Warning: some low quality Molex-to-SATA adapters have been known to catch fire! Please do your research before using the solution at 4:03. For a comprehensive guide on Western Digital's Easystore drives (including the 3.3V issue), you can visit this excellent writeup compiled by u/jppowers at reddit's datahoarder sub: www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/7fx0i0/wd_easystore_8tb_compendium/ Much obliged 🎩 to all my viewers. Like. Share. Subscribe. Enjoy. Support links ☕ BuyMeACoffee: buymeacoff.ee/accessrandom 🐦 Twitter: twitter.com/accessrand0m ► Subscribe: ua-cam.com/users/accessrandom
Note for anyone having a hard time getting the tape to stick: You can actually cover up pins 1 and 2 in addition to 3. It makes the tape stick much better, and your hard drive doesn't use 3.3V anyway.
The 3.3V "issue" is actually an Enterprise Feature - it is used to spin up multiple Disks one after the other instead of all simultaneously This way you can use way smaller PSUs in a Server and/or drive enclosure :)
I agree it is an enterprise feature, but the purpose is not to spin up multiple disks sequentially. Staggered Spin-Up has been around for a long time. According to Western Digital the reason is so you can power cycle a drive to perform a hard reset, saving the long walk out to the rack just do hard reset. It requires specialized, compatible hardware to leverage the feature. documents.westerndigital.com/content/dam/doc-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/collateral/tech-brief/tech-brief-western-digital-power-disable-pin.pdf
@@VladdyDaddy45 Actually it's a enterprise hard drive. I even test it. I have WD80EDAZ-11TA3A0 the one you suppose to put tape on. Wouldn't work on my desktop but was able to be detected on my Dell Power Edge T710. :D
@@accessrandom for some reason i couldnt reply directly however this video saved me a ton of headaches. i just used a molex to sata adapter i had in part bin and the drive is running like a champ internally. thanks for the link to the r/datahoarder reddit too tons of great info there
No it's not. Dude wears an ESD wrist strap, but the clip of it, is fastened to the computer case while it's not connected to the power supply ..... That doesn't deflect any ESD at all.
Thank you. Honestly one of the best, clearest instructional videos I've come across. Thank you for not having overly loud muzak. Thank you for describing everything so well. Wish me luck on my first shucking.
Thank you so much for this video! I was stuck for so long! I had some thermal tape handy so I tried it out and sure enough it showed right up. I would have never guessed a pin would be the culprit! You saved me. I can't thank you enough! Thank you Thank you Thank you!
Amazing video. Very clear and direct on solving the problem. I just shucked my first drive and found it worked on my windows computer but not my Linux. After watching this it explained everything and how to fix it. Thank you for the video!
Thank you, sir, so very much, for your excellent and perfect tutorial to receive a functional solution to the third-pin-problem! Most amazing facts you share! Wishing you all the very best and please stay blessed and healthy! Best regards, from Sweden!
Fantastic video! Very professional. Had a high production quality and feel. More to the point, it provided useful information without the long drawn out routine some multimillion subscriber channels use! which is why I subscribed and will return. Thank you.
Been smashing my head against a wall trying to figure out why my HDD was working via USB and not Sata. Tried everything. This video was the fix. Thank you for this valuable information!
Thank you very much, I knew it had something to do with power when my drive was not spinning and not detected in the BIOS. A simple piece of Scotch Magic tape was enough for me !
Say, I just want to say thank you very much. I'm out in the boonies with an 8TB white drive, and I ordered the tape you suggested through amazon and the drive lit right up. I really appreciate your advice and suggestion!
Dear, sir! What a fine and excellent tutorial you have generously given to us here on the YT channel! Most clear and pedagogical step-by-step advice you are helping us with installing an HDD from external use to internal use! A very big and warm THANK to you, dear, sir! Stay blessed and safe and healthy in these perilous times with the Coronavirus infection risk! Best Regards and wishes for all good things coming your and your whole family way! (Now subscribing and giving thumbs up!)
