warranty discrepancy - 3y VS. 5y According to Drive Specs Sheet (pdf linked from WD, http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=488)these Black 1Tb drives are covered for 5 years.How come Amazon says 3 years only - and what is the true warranty for these? warranty discrepancy - 3y VS. 5y According to Drive Specs Sheet (pdf linked from WD, http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=488)these Black 1Tb drives are covered for 5 years. » Read More warranty discrepancy - 3y VS. 5y According to Drive Specs Sheet (pdf linked from WD, http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=488)these Black 1Tb drives are covered for 5 years.How come Amazon says 3 years only - and what is the true warranty for these? « Show Less
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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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J. Welch is right. I own 6 WD Blacks and they are 5 year warranty. Don't forget to register the drive on WD's website. You will register for an account login and password. But you can check the status of all your drive warranties there, from now on.
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I just ordered six of these drives from Amazon with the part number shown here, and the shipper called to ask me "What type of warranty do you want?" I said, the drives already have a five year warranty so why would I want to purchase another warranty. They said, "No, these are OEM drives". Therefore, I believe the listing here is misleading and not accurate enough for a buyer to not believe they are getting a five year warranty. If you want the five year warranty from WD, then do not purchase the drive(s) on this listing/page.
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This is what it says on the warranty sheet: " *Sandisk's 5-year Limited Warranty*: The Sandisk SSD is covered by this warranty for five (5) years from the date of purchase, subject to the applicable warranty from terms and conditions, as defined in www.sandisk.com/wug *5-Year warranty in regions not recognizing "Limited". * " So, I guess just go on their website and check it out? Hope that helps!
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I just checked www.wdc.com Typed in Serial Number from drive I received. Answer from WD: "The warranty for this product has expired. The product is not eligible for replacement. If you need technical assistance, please send us email." So either Seller is warranting this drive OR NO ONE IS!!! I, for one, would like to hear from the seller on this matter!
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Specifications 3TB 3TB WD30EZRX WD30EZRSDTLAverage power(W)Read/write 6 6Idle 5.5 5.5Standby 0.8 0.8Sleep 0.8 0.8http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1679/p/227%2C294/session/L3RpbWUvMTM3MTQ2NDMwMS9zaWQvRk9oc3pZc2w%3Dbtw my drives came to me expired for mfr. warranty. DO NOT BUY FROM AMAZON. If they fail after 30 day return period you are sol.
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According to Newegg and other online stores, all sizes have a 3 year warranty (which makes sense since they're competing with WD Red which have a 3 year warranty). I'd call Seagate if you want to know for sure...
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The ones being fulfilled by Amazon are not factory new, and different sellers would have different warranties probably ending at 30 days. These are used drives that may have been mechanically refurbished (mine wasn't physically repaired but it had been used).
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2 year warranty. Sorry for Knightwind's useless comment. The manufacturer warranty covers 24 months, along with labor and parts if things go wrong. It's not a bad hard drive either, I got this for my workplace computer and it just gets the job done.
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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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I found that the drives are several years old. I bought a bunch of them (10+) it was a mistake. I tried to get warranty from WD and they did not honor the 5 year warranty and in fact when I returned the drive, they claimed it wasn't manufactured by them. I ended up returning the drive to the seller for a replacement. Don't count on the 5 year warranty, better yet buy it from another manufacturer. I've had too many failures of WD drives in the last year or two. I have switched to Seagate.
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On the Hitachi web site you can plug in the drive SN and find out if it is covered. Their warranties go from 1 to 5 years but I suspect that the consumer drives are only a year.
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I've looked into that and without the original sales receipt it would be reckoned from the date burned into the ROM. You would have 5 years from that date. I found this out by having a drive without a receipt and needing service. WD is so much better than Seagate. I've only had one that I needed service and almost all Seagate drives died within a couple of months for the warranty expiring. 5 years is forever in terms of drives. I got the 2GB version and on a 6Gb channel it's almost as fast as a USB3 flash drive. maybe faster. In short-it screams!
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I bought 2 drives from Platinum Micro and they did not have the warranty after checking on the WD site. However, that did not stop Platinum Micro from claiming they did carry the 5yr warranty in their specific listing. Just be careful and plan on returning the drives. I ended up paying a little more and purchasing from Newegg to ensure a quality product was delivered.
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I'm not sure. I would guess that it might be one year but it could be more. It appears that most hard drive manufacturers have reduced their warranty periods. Sorry that I can't answer your question.
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My fifth generation's hard drive is on the way out after two and a half years. I had a 4th generation that lasted less than two years before the drive died, luckily covered by credit card extended warranty. I don't think these things are great buys if you expect them to last more than 3 years.
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http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=810WD Red hard drive covered by the 3 year warranty.
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That may be true, but I've noticed that Seagate gives you a five-year warranty while Western Digital gives you only one. As long as you don't keep your ONLY copy of something important on the drive, I would go with the Seagate knowing that you'll have at least five years of replacements in case it fails.