Which of These Drives to Replace Failed Original Drive?

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kinggabbo said:

Western Digital Green Drives: EADS, EARS, EVDS, EURS

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These are quiet. Also, the EURS is A/V drives but cost a little bit more.

Thanks all. I think I will be getting a 1.5TB EADS tomorrow.

kinggabbo said:

Thanks all. I think I will be getting a 1.5TB EADS tomorrow.

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AFAIK, EARS is the newer model of the EADS, w/64MB cache. FWIW, today's price (USD):

Amazon:
15EARS: 69.99
15EADS: 99.99

NewEgg:
15EARS: 69.99
15EADS: "Deactivated"

Another reference point: http://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/

Yeah it now looks like I am going to have to get the EARS drive. The local Microcenter that had the EADS apparently has sold it, so I will get the EARS. It's unfortunate because they had the 1.5 TB EADS for $60, now all they have the 1.0 TB EARS for $60. I'd rather shop local in case of needing to return it.

kinggabbo said:

Yeah it now looks like I am going to have to get the EARS drive. The local Microcenter that had the EADS apparently has sold it, so I will get the EARS. It's unfortunate because they had the 1.5 TB EADS for $60, now all they have the 1.0 TB EARS for $60. I'd rather shop local in case of needing to return it.

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That's a good price and with a local supplier! I'd go for it. If they have multiple units try for a Dec 2010 mfr date (or more recent). It appears that the intellipark issue went away sometime in 4Q10... however, even with the earlier units you can "fix" that issue w/wdidle3.

Well the store was able to find the 1.5TB EADS drive so I got it for $65 and could not be happier. I ran wdidle3 and HDDSCAN to change the AAM to 128. It is just as quiet as the original Tivo drive!!! The only problem was when I forgot to click something after WINMFS had expanded the drive, so I just ran it again correctly this time and it worked.

No performance problems at all yet. I must emphasize again how quiet the EADS drive is. So much quieter than the Hitachi I tried. Thanks for the input everyone.