2 were EFAX and 4 were EMAZ. I'm at the point where I know exactly where to install the gift card pieces and how to wiggle them apart so I can get a drive enclosure open (intact) in 2 or 3 minutes. /*# sourceMappingURL=https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/chunkCSS/ReredditLink.f7b66a91705891e84a09.css.map*/There are currently three possible drives inside a WD 8TB easystore: WD80EFZX, WD80EFAX, and WD80EMAZ. in USB 3.0 mode and 480MB/sec. $139.99. Model #: WDBKUZ0050BBK-WESN; Item #: ⦠Take WD to small claims if they deny you warranty claim based on the fact you shucked it, you will win. Definitely CMR. SATAIII 6Gb/s. I'm not going to redo the work as /u/tokyotaco did us all the courtesy of making this visual guide to shucking the Easystores. As I explained in that thread, I'm not prepared to commit the amount of time charting this data as I'm pretty sure it'll require. Drive: 8TB "White Label" 5400RPM 256MB Cache. These drives, when shucked, have been known to have problems with some SATA backplanes. If you didn't know, the hard drive in this product are Western Digital Red NAS units. If your drive works in the Easystore shell but doesn't work in your hot swap bays or with your PSU's power adapters this is a great solution. The EASYSTORE is also sitting on my desk vertically and it is whisper quiet. The WD RED HDD's technical highlight is itâs 6Gb/s interface, which is the latest SATA III standard. There are also some pictures ⦠It mostly only affects older backplanes and power supplies, but some newer PSU's also may not support the newer pin design. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window), WD – easystore 8TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive – Black. I ran the tests on them after I got them to be sure. I've bought 4 so far, all for pickup at the same store, and am hoping not to run into any problems. fyi shucking does not legally breach the warranty. Older NESN's are almost always Red's. (I personally prefer the WD80EFZX full label design from an aesthetic standpoint, even with it's paltry 128MB cache, but whatever :). It's set to 7.0 seconds just like the EFAX drives are. 8 offers from £219.48. Bought 2x NESN last night and got them today. Compare (8) WD 8TB My Book Duo Desktop RAID External Hard Drive AES Encryption - USB 3.1 (WDBFBE0080JBK-NESN) Dimensions: 7.09" x ⦠Hi, Iâve lost my power adapter for my 8TB MyBook (p/n WDBFJK0080HBK-NA). This is why I keep telling people that unless you get lucky and find or get an old stock NESN, you will get a EMAZ drive regardless of which model you have. WD 8TB Easystore. S/N: 7SGLNRXXX and 7SGNRXXX (On box) MAID IN: THAILAND (On box) DCM: MGBJRCK, You may notice that I linked to that very comment in the section "What's in the shell? https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-easystore-8tb-external-usb-3-0-hard-drive-black/5792401.p?skuId=5792401, https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-easystore-8tb-external-usb-3-0-hard-drive-black/6110900.p?skuId=6110900, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6VCQ64DkfM, $139.99 (20 Days of Doorbusters (Christmas) 2017), $199.99 (Appears new effective price as of 5/1/2018), WD80EFZX (older Made in China), WD80EFAX (older Made in Thailand), WD80EMAZ (Seemingly newer packaged Easyshares), WD80EMZZ (?? Bad idea? Amazon; Apple: Best Buy; Costco: Newegg; Staples: Target; Walmart . Universal connectivity With this drive, you get connectivity with USB 3.0 devices as well as backward compatibility with USB 2.0 devices. When I did a couple about 3 years ago I got white label WD80EMAZ. Model: WDBCKA0080HBK-NESN. When buying these drives for shucking you're likely hunting a specific type of internal drive. Do note, I say puts the warranty in risk. I just bought two NESNs this morning and they were both Reds. If you're going to leave them shelled but active 24/7 (a Raspi NAS?) RAIDz Bulk storage: 2 x 8Tb shucked WD Easystore (1 - WD Red, 1 - WD He white label) + 1 4Tb Seagate NAS - Migration in progress. PS: I just moved cross country, I'm still unpacking, building furniture, etc., so this post is SUPER low priority for me at the moment. hoping someone else would take up the reins as I don't think I'll be as good at this, d'awww, thanks. The WD80EMAZ comes in the NESN models too, that is where they first showed up. With the included WD Discovery software, you can easily reformat and manage the drive settings. Right now I've have it crossed out as I want to leave it in but I'm hoping for someone to chime in with more info about it... mostly, why is it a question? Also, what is a 2A DC power supply sufficient or does the device require more power? Latest addition to the family. It's definitely a "You can totally do this and will almost certainly win" situation, but that's a decent bit of effort for something so relatively insignificant. We delete comments that ⦠BBY commonly works with manufacturers to produce special versions of products that will be exclusively sold at BBY for a deep discount during certain sales periods, namely Black Friday. 