Hey fellas, thanks a ton for this video. Instead of using either of these solutions listed I used an automotive pick to pull up the third tab on the power side and moved it gently back and forth until it broke smoothly at the base. Now windows/bios sees the drive and works fine.
@@accessrandomi used this guy's tip and lifted the 3rd contact up on a female to male sata extension cable and this also works fine and no setting fire to the house problems that it appears a lot of people have had from the molex to sata extension cables - excellent video and suggestion reply that led me to this solution - Thanks a lot :)
Note that there are WD white-label drives with and without the pin 3 issue. Easy enough to tell, as you said, because the drive just won't spin up in some environments. Thanks for helping to keep the world informed!!!!
Mine was a WD Blue drive, from a MyBook 6 Tb. 5400 RPM :((( The pins inside the sata power connector are spring-loaded so I ruined the pins ability to reach the contacts with a tiny screwdriver. Worked perfectly well, thank you very much :)
I removed the 3rd pin completely.. i removed the pcb and with a tweezer pulled the pin out and off the pcb and it worked perfectly!! You sir are a legend thank you very much.
Using an earthed wrist strap can be as dangerous (if not more dangerous) as not using one at all. There's no guarantee that your mains earth is going to be at the same potential as whatever you're working with. You could actually fry the drive BECAUSE you're wearing it. What you should do is make sure everything is at the same potential so no current can flow anywhere. To do this, plug the data cable into the drive while you're doing this and plug the other end into your PC. Then attach your wrist strap to a grounding point on the PC. One of the shields of a connection port would be okay, or to the ground pin of the power plug (the PC shouldn't be plugged in). Then everything is a closed circuit at the same potential.
Kapton tape worked perfectly. Use tweezers and a toothpick to place and smooth the tape. After spending 45 seconds smoothing / pressing the tape into the pin I tested plugging / unplugging the connector a few times and it stayed in place perfectly. Thanks for the guide!
I panicked a little when I shucked my WD Elements and the drive didn't show up and I freaked a bit when you mentioned having to go buy tape, but boy did I rejoice when you mentioned the molex to sata workaround. Actually had one laying around and now the drive is showing up just fine. THANK YOU!
well explained video I congratulate you, just a note, in my case putting tape on pin 3 did not work, but I read some comment below say that covering the first 3 pins worked and it is, it is easier to cover the first 3 pins so removal of problems.
Unusual to get a video with this many views and no down-votes. Well done a really good video. I've also learned what shucking is and now know what sales to avoid on Ebay.
@@accessrandom Hey, I have a quick and easy question for you; I found that I have about four sata to sata splitters / extension cables; If I hold it with the female connector(s) facing up; the wires from left to right are: Yellow, Black, Red, Grey, and I just wanted to see if you knew if these adapters also will work or not; because I haven't removed the external drive yet, and would like to be certain I have the correct resources on hand before starting; not sure where to get tape, as that is a new solution I also wasn't aware of; but I would imagine if I cannot find it locally at lowes or home depot, it wouldn't be to hard to find using the correct search term; thank for any info. Peace
Thank you so much! Didn't have any kapton tape but i just removed the pin from the sata connector and that worked like a charm. Had me scared to death but it worked
Thanks this has been driving me nuts and I assumed it was my motherboard getting a bit old. I removed the pin with a dental pick and works great internally now.
I wouldn't have thought of using a dental pick but now that you mention it, it sounds like the perfect tool :) Thanks for the comment, and glad you found the video helpful.
@@cajunflix1movies728 Others in the comments below have used Xacto knives. I think anything thin and sharp enough to get under the pin should work (sorry I don't have a video on this, but I myself was trying to do it non-destructively).
thanks, I didn't use either of the 2 options, I cut the cable on the power supply sata connector that corresponded to the 3rd pin (was the first cable in my case) and it worked perfectly. Only drawback is that if you plan on switching out a new hard drive in the future, just make sure it's a schucked one or use a different sata cable .
