WD30EZRX Any problems ?

Thank you NASable. I followed your link to the tool, and will see if I can find a download for the same utility that is the right one for my drive. There was a big cautionary message about not using it on any drives not on the list.

Physically, do I need to put the drive into my PC to do this? That's what it seems to imply, but I'll go get the tool first and do a little RTFM.

Cheers,
Ron

I went to WD's comparable page for my drive (the Caviar Green 3TB Model WD30EZRX) and it does not show a similar tool. Hmmmm.

Here is what is listed:
•Acronis True Image WD Edition
•Advanced Format Software
(Only for Windows XP users with WD Advanced Format Drives)
•Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for DOS
•Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for DOS (CD)
•Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows

I guess I'll give it a try without changing anything and see how things go.

OK, so what's the deal with the WD30EZRX drives? They're still not on the compatibility list.

What makes this more serious than before, is that the previous model (without the 6Gb Sata) is now no longer available.

Time has not stopped NetGEAR, try and do something about this please!

+1, please verify if this drive is compatible or not as told above the previous model can't be bought anymore.

+1 I'm about to order and can only order EZRX so have to go with that :S

Well

Here's what I did.

I bought 4 x EZRX discs and I set up my new Ultra 6+ with zero problems so far.

It's amazing how quiet the Ultra 6 is and there's no noise what so ever from the discs.

I've used wdidle3.exe /d

I'll keep you posted here if anything changes.

Is widdle a requirement because I don't currently have access to a machine with a sata connection to run it.

Vuzrak wrote:
Is widdle a requirement because I don't currently have access to a machine with a sata connection to run it.

I would like to know this too

I'm running the 2 TB version (WD20EARX) for about 7 months now. No issues whatsoever. Curious about whether the idle setting is needed too. Or is it unique to the 3 TB drives? Note that I don't enable spin down on the NAS

sdchew wrote:
I'm running the 2 TB version (WD20EARX) for about 7 months now. No issues whatsoever. Curious about whether the idle setting is needed too. Or is it unique to the 3 TB drives? Note that I don't enable spin down on the NAS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqY5zlCXQmU

this explains it very good