November 24, 201114 yr http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Seagate+-+FreeAgent+GoFlex+Desk+3TB+External+USB+3.0/2.0+Hard+Drive+-+Black/3551442.p?id=1218413794829&skuId=3551442 It's an external drive, but inside are these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148736
November 24, 201114 yr If you open the external drive case your warranty is void. It's not like 3 years ago, no more multi year warranties on these internal drives, it's on the whole package. Not worth it to me to drop $100 if it's not gonna be covered under warranty.
November 28, 201114 yr I picked up one of these, and am (so far) using it in its original external USB3 configuration. I'm 33% into a full wipe. It started at 160MB/sec, and at 33%, it is still doing 145MB/sec. Unlike the WD MyBook externals, the Seagate does NOT return SMART data via USB3.... however, there are some options I have not tried yet (have to wail until the wipe is done).
November 29, 201114 yr I was ultimately able to read SMART data off this drive: Enclosure : Seagate GoFlex Desk USB Device (V=0BC2, P=50A5, sa1) Model : ST33000651AS Firmware : CC45 Disk Size : 3000.5 GB (8.4/137.4/3000.5) Buffer Size : Unknown Queue Depth : 32 # of Sectors : 5860533168 Rotation Rate : 7200 RPM Interface : USB (Serial ATA) Major Version : ATA8-ACS Minor Version : ATA8-ACS version 4 Transfer Mode : SATA/600 Power On Hours : 16 hours Power On Count : 8 count Temparature : 51 C (123 F) Health Status : Good Features : S.M.A.R.T., AAM, 48bit LBA, NCQ APM Level : ---- AAM Level : D0D0h [ON]
November 29, 201114 yr Smartctl does not like the USB bridge they use... I was able to get some data with smartctl -d scsi. But also, I don't have USB3 on any Linux boxes currently. Finally, on a Windoze box (Win7x64) CrystalDiskInfo was able to get the SMART data.
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