@@accessrandom Yea! I would of been totally lost wondering why the drive wasn't working internally! So I'll keep in mind if/when I change my power supply that it's compliant with the new/changed sata standard. That said, I would of just bought a regular internal drive but none of the stores near me carry internal drives anymore, only external, and I needed a drive right away and couldn't wait for shipping. I just "shucked" a 8TB and 12TB Western Digital. They're so much quieter than my old Hitachi from 2007 and seem just as fast if not faster...
THANK YOU!!! I bought a WD 8TB MyBook (WDC WD80EDAZ-11TA3A0) but it was overheating like crazy in its external case (60c) so I decided to put it in my computer, but of course it wasn't detected. A piece of tape on the 3rd pin did the charm. Now it's idling at 31c rather than 60c :)
Yw! Make sure you're using a good quality one though, as some adapters have been known to cause fires (there are some UA-cam videos out there that show this)...
Alternatively you can also cover pins 1 and 2 together with pin 3. They aren't used either, so it's much easier. Using a Molex adapter can be dangerous, because the low quality ones are getting moulded after the cables are plugged into the plug. This leads to the cables moving and getting close to each other and then burning the whole disk (Molex to SATA, loose all your data). The good ones are crimped and just stuck into an already finished plug without the cables being able to touch each other.
I would have never guessed. Thanks for the heads ups. I have a Netgear ReadyNAS that I just replaced 4 drives in ... meaning I probably blew away my OS, but I was thinking it might be this problem that the drives are not spinning up.
Thanks so much for this explanation! I was getting ready to blame WD (and my cheap-ass self) because its budget priced MyBook (which was already a pita to get out of its enclosure) wasn't being recognized as an internal drive on my old pc (which I repurposed as nas). The tape solution already worked like a charm, luckily I had an old sata to molex (only power) adapter lying around, which is an even better solution!
@@accessrandom It Works! It Works! Now I have Successfully converted, installed 4 x 10Tb external to internal. Thank you so very much! by using the tape! Thank you. Thank you. And now my second PC!
Wow, I can see why you'd go through the trouble for this. It seems the cost of these external drives is about half the cost of a normal standalone 3.5" drive. Just goes to show how inflated the prices are.
@@accessrandom really? how much are the white label drives? The Seagate 3.5" BarraCuda 8TB drives specifically sold for internal storage are $230USD atm.
White label drives generally aren't sold as internals, but they have the same or similar specs as the WD Red label drives. The Barracuda Compute 8TB drives that I've removed from external Seagate Expansions in my other video seem to be different than the Barracuda Pros as they have slightly different model numbers (ST8000DM004 vs ST8000DM0004 respectively). At any rate, agreed there's a lot more bang-for-the-buck with the externals.
Warning: some low quality Molex-to-SATA adapters have been known to catch fire! Please do your research before using the solution at 4:03.
For a comprehensive guide on Western Digital's Easystore drives (including the 3.3V issue), you can visit this excellent writeup compiled by u/jppowers at reddit's datahoarder sub: www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/7fx0i0/wd_easystore_8tb_compendium/
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i wish all videos were like this. no stupid thumbnail, no flashy 30s long intro, straight to the point, calm clear voice. and subtitles! nicely done!
Thank you - I appreciate it!
Note for anyone having a hard time getting the tape to stick: You can actually cover up pins 1 and 2 in addition to 3. It makes the tape stick much better, and your hard drive doesn't use 3.3V anyway.
this is the most helpful post
Confirmed, I covered all first 3 and it recognized the drive, thanks to both of you.
This worked like a charm, thank you
The 3.3V "issue" is actually an Enterprise Feature - it is used to spin up multiple Disks one after the other instead of all simultaneously
This way you can use way smaller PSUs in a Server and/or drive enclosure :)
Yeah, but clearly this is a workaround for those shucking drives to save moolah.
