REFURB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 750GB SATA/300 7200RPM 32MB Hard Drive $49.99 after code + shipping

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 750GB SATA/300 7200RPM 32MB Hard Drive REFURB

Brown box - drive only

180 day warranty

Model # ST3750330AS

$54.99 less $5 if you use code 750DEAL

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Not being mean or threadcrapping. This is going to get a lot of red and here is why

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jmace57 said: Brown box - drive only

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Brown box?? How appropriate!!

Theres no such thing as a "refurbishing" process for hard drives. The correct name is "used".

sklar said: Theres no such thing as a "refurbishing" process for hard drives. The correct name is "used".

I'm not sure what the process is but if it is used, wouldn't the case show signs of wear? Every refurbished hard drive I've received off RMA looks brand new besides the label saying refurbished on it.

OH and I'm not defeinding this drive, a 7200.11 refurb? LOL do pass on this. Would be hot if it was $25 though.

I have had zero problems with refurbished drives in the past.

But is it just me, or does it seems like hard drives are very unreliable these days. Wasnt there an issue with 7200.11 drives? Are there any good drives/manufacturers anymore?

i've got two of these puppies and they are useless for openfiler. they keep doing random timeouts too long and then recover. pretty much have to retire them to usb external d2d duty. sad.

and i've rma'd the originals already. failed the long dsdt (both) after like 6 months. didn't bother to run long dsdt on these again as i'd be sad if i have to box these up again.

lame.

larrymoencurly said: sklar said: Theres no such thing as a "refurbishing" process for hard drives. The correct name is "used".It seems that lots of used drives are now sent out as warranty replacements, but do manufacturers place an upper limit on the number of hours of operation, start/stop cycles, and reallocated sectors allowed? And do they re-zero that information before they send out those used drives?

I have worked in the HDD industry for a lot of years, and the short answer is that NO, they do not place any real limits on how long it has been used or start/stops. There is a limit on reallocation (but its high - its built into the drive's self test).

Bottom line, if it powers up and passes self test (POST), it is good to go out as a replacement.

In general, "refurbishment" consists of two steps (1) test the drive to see if it POSTs. (a huge proportion of drives returned as defective are actually "no defect found" (NDF)either because the usrs real problem was something else or because the drive has a real problem that only shows up intermittently. If it POSTS, it goes out as a replacement. If it doesn't POST, they may attempt a minor repair (usually just a card swap - i.e. take a good card from an HDD with failing mechanicals and put it on a drive with good mechanicals but a failed card). If it then pasts POST, it is good to go. In either case, they just send it out to the unsuspecting public.

Sad thing is that if you (as an end user) buy a brand new drive and it fails right out of the box, the chances are really high that you will receive as a warranty replacement a drive that has been used, failed, and put through the above process.