I figured I'd jump on here and post because I just wrapped up my 4th WD Purple 4tb for an RMA replacement. At this point I think I've spent almost the cost of a new drive in return shipping. Not to mention the lost footage every time this happens. Drive is a WD40PURZ-85TTDY0.
My BI machine at my income property is running a 1tb WD drive that came with the PC and this 4tb drive for recordings. Since the first 1 was installed it lasts about 4 weeks, then I either go there and reboot the machine for updates, or I remotely reboot the machine for updates/issue/etc and the machine just sits at the DELL logo and never posts.
Once I remove this drive it boots right up. I take the drive to my house and try it in a few other computers and they all also fail to boot up. When the replacement drives show up I tried a different port on the motherboard and also a different SATA cable. The real kicker is while these drives are out I throw a 3tb WD Red drive in there and it never has issues.
Sure enough I throw the drive in and let it record for a month and I do a reboot and it never recovers from the reboot. WD is happy to keep sending replacements but it costs me shipping and recordings. I just ordered a Seagate drive to throw in this machine because I'm sure this will keep going on.
Any ideas? Anyone see this?
My BI machine at my income property is running a 1tb WD drive that came with the PC and this 4tb drive for recordings. Since the first 1 was installed it lasts about 4 weeks, then I either go there and reboot the machine for updates, or I remotely reboot the machine for updates/issue/etc and the machine just sits at the DELL logo and never posts.
Once I remove this drive it boots right up. I take the drive to my house and try it in a few other computers and they all also fail to boot up. When the replacement drives show up I tried a different port on the motherboard and also a different SATA cable. The real kicker is while these drives are out I throw a 3tb WD Red drive in there and it never has issues.
Sure enough I throw the drive in and let it record for a month and I do a reboot and it never recovers from the reboot. WD is happy to keep sending replacements but it costs me shipping and recordings. I just ordered a Seagate drive to throw in this machine because I'm sure this will keep going on.
Any ideas? Anyone see this?