I agree it is an enterprise feature, but the purpose is not to spin up multiple disks sequentially. Staggered Spin-Up has been around for a long time. According to Western Digital the reason is so you can power cycle a drive to perform a hard reset, saving the long walk out to the rack just do hard reset. It requires specialized, compatible hardware to leverage the feature.
documents.westerndigital.com/content/dam/doc-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/collateral/tech-brief/tech-brief-western-digital-power-disable-pin.pdf
Not exactly, staggered spin-up has been around since parallel SCSI, this power disable feature was only introduced with SAS3 and SATA3.
@@VladdyDaddy45 Actually it's a enterprise hard drive. I even test it. I have WD80EDAZ-11TA3A0 the one you suppose to put tape on. Wouldn't work on my desktop but was able to be detected on my Dell Power Edge T710. :D
Can those pins just be removed from the drive or sata plug?
This video is so professionally done. Love the instructions/video and voice-over!
Thanks so much!
@@accessrandom for some reason i couldnt reply directly however this video saved me a ton of headaches. i just used a molex to sata adapter i had in part bin and the drive is running like a champ internally. thanks for the link to the r/datahoarder reddit too tons of great info there
You're welcome, and thank you.
No it's not. Dude wears an ESD wrist strap, but the clip of it, is fastened to the computer case while it's not connected to the power supply ..... That doesn't deflect any ESD at all.
Straightforward and to the point!
Ahhh I was so lost until I found your video. Hours of troubleshooting and you are my hero! Such a great video, thank you!
Really appreciate this, I was going crazy trying to figure out why my drive wasn't being recognized! Quick strip of tape and all is well. Thank you!
You're welcome!
This has to be one of the best instructional videos I've seen. Slow, calming, great camera work. Love it. Thank you for that.
You're welcome, and many thanks 🙏
This is a life saver! I finally got my easystore external hard drive to work as internal drive!!!
Happy to hear - thanks for the feedback 👍
Thank you. Honestly one of the best, clearest instructional videos I've come across. Thank you for not having overly loud muzak. Thank you for describing everything so well. Wish me luck on my first shucking.
Many thanks 🙏. If you run into any problems, please let me know.
Excellent information on fixing a major problem for mega storage enthusiasts that is clear and concise. great job!!
Thanks much! Glad it was helpful.
I don't have this issue, but I had to watch just because this the video is so cleanly made. Well done, very professional.
Thank you kindly - much appreciated!
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I was driving myself crazy trying to figure out why my drive wasn't being detected. This totally helped.
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏. Glad you found the video helpful.
Thank you so much for this video! I was stuck for so long! I had some thermal tape handy so I tried it out and sure enough it showed right up. I would have never guessed a pin would be the culprit! You saved me. I can't thank you enough! Thank you Thank you Thank you!
You're welcome - I'm glad it helped!
Amazing video. Very clear and direct on solving the problem. I just shucked my first drive and found it worked on my windows computer but not my Linux. After watching this it explained everything and how to fix it. Thank you for the video!
Yw, and thank you for the kind words.
Holy moley this is such a quality tutorial. If only all youtube tutorials could be this good!
Many thanks 🙏.
Thank you, sir, so very much, for your excellent and perfect tutorial to receive a functional solution to the third-pin-problem! Most amazing facts you share! Wishing you all the very best and please stay blessed and healthy! Best regards, from Sweden!
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏.
Fantastic video! Very professional. Had a high production quality and feel. More to the point, it provided useful information without the long drawn out routine some multimillion subscriber channels use! which is why I subscribed and will return. Thank you.
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏. Very happy to have you here.
I con't thank you enough for this video. "fixed" 10Tb Hitachi minutes ago and it works :)
You're welcome. I'm really glad you found it useful.
Thank you! After hours of searching for a solution I found this video. A piece of tape saved me $300! Now I can get my Plex sever up and running!
Happy to help - good luck with the Plex server!
Been smashing my head against a wall trying to figure out why my HDD was working via USB and not Sata. Tried everything. This video was the fix.
Thank you for this valuable information!
Thank you! I only had one Molex adaptor, so the tape trick was very helpful.
Happy to hear it was helpful! Thanks for the comment.
