What is the Warranty period for the Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS? I don't see the warranty info listed for the Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS. Anyone know what it is?
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WD Support Site says GREEN is THREE Years. Caviar Black is FIVE years. You might be able to update to the FIVE YEAR Warrantee for a fee...? Usually I've found that bad drives fail early. BUT they ALL fail eventually...:( If you don't do back ups, you WILL cry! Esp.@ 1 TB!
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Not an answer, but a followup... I bought one of these last week on 26 September 2014 - the description clearly states 5 year warranty. The invoice from goHardDrive.com stated 1 year. When I put my serial number into the warranty checker at hgst.com it said: "NOT VALID FOR WARRANTY Verify warranty status &gt; Ineligible for RMA creation Please return drive to the point of purchase or system manufacturer." So it's apparently an OEM drive, not a retail drive. So far goHardDrive.com haven't replied to my eMail to them. And an hour later they just have responded, with a revised invoice that states on it "5 years Warranty" with my drive's serial number noted. So I guess it's not an HGST warranty, but I'm happy now.
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Honestly I don't think I ever paid attention... but I would assume it came with standard 2 year warranty. In any case, these hard drives don't tend to fail months after purchased, either they're DOA (dead on arrival) / die in the first few hours of use because they're defective, or they last for years. My last Seagate external HDD lasted me for TEN years, hence why I bought this one. I wouldn't worry about it too much, Seagate has pretty decent customer support.
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goto western digitals website and you can check the warranty status with the serial number that is on the drive. Most drives I have bought usually have 1 1/2 to 2 year warranties
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Western Digital's support portal doesn't say, and honestly once the drive dies your warranty is forever impacted, as you only have a year from the refurbished drive before it's no longer supported. In the review I didn't clarify the seller, the seller was EOnline. When I ordered it it was posted as a WD1500HLHX, now my review is showing under a 600GB model so perhaps I'm not the only one they were making that mistake with.
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WD says that greens will work and nothing else. I have a feeling that has to do with the lower power consumption. I have heard horror stories about green drives and WD software has said my drives have gone bad, but the drives read and write just fine. I love the raid setup and dont know why anyone else hasn't continued this setup at this price point ( I bought mine used for a little less than $100)
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The serial number is on the label and identified as such. However the drive also has to have been purchased from an authorized Western Digital reseller, or purchased as part of a system sold by an authorized reseller. If you visit the Western Digital web site they have full information regarding warranty coverage.
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My Western Digital Caviar Green 1 TB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive arrived 1 week ago. The box was well worn from its travel. Wrapped around the sides to and bottom with air pillows. Nothing at the ends. My first reaction was uh oh this thing is going to be wrecked. So far so good but I was not real happy to see such little care in packing.
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WD's website is the correct one @ 5 yrs. I purchased two caviar black 1TB drives a little over a week ago, and the warranty check on WD's website shows both are valid until 12/24/2014
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Sorry for the tardy reply. I purchased this monitor earlier, but find no paper insert showing warranty details in the box.I did check on newegg web-site for warraty details for this monitor and find that it has a 3-year manufacturer limited warranty on parts and labor.I hope this info helps.
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I do not recall the warranty agreement back when i purchased mine. It is however a qaulity product, that is build for durability. Ten years seems a little long for a warranty expection out of anything so I think its worth a direct call to Amazon :)
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Hmmm...Beth, I really don't know...makes you wonder if its anticipated "lifetime" is one year, doesn't it?! Perhaps you can contact Seasense, the manufacturer, to clarify. Sorry!
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The Western Digital website will tell you the difference between the warranty of a retail drive verses an OEM drive. Western Digital warranties retail drives, but OEM drives are different. Western Digital sells OEM drives to manufactures such as DELL, and Apple and are typically sold without a warranty. The computer manufacturer has their own limited warranty. See the Western Digital fact at:http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1352/~/difference-between-wd-oem-vs.-retail-(rtl)-drives
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I think they have a 1 yr warranty. I love my computer and have had no problems with it. After I updated Windows (which took a full day because there were so many!) I sent it in to my IT guy and he put Windows shell on it to make navigation easier.
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In regards to warranty - here's what the western digital site says - NOT 5 YEAR !!!!Serial No Model No /Product Name Status Exp Date(MM/DD/YYYY) WMAY01638535 WD2003FYYS-02W0B02 TB WD RE4 SATA Hard Drive In Limited Warranty 4/22/2016
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I've chosen Western Digital because of reliability. I've owned 4 WD drives: An 80GB, a 160GB, a 500GB, and this 1TB, and haven't had one of them fail on me. But as another user stated, WD sends just the drive itself. You'll have to download software, find screws, etc
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The warranty on these drives is not through HGST. When I purchased 4 drives from Oceanside about 6 months ago, the drives were listed as OEM. At time, the price was very cheap ($100 less than any other vendor) that I did not worry to much about the warranty. If Newegg offers the same model with a 3 year, it should be a no brainer where to buy the drive.