Are there any issues with the WD SEs?

SLK · Post by **SLK** » Sun Sep 22, 2002 10:12 pm

are there any issues with the WD SE drive's Led staying on??? my HDD led stayed lit until i restarted and then its started working fine again.

loop2kil · Post by **loop2kil** » Mon Sep 23, 2002 12:10 am

mine is noisy...but i think i just have a bad one...most peeps claim theirs arent loud

SLK · Post by **SLK** » Mon Sep 23, 2002 12:37 am

mines loud when it boots up but when its running full speed, u cant hear it. i heard that u can get a defective loud one. heh couple people were complaining that they could hear the hdd from another room. but my fans pretty much cover the sound up.

SLK · Post by **SLK** » Mon Sep 23, 2002 12:38 am

Anyways. i found my problem. it was my Liteon DVD drive. it seems to work with the LED on the HDD and when the lite stops on the dvd the light might stay on on the HDD . its really wierd

monkeyhead · Post by **monkeyhead** » Mon Sep 23, 2002 12:41 am

i had a problem with a 120gig WDSE.... wasnt for my system but one i was building...... when i booted up the comp it sounded like it was going to take off! it was extremely loud

but other than that i got 4 80 gig WDSE's in my other comps

no problems with those (knocks on wood)

Docsta · Post by **Docsta** » Mon Sep 23, 2002 12:49 am

WD owns

cy · Post by cy » Mon Sep 23, 2002 1:19 am

Originally posted by Docsta
WD owns

I 2nd that!

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Mon Sep 23, 2002 1:27 am

They are fragile drives and if improperly handled the bearings can easily foul up.

SLK · Post by **SLK** » Mon Sep 23, 2002 9:33 pm

mines not that loud, just when it boots up

well, i had a Maxtor Quiet Drive before. Thats y its a change to me

TEH WIN · Post by **TEH WIN** » Mon Sep 23, 2002 10:38 pm

Originally posted by cy
I 2nd that!

THIRDED

i wont even consider any other brand

Docsta · Post by **Docsta** » Mon Sep 23, 2002 10:46 pm

Any other brand is uncivilized.

onetrueday · Post by **onetrueday** » Mon Sep 23, 2002 10:55 pm

Originally posted by mnosteele52
They are fragile drives and if improperly handled the bearings can easily foul up.

I'm curious... do you have REAL source for this or this just COMMON knowledge to people in the KNOW.

onetrueday · Post by **onetrueday** » Mon Sep 23, 2002 10:56 pm

I only say this because I have a 30gig wd that I've abused the heck out of that has worked great for a very long time.

Cable_Dood · Post by **Cable_Dood** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 8:59 am

Originally posted by TEH WIN
THIRDED

i wont even consider any other brand

I just bought one of the WD SE 80gbs. It is extremely quiet, silent really...and I don't have any 80000cfm l337 fans, either.

As for brand loyalty....it shouldn't exist with PC hardware. After all, IBM used to make the best drives on the market. I consider all of my PC purchases on a case by case basis.

I had tons of trouble with WDs when I was a tech back in the mid to late 90's. Like 30% of them were bad out of the box. Now they're back on top.

Bottom line: The WD SEs rule.

cyberskye · Post by **cyberskye** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 10:24 am

my wd120se is absolutely silent.

Lots of folks like maxtor but i have had to replace 2 40G drives in less than a year - god bless travan and Dells 'spare in teh air' policy

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 11:19 am

Originally posted by mnosteele52
They are fragile drives and if improperly handled the bearings can easily foul up.

Huh...in my years in the industry...WD's built a reputation for being the most reliable drives out there.

They've never been the top performers (until the SE came out), and they used to be known for running hot....but they've always been the ones that "take a lickin'..and keep on tickin' "

SLK · Post by **SLK** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 9:59 pm

heh, i always thought IBM ran hot. My WD SE is cool. dun have a HDD fan on it either