Are this disk drive hot plug??
81718
They can be but it's your system that determines if they are hot plugable or not. In most RAIDS they are and I've don't it.
81719
yes it is. We use six of these units in a enterprise NAS and they seem to work well - no problems...so far :)
1327630
I use this drive as my BootCamp (Win8.1) on a new Mac Pro. I keep it up in a wire trough under my desk. I have been through the wiring a few times, and have not noticed this drive to be warm. I think the moving drives generate more heat than the SSDs.
858703
I don't know. The hard drive I bought was brand new. You could contact them and ask.
1664936
No, that does not sound normal at all. Mine has never heated up noticeably, even when transferring hundreds of gigabytes. Sounds to me like there's something the matter with yours.
6223
Yes, I have had similar issues with other external, enclosed USB hard drives. That is, they get VERY hot, and then shut down after about 30 minutes of operation. These enclosed drives are pretty much useless unless they have a vent and cooling fan. I really don't know how anyone uses them successfully. The only way I have been able to use them is to keep them completely open, which means removing all the casing and just laying the bare drive and it's connenctors out in open. Pretty ugly, but it will run all day like this :-)
1247854
The drive needs to be connected to a plug in and through USB (1.0, 2.0, or 3.0)
121822
Hi, This drive is virtually silent unlike my other external hard drive which makes a lot of noise when active. How quite & cool this drive operates is one of the many things I like about it. It's possible yours could be defective. Maybe you could exchange it for another?
2130161
No it is not. The connectors on those drives are different than laptop arrives.
85206
I don't know but I will say that this has turned out to be a noisy unit. I like quiet drives.
1640657
Sorry, I have no idea what you are asking me about, all I can tell you is that this drive works with a USB port, other than that, I can't help you :(
173978
Yes, behind the red slider. It slowly blinks when the drive is plugged in and idle.
2128627
Just as others have said, it is passive cooling and I have had some drives doing intensive work run on it for some days. The drives do get hot (or a lot warmer than usual) but nothing bad has happened. I will say that for regular work it should be fine but for intensive work, just keep an eye out. Also since it is passive cooling the temperature of your environment matters if you are in a very hot environment (climate or place) versus a cooler environment (my environment is mostly cool in temperature).
1770296
Its just a power run. If your psu has enough wattage it'll be fine. Look at the 4 pin power connectors....they're all pigtailed (runs). Explorer sees drives depending on sata/ide...has nothing to do with power connections.
457110
nope, your drive should be fine. These used to be shown as being OEM (NOT Retail packaging) shipped drives, but I don't see that now. So, if you were expecting a retail box, then return it; otherwise there are no differences.
1576967
Just checked one of mine (using a great tool called "Crystal Disk Info". Great Tool, just choose "Custom install" {not express} and opt out of anything else, it's just bogus ads)So the speed says 5400RPM and it says 8Meg of flash (RAM). The actual internal hard drive is: wd10jmvw-11ajgs1 Look it up for more specs on the drive inside. Enjoy!
1010213
You should be good to go. I don't keep it up all the time, but I have left it connected for weeks at a time. The hard drive is out in the open so it won't really overheat, and there is a power switch on it, so you can turn it off but leave it all setup when the drive is not in use.
1477114
I would compare this drive to the current one you own. If the size or type of connector is different then that it's where your problem lies