This video was very well done, great job on the clear explanation of what the problem is and how to fix it. Thank you.
You're welcome, and thank you for the kind words.
This helped me a ton. Bonus: I even had one of those molex->sata connectors lying around!!!
Glad this was helpful - always good to have those spare parts when you need them :)
Thank you so much! I just wish I would have found this video about an hour and a half ago. Life saver!
You're welcome 👍👍👍, and thank you for sharing the success story.
Thank you very much, I knew it had something to do with power when my drive was not spinning and not detected in the BIOS. A simple piece of Scotch Magic tape was enough for me !
Just wanted to thank you for this video. Was super clear and helped solve my issue!
Super - glad you found it helpful!
Say, I just want to say thank you very much. I'm out in the boonies with an 8TB white drive, and I ordered the tape you suggested through amazon and the drive lit right up. I really appreciate your advice and suggestion!
You're very welcome - always happy to hear a success story 👍
Dear, sir! What a fine and excellent tutorial you have generously given to us here on the YT channel! Most clear and pedagogical step-by-step advice you are helping us with installing an HDD from external use to internal use! A very big and warm THANK to you, dear, sir! Stay blessed and safe and healthy in these perilous times with the Coronavirus infection risk! Best Regards and wishes for all good things coming your and your whole family way! (Now subscribing and giving thumbs up!)
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏. Very happy to have you here.
Hey fellas, thanks a ton for this video.
Instead of using either of these solutions listed I used an automotive pick to pull up the third tab on the power side and moved it gently back and forth until it broke smoothly at the base.
Now windows/bios sees the drive and works fine.
Thanks for the tip - I'm sure it will be helpful for others.
@@accessrandomi used this guy's tip and lifted the 3rd contact up on a female to male sata extension cable and this also works fine and no setting fire to the house problems that it appears a lot of people have had from the molex to sata extension cables - excellent video and suggestion reply that led me to this solution - Thanks a lot :)
I tried Kapton tape today. Western digital elements Desktop 10tb. Actually covered pin 2 and 3 and it works perfectly. Thank you!!!
Note that there are WD white-label drives with and without the pin 3 issue. Easy enough to tell, as you said, because the drive just won't spin up in some environments. Thanks for helping to keep the world informed!!!!
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏
I don’t even have a WD white, but was still an interesting watch. Liked and subbed👌
Thanks, much appreciated.
Same here
Mine was a WD Blue drive, from a MyBook 6 Tb. 5400 RPM :(((
The pins inside the sata power connector are spring-loaded so I ruined the pins ability to reach the contacts with a tiny screwdriver. Worked perfectly well, thank you very much :)
I removed the 3rd pin completely.. i removed the pcb and with a tweezer pulled the pin out and off the pcb and it worked perfectly!! You sir are a legend thank you very much.
Using an earthed wrist strap can be as dangerous (if not more dangerous) as not using one at all. There's no guarantee that your mains earth is going to be at the same potential as whatever you're working with. You could actually fry the drive BECAUSE you're wearing it. What you should do is make sure everything is at the same potential so no current can flow anywhere. To do this, plug the data cable into the drive while you're doing this and plug the other end into your PC. Then attach your wrist strap to a grounding point on the PC. One of the shields of a connection port would be okay, or to the ground pin of the power plug (the PC shouldn't be plugged in). Then everything is a closed circuit at the same potential.
The Molex adaptor solved my problem. Thank You!
This was a life saver. First drives I ever shucked and I thought I'd never get them to work.
Thank you! Glad you found the video helpful.
I'm pretty sure I've heard you voice over those saftey training videos you have to watch before starting a new job lol.
Well done video btw.
Thanks man. I'll need to look into that for my next career opportunity :)
Great video. Clear and concise.
Kapton tape worked perfectly. Use tweezers and a toothpick to place and smooth the tape. After spending 45 seconds smoothing / pressing the tape into the pin I tested plugging / unplugging the connector a few times and it stayed in place perfectly. Thanks for the guide!
