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WD 400GB external $89.99 AR

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

EDIT: Nevermind, just saw the comment,

Is it limited to 1 rebate per household ?
 
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
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You are talking about the enclosure warranty, and not the drive warranty, right?
 
Anyone know the difference between the WD4000AAKS and the WD4000KS ? Are they the same drive ?
 
So is the warranty on the drive void after opening the enclosure or the warranty on the controller ?
 
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 ?
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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.
 
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!
 
No problems for me. Try switching USB ports. I did find it odd there is no on/off switch though. Cheap bastards.
 
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!!!!
 
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