345 viewed per day. What is the correct polarity to use for the adapter (i.e. the burden of proof is on the Manufacturer to prove any modification to a product caused it to fail. I just don't have the time right now and don't foresee having the time to keep it up in the future. Your psu/backplane may or may not be sata 3.3 compliant however. 11/28/2017 10am Eastern: A few more minor corrections, cleaned up a few sections, and updated current price. I had no patience for those damn enclosures and broke all the clips, oh well. On the older NESN boxes if says it's "Made in Thailand" it's probably a 256MB cache version, where as "Made in China" is probably a 128MB cache version. My Best Buy isn't very busy or high traffic, broke ass town so I doubt I have data hoarders here, anyways. Further suggestion: I work in IT and have this little $30 tool kit I picked up on Amazon during a sale, and it's great for this kind of work as it comes with plastic shims and multiple smooth/rounded edges metal prying tools. If you have any suggestions for items to add, points to be made, or corrections to make please comment below! But the 8TB drives in the Easystore enclosures now are different than they used to be. The power button and connectivity options are on the back of the unit. Not that bad As /u/service_unavailable and /u/deelowe both point out on that post comment thread, using Kapton tape would be a better solution if you'll be purchasing tape to do this. D Johnson. Model: WDBAMA0080HBK-NESN. Which is a helium drive I believe (good.) I will make one note: While the Molex-to-SATA power adapters work and are typically fine, cheap models are also known to quite literally melt if not catch fire. It measures 9.1 x 8.2 x 3.5 inches and weighs 2 pounds. WD Elements / WD easystore; Embedded & Removable Flash; WD ReadyView; Legacy & Other Products; Downloads WD Software; Product Firmware; Product Downloads; Warranty & Returns Warranty Services; Warranty Policy; Data Recovery; Shipping Addresses; Warranty Status; Product Replacement; RMA Status Bought a 7th one for $160 on Black Friday to add as hot spare. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up. This drive in particular has a storage capacity of 8TB and has a 128MB Cache. 4.7 out of 5 stars 13,419. Rate… This is my second 8TB Easy Store. Perfect There's more evidence that EMAZ drives with certain SN's are acting differently in regard to the 3.3 pin topic. 11/27/2017 2:30pm Eastern: Added "What's in the shell?" I just got a used DS216+ locally, and I really want to start setting it up instead of waiting around for another hard drive. If you have a backplane or PSU that spits out 3.3V, then that's the only time you'll notice a difference in these drives. WD easystore 8TB External USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive - Black (WDBCKA0080HBK-NESN) RPM: 5400 RPM; Form Factor: 3.5" Cache: 256MB; Weight: 3.2; Model #: wdbcka0080hbk-nesn; Return Policy: View Return Policy $197.99 â Free Shipping; View Details . It's definitely something that takes some practice though before it becomes easy. You can also sign up for price alerts at nowinstock.net (thanks to /u/veritas413 for the notice on this). Maybe we can come up with a list of serial numbers that are confirmed to have a certain drive? Opened up Speccy to check the SMART values, saw that the drive had been powered on 510 times and was on for 107.4 days. It is rumored that the 8TB EASYSTORE uses the higher quality WD ⦠This post ⦠3.5 inch. in USB 3.0 mode and 480MB/sec. That said, I honestly think most people are going to take WD to small claims court over it. After opening the box, but before shucking it, you can connect the easystore to your PC via USB and use a program like CrystalDiskInfo to see what the exact model # is you have. The 3.3v pin "issue." 1/8/2018 9:30am Eastern: Added a hdparm command option for identifying drive model, added EMZZ as possible drive in -NESN (will look for more info on this EMZZ drive). If anyone wondering, it's Torx 10 to remove the rubber mounts for vibration. Seems identical to WD80EFAX, but potential problems for older devices you may plug in to. In fact, if I can scrape the cash together I'll buy two more pairs. 