Thanks - always happy to hear a success story :)
I panicked a little when I shucked my WD Elements and the drive didn't show up and I freaked a bit when you mentioned having to go buy tape, but boy did I rejoice when you mentioned the molex to sata workaround. Actually had one laying around and now the drive is showing up just fine. THANK YOU!
You're welcome, and thank you for the success story. Always good to have a part lying around that solves the problem 👍
Brilliant! Thank you, exactly the advice I needed ...
Life saver. I got two of these 8TBs. Working great now.
Fantastic 👍 thanks for the comment.
Thank you! your method is working!!! My drive is stoped clicking and was recognized and start properly working!
I had just taped my 3rd pin unpaused video and realised I had a sata to molex adaptor lol..., liked and subbed for the well presented video.
Lol thanks! Always good to have a part laying around.
well explained video I congratulate you, just a note, in my case putting tape on pin 3 did not work, but I read some comment below say that covering the first 3 pins worked and it is, it is easier to cover the first 3 pins so removal of problems.
Thank you kindly. Yes, that is easier to do since the first two pins are not really used by any modern power supplies. Thanks.
Çok teşekkürler (Thank you from Türkiye) 2 yıldır bu sorunun çözümünü arıyordum. ( I have been searching this about 2 years )
So helpful! Thanks for the video.
Thanks, and you're welcome!
Thank you This helped me out. I used a Molex to SATA adapter.
Great! Glad to hear it was helpful.
Unusual to get a video with this many views and no down-votes. Well done a really good video. I've also learned what shucking is and now know what sales to avoid on Ebay.
Thanks so much. I'm glad you found my other video useful also. I am now expecting a downvote any..... second :)
Well it will not be from me. :)
You can also use a Sata to Sata power splitter or extension. If the extension contains any orange wires, simply cut them out and remove.
Good idea - thanks for the tip.
@@accessrandom Hey, I have a quick and easy question for you; I found that I have about four sata to sata splitters / extension cables; If I hold it with the female connector(s) facing up; the wires from left to right are: Yellow, Black, Red, Grey, and I just wanted to see if you knew if these adapters also will work or not; because I haven't removed the external drive yet, and would like to be certain I have the correct resources on hand before starting; not sure where to get tape, as that is a new solution I also wasn't aware of; but I would imagine if I cannot find it locally at lowes or home depot, it wouldn't be to hard to find using the correct search term; thank for any info.
Peace
Well done. Great production value. Thanks for the tip!
Much obliged 🎩 and thank you 👍
Very well put together video. Thank you!
You're welcome, and thank you :)
Thank you much. Not sure if I bought super cheap kapton tape or what, but I had to put 2 layers on the 3rd pin. Finally it shows!
Fantastic - thanks for the update! Yeah, the tape can be tricky to keep on because it's such a thin sliver. Glad to hear it worked out.
Bought this drive during black Friday but it wouldn't power on without the USB hub, great video really helpful and informative!
Thanks - glad you found the video useful 👍
Thank you so much!, I had tried a 100 things and nothing worked until literally a piece of tape did haha, awesome and quick.
Thanks a LOT. This Video saved me a huge ammount of stress.
You're welcome, and thank you for the feedback 🙏. Glad you found the video useful.
Superb information Sir!
Thank you so much! Didn't have any kapton tape but i just removed the pin from the sata connector and that worked like a charm. Had me scared to death but it worked
I would have been nervous too :) but based on the comments, it seems many people have had success with that method. Glad it worked out.
Thanks this has been driving me nuts and I assumed it was my motherboard getting a bit old. I removed the pin with a dental pick and works great internally now.
I wouldn't have thought of using a dental pick but now that you mention it, it sounds like the perfect tool :) Thanks for the comment, and glad you found the video helpful.
@@accessrandom yeah I was wondering why you didn't just use a scribe to remove the pin.
I was focusing on non-destructive ways to prevent contact, but these are perfectly valid (and brilliant) ways to solve the problem.
