And another sale: Seagate Backup Plus 4TB USB 3.0 Black Desktop Hard Drive STCA4000100

 

Extra savings w/ promo code EMCYTZT3134, ends 3/23: brings it down to 139.99 + free shipping.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178111

Thanks for posting this!  Deal is Limit 1.  I just place an order, hopefully it will be a DM drive. 

 

Also, Amazon has matched the before promo code price of $149.99:

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Desktop-External-STCA4000100/dp/B00829THLE

 

Limit 1 per customer.

You can currently get 5 @ the 149.99 price.

Just got my drive and it's a DM. 

I also just received mine an it is also a DM.  I am currently running "badblocks" on it.  Will probably run it 3 times and preclear 3 times.  Waiting on my second drive which is coming from amazon.  For those that do not know how to get the drive out of a case, this is a good video (

.  I used a small putty knife as I feel it works better and does less damage. 

 

YYY=drive serial number

XXX=disk drive assignment as in "sdh"

 

 

WARNING: This is a destructive test as I have it below.  Do not run on drives in your array.

 

badblocks -b 4096 -c 98304 -p 0 -w -s -o /boot/preclear_reports/BadBlocks_Seagate_YYYY_3-27-2013 /dev/XXX

 

Run it from within screens so you can close the terminal window.

 

Update: 1.5 hours into the "Badblocks" test and the drive temps are at 34C.