WD 400GB external $89.99 AR

[spinejam]

i got a "4000AAKS" (made in Thailand) in my enclosure!

 

[P4spooky]

Mine is a 4000AAKS as well, Made in Thailand 2/12/2007

 

[GeezerMan]

Anyone know if the drive can be removed easily? I'm thinking of installing it as a internal drive.
Thanks

 

[cyberia]

Thanks OP. Great deal. Got a $20 coupon off eBay, so it is an excellent deal even before the rebate.

 

[P4spooky]

It is fairly easy (6 screws to remove, 2 in the back and 4 bottom) and slide out the drive. However, you will break the warranty seal in the process and your warranty is toast :frown:

Originally posted by: GeezerMan
Anyone know if the drive can be removed easily? I'm thinking of installing it as a internal drive.
Thanks

 

[kevman]

are these SATA drives ?

EDIT: Nevermind, just saw the comment,

Is it limited to 1 rebate per household ?

 

[Danman]

Got one with a $25 dollar off coupon. Sweet!

 

[kevman]

is there a difference between the WD4000AAKS and the WD4000KS ?

 

[chazzzer]

Originally posted by: kevman
are these SATA drives ?

A comment on the first page confirmed that the drives are "WD4000KS, one of their older SATAII 16mb cache models."

 

[GeezerMan]

Originally posted by: P4spooky
It is fairly easy (6 screws to remove, 2 in the back and 4 bottom) and slide out the drive. However, you will break the warranty seal in the process and your warranty is toast :frown:

Originally posted by: GeezerMan
Anyone know if the drive can be removed easily? I'm thinking of installing it as a internal drive.
Thanks

You are talking about the enclosure warranty, and not the drive warranty, right?

 

[spinejam]

Originally posted by: chazzzer

Originally posted by: kevman
are these SATA drives ?

A comment on the first page confirmed that the drives are "WD4000KS, one of their older SATAII 16mb cache models."

verified mine is a WD4000AAKS here!

 

[kevman]

Anyone know the difference between the WD4000AAKS and the WD4000KS ? Are they the same drive ?

 

[spinejam]

AAKS is newer version of the drive. KS models have been around for >1 year.

 

[kevman]

So is the warranty on the drive void after opening the enclosure or the warranty on the controller ?

 

[spinejam]

Originally posted by: kevman
So is the warranty on the drive void after opening the enclosure or the warranty on the controller ?

i'm not sure, but my drive was manufactured in 02/2007, so it should carry at least a year's worth of warranty according to the model # at WD's website.

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/productmatrix.asp?language=en

http://support.wdc.com/warranty/policy.asp

 

[P4spooky]

The serial# on the drive is the same on the box. The part# comes up as Elements External drive (WDE1U4000N) for the drive serial#. So I think this means the "Unit" has 1 year warranty.

Unit = External Enclosure + Drive + Power Supply

If you make a RMA claim, they will expect you to ship the entire unit NOT just the HDD.

My conclusion is if you break the seal, you have no warranty.

Originally posted by: kevman
So is the warranty on the drive void after opening the enclosure or the warranty on the controller ?

 

[GeezerMan]

Well I picked up two to make a internal raid setup. Not bad, about 80.00 each after rebate and coupons, and I'll have 2 "free" enclosures too. I'll take one of the enclosures and make an external drive of one of my older sata drives. I already opened them up. Both are a WK4000AAKS. Made in 1/2007. Western web page says it is under warranty until 3/24/2008. So, I'm thinking if it fails, I could get a new one? I have not done a Western Digital RMA. Do they require any receipts? If they do, there goes the warranty I guess.

 

[KPACOTKA]

Couldn't find in store coupon, where is it?

 

[cyberia]

Originally posted by: KPACOTKA
Couldn't find in store coupon, where is it?

eBay

 

[allisolm]

Was in my Staples today and they still had a couple of these. Today is the last day.

 

[smoduper]

anyone get any issue in putting this unit up and running?

When I connect it to my PC, it doesn't "see/recognize" the device.

Thanks for the help in advance, and thanks OP!

 

[GeezerMan]

No problems for me. Try switching USB ports. I did find it odd there is no on/off switch though. Cheap bastards.

 

[DefRef]

Oh, great. I just discovered I'm running out of room and was looking at 500GB drives for ~$150 in this week's papers and NOW I see the deal was last week! Gah!!!!