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WD Red drives park their heads like WD Green drives?
So I checked the SMART stats on my new 4TB Red drive (WD40EFRX) today. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that in only 249 power-on hours it has already experienced 36820 load/unload cycles! Me...
Hi,
I can confirm that one of my WD30EFRX LCC value is increasing. I bought it yesterday and LCC value is 1112 after 24 hours.
I bought another WD30EFRX two weeks ago and after 14 days 10 hours operation its LCC value is: 7
Two disks have the same firmware (80.00A80) but the model ID is different:
1st HDD: WDC WD30EFRX-68AX9N0
2nd HDD: WDC WD30EFRX-68EUZN0 (parking heads)
According to the HD Sentinel: Acoustic management and Advanced Power management are not supported on these drives.
I can confirm that one of my WD30EFRX LCC value is increasing. I bought it yesterday and LCC value is 1112 after 24 hours.
I bought another WD30EFRX two weeks ago and after 14 days 10 hours operation its LCC value is: 7
Two disks have the same firmware (80.00A80) but the model ID is different:
1st HDD: WDC WD30EFRX-68AX9N0
2nd HDD: WDC WD30EFRX-68EUZN0 (parking heads)
According to the HD Sentinel: Acoustic management and Advanced Power management are not supported on these drives.
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