2020 Deals2Catch Design. This will be my first nas. I'd prefer to keep it and use in a nas, instead of returning it. They run and perform exactly the same. Trust me, I've run the stress tests on all of my drives. The white labels are probably drives sourced from a number of channels, tested to meet a minimum standard, and then labeled as WD80EMAZ where it fits. 12/28/2017 5:15pm Eastern: A few additions to help clarify some stuff, another addition to the 3.3v working chart (I stopped adding to the change log for each addition), added request to tag me in comments on new posts confirming if a device works with the shucked white label drives. This drive appears to be the white label version of the WD80EFZX, and from what I've been able to find thus far does not utilize the SATA 3.3 compliant power adapter so the 3.3v PIN issue can be ignored. If the…. 4/2/2018 1:45pm Eastern: /u/access_random shared his new video about non-destructive "mods" to help get around the 3.3v issue many face with certain PSU's and backplanes. 11/30/2017 9am Eastern: Added another NAS to the 3.3v working chart. Recommended by /u/driscoll42 I think anyone looking to share information about the serial number to model number side of things should compile their info there. At this point, you might also want to at least do a quick error scan. 5/17/2018 11:45pm Pacific: Added nowinstock.net link so you can sign up for price alerts. Dealighted analyzed 358 new deal forum threads today and identified 142 that people really like. Drive Model: WD80EMAZ. The back of the MyBook shows 12V DC input but thatâs all. It was known that there could be legacy compatibility issues. To use the old SAT question archetype: WD80EMAZ is to WD80EFAX as WD80EMZZ is to WD80EFZX. It's sought after by many r/datahoarder folks because it often (but not always) contains a WD Red 8TB drive which can be "shucked" and used in a home server among other similarly shucked Easystore drives. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, 34TB Drivepool / 3TB RAID-Z2 ZFS Test Rig. (Thanks to /u/eyeyen for more detailed instructions), (Writer's note: Can anyone confirm if the OS X command also works on other BSD variants? Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. This is an amateur's work, after all, and more importantly ... it's on reddit. Just got 2 drives and both Red. A lot of people in the comments have shared data about serial numbers, DCM's, and other such data in relation to the Easyshares as a whole but also trying to parse out info on the White Labels. That's $10 under our mention from two weeks ago, $50 off, and the lowest price we could find. (confirmation about this thanks to /u/phaicm here). So far the WD Hard Drive is working out great for all my Gam8ng Storage needs, Packaging and everything looked fine. I bought the popular WD Easystore hdd to shuck on BF. I bought 9 NESN and got 6 EFAX drives and 3 EMAZ drives. There's also a good chance that White Labels are Reds, just labelled differently for some models to mess with people shucking the drives and then reselling them. Waiting for a sale... :) 2 x 4Tb HGST NAS - Block storage (Intel S3500 ZIL/SLOG) 2 x 3Tb - WD Red, 3Tb Toshiba - task dedicated mirror Patriot Flare 2 x 60Gb mirrored SSD Boot devices LSI SAS HBA (flashed Dell H310) / Mellanox ConnectX2 10GbE Corsair ⦠Getting a 128MB cache version isn't bad, just not great. they do not holdup in court. Q: When was this feature introduced on SAS HDDs? Let’s put that in perspective. A torx10 or remove the rubber surrounds and use a pair of plyers. Seuls les avis d'utilisateurs vérifiés Les meilleures offres pour WD EASYSTORE 8 To externe USB 3.0 Desktop Disque dur WDBCKA 0080HBK-NESN Scellé!!! Featuring 8TB of capacity, this compact storage unit allows you to back up all your favourite movies, games, photos, and other files for easy access. You can look at the bottom of the easystore box and observe the DCM, serial #, and country to make a good "guess" as to what's inside before opening it. Still common, but stock may be drying up in favor of WD80EMAZ white label drives, WD80EMAZ (256 MB Cache with Enterprise Sata Connector), Generic WD White Half Label (similar to WD 10TB design), Started appearing recently in stores and from a few Bestbuy.com orders, may become more common if WD is in fact attempting to discourage shucking/drive reselling, Same or identical specs as a normal WD Red NAS drive with TLER, Bare drive may require a 3.3v mod applied to the Sata connector or require a molex adapter or some other alteration to spin up, Side by side comparison between WD80EFAX and WD80EFZX drive design: https://i.imgur.com/hErktWl.jpg, WD Model # Decoder (e.g. You can't really know what's in an Easystore until you at least have it hand, but you can take some guesses. Worst case, someone can copy/paste what I accumulate here. 4/20/2018 9:15pm Eastern: Looks like we got pinned! (Prices up to date as of: May 22, 2018 @8:45am Pacific). 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