Comments on: Western Digital 160 GB Scorpio Blue PATA 5400 RPM 8 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Notebook Hard Drive WD1600BEVE http://electronicstools.1blogs.net/western-digital-160-gb-scorpio-blue-pata-5400-rpm-8-mb-cache-bulkoem-notebook-hard-drive-wd1600beve/374/ Electronics Products Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:07:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: R. Osborne http://electronicstools.1blogs.net/western-digital-160-gb-scorpio-blue-pata-5400-rpm-8-mb-cache-bulkoem-notebook-hard-drive-wd1600beve/374/comment-page-1/#comment-1124 R. Osborne Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:35:41 +0000 http://electronicstools.1blogs.net/western-digital-160-gb-scorpio-blue-pata-5400-rpm-8-mb-cache-bulkoem-notebook-hard-drive-wd1600beve/374/#comment-1124 Western Digital hard drives are the only drives for me and my customers. It's not that they won't fail, but there's not a drive made today that won't fail sometime. Western Digital drives, in my opinion, have the least failures of any drive out there. And by ordering it from Amazon, I was able to save about $ 20 over the local computer store. Rating: 5 / 5 Western Digital hard drives are the only drives for me and my customers. It’s not that they won’t fail, but there’s not a drive made today that won’t fail sometime. Western Digital drives, in my opinion, have the least failures of any drive out there. And by ordering it from Amazon, I was able to save about $ 20 over the local computer store.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Thomas Vagt http://electronicstools.1blogs.net/western-digital-160-gb-scorpio-blue-pata-5400-rpm-8-mb-cache-bulkoem-notebook-hard-drive-wd1600beve/374/comment-page-1/#comment-1123 Thomas Vagt Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:44:38 +0000 http://electronicstools.1blogs.net/western-digital-160-gb-scorpio-blue-pata-5400-rpm-8-mb-cache-bulkoem-notebook-hard-drive-wd1600beve/374/#comment-1123 Surprisingly, this drive failed on installation. As of this writing I am waiting on my refund Rating: 1 / 5 Surprisingly, this drive failed on installation. As of this writing I am waiting on my refund
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: Grumble http://electronicstools.1blogs.net/western-digital-160-gb-scorpio-blue-pata-5400-rpm-8-mb-cache-bulkoem-notebook-hard-drive-wd1600beve/374/comment-page-1/#comment-1122 Grumble Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:40:06 +0000 http://electronicstools.1blogs.net/western-digital-160-gb-scorpio-blue-pata-5400-rpm-8-mb-cache-bulkoem-notebook-hard-drive-wd1600beve/374/#comment-1122 I have no complaints at all about this hard drive, it works fine. <br /> <br />I have a major complaint about Amazon on this item, though. It shows on their site as being in-stock. Yet, it took a full 7 days for them to get around to shipping it, just too much bother, I guess. It shipped from Phoenix, which is usually a three day delay to me using normal USPS shipping. Yet for some reason, this shipment took another full week, leading me to believe that it wasn't actually shipped as stated, only entered on the shipping log. This order certainly wasn't up to the standards I've come to expect from Amazon. Rating: 1 / 5 I have no complaints at all about this hard drive, it works fine.

