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Old 02-21-2012, 12:45 PM   #1
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Question Mark RMA a WD Hard drive -- do they send a new one or refurbished?

Just wondering... Its a WD Cav. Black 32mb cache in AUG 2011...

I should get a new one right??

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Old 02-24-2012, 11:27 AM   #2
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Default Re: RMA a WD Hard drive -- do they send a new one or refurbished?

It's probably in the fine print somewhere, however I would expect and ask for a new replacement. It'd be kinda shady to provide one that is refurbished. If you wanted refurbished you would of bought that in first place, amirite?
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Old 02-25-2012, 11:31 PM   #3
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Yeah... And it was the Western Digital Black Edition 500gigs... They are SUPPOSED to run 1.2 million hrs.. 32mb cache etc.. was using it as a boot drive.. but lucky me, I had a backup install of XP on a second drive, so I wasn't down.. just had to update drivers and stuff...

I heard one guy say he send back a 500gig and they sent him a 750gig! Pretty cool!
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Old 02-27-2012, 02:05 PM   #4
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Default Re: RMA a WD Hard drive -- do they send a new one or refurbished?

usually they will send you a new one, if what you have is not available sometimes you luck out and get a nice upgrade. It's happened a few times for me with WD. EVGA is also good like that with their vid cards.
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Old 02-27-2012, 02:11 PM   #5
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Yeah, I love EVGA. I have the X58 SLI Motherboard and has a crazy good warranty, as well as the 1.2g Geforce 470 GTX and also has a great warranty.. Not the fastest card, but works for me..

About to upgrade to Windows 7 today or tomorrow.. 64bit version--can't WAIT to be able to use the rest of my ram... (XP sees 2.3g) I'll have all 6gigs open. wee!
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Old 02-27-2012, 02:41 PM   #6
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Nice, Z! I've got a gtx450 myself
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Well, I sent them a WD 500gig Black Edition Cav.. and they are sending me a BLUE Edition 750gig drive (WD7500AALX)... (a bit more space, but the Blue version isn't as good as the black edition) -- and from the reviews of this new 750gig drive, it has a high failure rate.. UGH... I hope I get lucky.. lol.. I don't REALLY care, as its only a 'dump drive' for movies and games...

I should get it tomorrow, so we'll see if its refurbished or not.. I know how to tell
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