Recent content by apf888

You'd have better luck finding the old one and gluing it back since the sides match.

Yeah, but I checked mine, it really does say 1 year when you enter it into their warranty check system. :mad: Flood or not, they should've just said "sorry about that 1-year warranty mistake, we'll make it up to all of you by making ALL of them after Jan 2012 two year". You know it's downright...

Clicking is not necessarily a problem, particularly since WD Black drives are performance models (ie: not designed to be quiet like a Green). The problem is if the system seizes up for a second when it clicks or causes system slowdowns. If you haven't already done so, you'll want to run the...

... As much as I dislike Seagate for having sold me a 1-year warranty drive (since I bought it in that time window, now buying WD), you shouldn't blame Seagate if you didn't bother reading and following all the instructions: Welcome to Seagate's Firmware Upgrade Utility and Procedures...

+1. OCZ and Corsair are off my list for after what happened with Sandforce drives and how they were selling "refurbished" 90-way warranty ones. However, one thing to note is that Crucial M4 sometimes has weird compatibility issues (fixed in firmware updates, they've been really good with...

I can't really say I've heard much from SSDs (Intel 320, M4, or Samsung). Since OP is using a laptop, it's more than likely the annoying noise the CPU makes when switching states or from the voltage regulators dealing with the power draw on disk access. I have a Samsung 830 512GB that...