Whats going on with WD5000KS and WD5000YS?

[thatdellguy]

Anyone else seeing a lot of these drives coming in?

WD5000KS
WD5000YS

They either have:

1. Firmware damage.
2. Dead heads.
3. Combination of 1 and 2.
4. Burnt pcb's.
5. Bad sectors.

There total garbage.

[helix66]

I just sent in a WD 1Tb MyBook pro2 for data recovery to ontrack the other day, it has two of the ks series in it. I'm not in your biz, and actually came here thinking there was an easy fix and have since learned otherwise.

[jono-ats]

I'm seeing a few WD4000YRs with head problems.

Based upon what I'm seeing lately, I don't think anyone makes good large drives. Clients ask me, "what brand shall I buy." I tell them brand doesn't matter - just buy 2 of them . . .




Jon

[craig6928]

I just sent in a WD 1Tb MyBook pro2 for data recovery to ontrack the other day, it has two of the ks series in it. I'm not in your biz, and actually came here thinking there was an easy fix and have since learned otherwise.

they more likely charge you a arm and a leg for your recovered data

im seeing a lot of failed larger drives now
this is more down to the drives getting hotter before and failing
more platters more heat.

[TerraNova]

I just got one WD5000YS, power on , no DRY no BSY......any idead what is wrong guys? UDMA does not support this drive yet. thanks

[beto]

Hy terranova, could u heard the recalibration sound on that WD5000YS?, did u tried to access "x" sectors? or its knocking?

Regards