I have a major complaint about Amazon on this item, though. It shows on their site as being in-stock. Yet, it took a full 7 days for them to get around to shipping it, just too much bother, I guess. It shipped from Phoenix, which is usually a three day delay to me using normal USPS shipping. Yet for some reason, this shipment took another full week, leading me to believe that it wasn’t actually shipped as stated, only entered on the shipping log. This order certainly wasn’t up to the standards I’ve come to expect from Amazon.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: C. Hart http://electronicstools.1blogs.net/western-digital-160-gb-scorpio-blue-pata-5400-rpm-8-mb-cache-bulkoem-notebook-hard-drive-wd1600beve/374/comment-page-1/#comment-1121 C. Hart Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:02:50 +0000 http://electronicstools.1blogs.net/western-digital-160-gb-scorpio-blue-pata-5400-rpm-8-mb-cache-bulkoem-notebook-hard-drive-wd1600beve/374/#comment-1121 I ordered this drive with overnight shipping from Amazon, because I needed a quick replacement. Total price was still less than this drive would have been at local stores. I have found I can count on Amazon for reliably delivering items quickly and this was yet more proof. This Western Digital Scorpio drive provides speed as good or better than I expected. The noise level is fine. The one reason I have rated it 4 stars instead of 5 is that the drive vibrates more than the original. You could not feel the original drive running inside of this apple macbook (white). I can definitely tell when this new WD Scorpio 160 SATA drive is spinning as there is a subtle vibration in the laptop. Frankly, this worries me a little, but there's not much I can do unless the drive outright fails (otherwise I have little justification for an amazon return or warranty replacement -- which would probably be a refurb). Drive replacement in a macbook isn't as straightforward as it should be if the rubber shock absorption strips fall out of place. If you're lucky they will stay in place and the drive slides in nicely. If they decide to be a pain, you will spend an hour trying to get the drive back in. I came up with a workaround, but this shouldn't be necessary. What a stupid design by Apple. Rating: 4 / 5 I ordered this drive with overnight shipping from Amazon, because I needed a quick replacement. Total price was still less than this drive would have been at local stores. I have found I can count on Amazon for reliably delivering items quickly and this was yet more proof. This Western Digital Scorpio drive provides speed as good or better than I expected. The noise level is fine. The one reason I have rated it 4 stars instead of 5 is that the drive vibrates more than the original. You could not feel the original drive running inside of this apple macbook (white). I can definitely tell when this new WD Scorpio 160 SATA drive is spinning as there is a subtle vibration in the laptop. Frankly, this worries me a little, but there’s not much I can do unless the drive outright fails (otherwise I have little justification for an amazon return or warranty replacement — which would probably be a refurb). Drive replacement in a macbook isn’t as straightforward as it should be if the rubber shock absorption strips fall out of place. If you’re lucky they will stay in place and the drive slides in nicely. If they decide to be a pain, you will spend an hour trying to get the drive back in. I came up with a workaround, but this shouldn’t be necessary. What a stupid design by Apple.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> By: S. JOHNSON http://electronicstools.1blogs.net/western-digital-160-gb-scorpio-blue-pata-5400-rpm-8-mb-cache-bulkoem-notebook-hard-drive-wd1600beve/374/comment-page-1/#comment-1120 S. JOHNSON Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:04:20 +0000 http://electronicstools.1blogs.net/western-digital-160-gb-scorpio-blue-pata-5400-rpm-8-mb-cache-bulkoem-notebook-hard-drive-wd1600beve/374/#comment-1120 After getting a Toshiba Satellite P35 for free. I went about fixing it's known issues. Then I tackled the speed with more RAM and a bigger faster HD. The original HD was 100GB 4200RPM. By going to a 250GB 5400RPM I actually significantly increase the R/W speeds of the laptop. The increased rotation rate is nice but hardly the cause for the biggest gain. Because each HD had the same number of platters the distance to search for a file on the new HD is about 2.5 times less distance than the original. That, the 8MB, and the increased RPM's make this HD over 2X's faster than the old one. =) Making old slow computers run fast again... Just so long as you stay away from Vista that is. Actually if you want to see some real speed load Umbuntu and it's virus free to boot. I do all my web surfing and banking on a locked down Umbuntu machine and I have never felt safer. <br /> <br />Fun Fact: Here is our Government at work. Windows 7 comes on Oct 22 09 and the army has just decided to convert everything to Vista - which has major problems. This of course means the army will purchasing new computers to run the bloated OS. Of course their is no guarantee that Windows 7 will not have issues but the 2nd OS in a series for MS is usualy better. <br /> <br />Windows 95 Sucks <br />Windows 98 OK <br />Windows ME Sucks <br />Windows XP OK <br />Windows Vista Sucks <br />Windows 7 ? <br /> <br />Save yourself the headache and learn about Umbuntu. Rating: 5 / 5 After getting a Toshiba Satellite P35 for free. I went about fixing it’s known issues. Then I tackled the speed with more RAM and a bigger faster HD. The original HD was 100GB 4200RPM. By going to a 250GB 5400RPM I actually significantly increase the R/W speeds of the laptop. The increased rotation rate is nice but hardly the cause for the biggest gain. Because each HD had the same number of platters the distance to search for a file on the new HD is about 2.5 times less distance than the original. That, the 8MB, and the increased RPM’s make this HD over 2X’s faster than the old one. =) Making old slow computers run fast again… Just so long as you stay away from Vista that is. Actually if you want to see some real speed load Umbuntu and it’s virus free to boot. I do all my web surfing and banking on a locked down Umbuntu machine and I have never felt safer.

Fun Fact: Here is our Government at work. Windows 7 comes on Oct 22 09 and the army has just decided to convert everything to Vista – which has major problems. This of course means the army will purchasing new computers to run the bloated OS. Of course their is no guarantee that Windows 7 will not have issues but the 2nd OS in a series for MS is usualy better.

Windows 95 Sucks

Windows 98 OK

Windows ME Sucks

Windows XP OK

Windows Vista Sucks

Windows 7 ?

Save yourself the headache and learn about Umbuntu.
Rating: 5 / 5

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