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For those of you who have purchased this drive and still subscribe to this thread, what is the model # listed on the bottom of the STCA3000101.
The box outer packaging I bought a few weeks ago...
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Its hard to tell if the drive is spun down because you hear the fan when you listen closely with your ear. Anyone know if the light blinks or turns off when in sleep/standby mode?
Mine says it...
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I think it relies on the Windows setting or a setting from the included software. Someone mentioned something about first setting the spin down feature, and then wiping the drive and repartitioning...
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Just opened and hooked mine up today from Amazon. Haven't done much with it yet, but it immediately was recognized in Windows 7 and took files no problem.
I'm curious if the drive has some type of...
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I picked up the STCA3000101 (made and assembled in China) last week @ Costco and I haven't opened the package yet. I've read a bunch of reviews on Amazon and other places about the drives made in...
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Figured it out Thanks for your help though! BTW, I figured out how to format this sucker as GPT. I'm running an asus p5q pro motherboard, FYI. First thing is that I could not get this drive out...
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you have to have USB port on your router. then you can connect the seagate drive to this port.
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Neither of those utilities will tell what type of hard drive it is. It will only report back the serial number. I just tried both of them. Can you tell me how you did it? If not, can you recommend...
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I bought one a year ago, so far I've returned it and swapped it out with a new one every 3 months due to the accumulation of bad sectors. The problem seems to be that they run at around 60c idle,...
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How did you do that? Would be great if you could point me the right direction.
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Ironically, that is the main reason why drives fail -- spinning up and down is more wear than just running 24/7, especially with the poor "power-saving" implementation by these drive manufacturers.
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If you install the seagate dashboard, it will have an option to power down the drive after a certain amount of time. I set mine to 5 minutes.
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How does this external drive power down? Is there an on/off switch and a built-in fan? If not, maybe that's the reason why these drives sometimes fail after a short period as they can overheat.
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Spoutid :shake:
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Wy just take it apart and you can figure it out.
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It was $99.99 for about 24 hours. It looks like Amazon ran out of stock as the 3 TB model is being sold by a third party. I checked yesterday and it was a couple days delay on shipping from Amazon...
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Hey, where did you learn that? Don't know, don't talk man.:bounce:
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How did you get it for 99 from amazon? Was it on deal for a little bit ? I see 119 now. Would be awesome to get it for 99!
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I would recommend anyone who buys these drives from Costo to do a HDtune or CrystalDiskMark test. If you are connecting through USB 3.0, the results shouldn't be any different than using a SATA 3...
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