The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/renaudg on 2024-12-02 18:37:05.

Hi,

I have a QNAP NAS with 3x WD100EZAZ 10TB drives shucked from their WD MyBook enclosure (WDBBGB0100HBK-NA).

I’ve just purchased a 14TB WD140EDGZ-11B2DA2 drive from eBay to use in the empty MyBook enclosure as a backup disk.

I connected the drive to the enclosure’s USB-SATA board, formatted it ok on my Mac. SMART didn’t work though (smartctl says “Operation not supported”), so I moved the drive into my QNAP NAS.

Recognized ok in the NAS, happy with SMART results, ran a SMART quick test. I was curious about the SED erase feature, so I went to try that but cancelled when I didn’t know where to find the PSID.

Moved the drive back to the MyBook enclosure, started putting everything back together and … the drive is no longer seen by the computer. It powers up fine, makes a few startup noises and then … one click every 5 seconds, until it goes to sleep after a few minutes.

Moved it back again into the NAS, everything looks fine. SED says “Uninitialized”, which apparently means it’s disabled. I tried SED erase again, this time having figured out that the PSID is the 4 rows of 8 characters near the QR code : incorrect ! Tried 3 times, stopped there as I wouldn’t want to lock the drive.

I’m stumped. Should the MyBook SATA/USB board that came with a 10TB drive also support the 14TB model or are they locked somehow ?

I don’t have another HDD to try the enclosure with. I’m trying a SATA SSD right now and it doesn’t see it either. The SSD works with an old USB-SATA adapter I have lying around + an ATX PSU. With the same setup, the 14TB HDD still doesn’t show up though and still click every 5 seconds.

Any ideas ?

Seller mentioned he did have to replace the power connector on the PCB but says it isn’t a full PCB swap. He offered a return it but this was a very low hours drive and I’d like to make it work if possible and save us the hassle.