 5-year warranty in the Seagate database whereas the drive id based on the label on the drive itself shows up as "OEM - contact your supplier". The SAME serial number is on the Retail Box and the Hard Drive; Model number and Part number are different. I've sent e-mail to Customer Support to have this fixed, otherwise the drive goes back to Outpost. The main reason I picked this up over a 320 gb WD was the warranty. It's no deal in my opinion if there is no warranty.