Any videos on how to remove the pin? Would any other tool work just as well? Thanks
@@cajunflix1movies728 Others in the comments below have used Xacto knives. I think anything thin and sharp enough to get under the pin should work (sorry I don't have a video on this, but I myself was trying to do it non-destructively).
Thank you so much, for your time to make this videoclip ;)
You're welcome, and thank you 👍🙏
thanks, I didn't use either of the 2 options, I cut the cable on the power supply sata connector that corresponded to the 3rd pin (was the first cable in my case) and it worked perfectly. Only drawback is that if you plan on switching out a new hard drive in the future, just make sure it's a schucked one or use a different sata cable .
Thanks for the tip. I was focusing on non-destructive methods, but yours is a perfectly valid way to solve the problem.
Amazing! It worked perfect for me, on my 8TB WD White drive. Thanks!
Fanstastic 👍 Thanks for sharing the success story.
this is a very useful tutorial, thanks for the clarification!
Thank you - I'm glad you found it useful.
Worked perfectly, thanks for the tutorial!
You're welcome - that's great to hear!
Thanks for the tip. Going to try the tape. Those molex adapters are only good for one thing, starting fires.
Yeah, I prefer the tape myself (now that I have a whole roll of it 😀).
Thank you. Very well done!! Your advice was spot on.
Thanks! Glad you found the video useful.
You sir area genius! Had no idea this was the solution.
Thank you - glad to be of help.
Worked like a charm, thanks!!
Happy to help 👍
Thanks, just installed one of these in my PC today and used this method.
Thank you - glad you found the video helpful 👍
@@accessrandom Yea! I would of been totally lost wondering why the drive wasn't working internally! So I'll keep in mind if/when I change my power supply that it's compliant with the new/changed sata standard. That said, I would of just bought a regular internal drive but none of the stores near me carry internal drives anymore, only external, and I needed a drive right away and couldn't wait for shipping. I just "shucked" a 8TB and 12TB Western Digital. They're so much quieter than my old Hitachi from 2007 and seem just as fast if not faster...
It worked for me, thanks a lot . I can finish upgrading my nas now
Fantastic - happy to hear that it worked.
*Pin1:* Reserved • *Pin2:* Reserved • *Pin3:* PWDIS - in other words;
*TAPE OVER ALL 3 PINS!* Far less fiddly.
Trying to get that one pin was a hassle. Covering the 3 pins instead helped me out a LOT! Thanks man!
This works
Thankss, it works for team gx2 ssd in hdd caddy for laptops!!!
Good call, thank you.
Another three pin cover success. One less device in the power outlets available.
THANK YOU!!!
I bought a WD 8TB MyBook (WDC WD80EDAZ-11TA3A0) but it was overheating like crazy in its external case (60c) so I decided to put it in my computer, but of course it wasn't detected.
A piece of tape on the 3rd pin did the charm. Now it's idling at 31c rather than 60c :)
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏. Glad you found the video useful.
This worked. Thanks!
Thank you for the detailed video.
fantastic, no nonsense video that answered my random google query, thanks.
You saved my butt.Thanks
The first time when i meet a device what is using 3v. Thanks for the tips!
You're welcome, and thank you 👍
@@accessrandom Quality videos get my appreciation!
Very nice instructions! Thank you
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏.
Thanks for the Molex-to-SATA tip!
Yw! Make sure you're using a good quality one though, as some adapters have been known to cause fires (there are some UA-cam videos out there that show this)...
@@accessrandom I'm using the one that came with the PSU/motherboard. I'm not 100% sure which.
@@neojp Usually, the ones that come with the PSU or MB are fine.
Works like a charm. Bless you!
Happy to help 😀
Alternatively you can also cover pins 1 and 2 together with pin 3. They aren't used either, so it's much easier. Using a Molex adapter can be dangerous, because the low quality ones are getting moulded after the cables are plugged into the plug. This leads to the cables moving and getting close to each other and then burning the whole disk (Molex to SATA, loose all your data). The good ones are crimped and just stuck into an already finished plug without the cables being able to touch each other.
I would have never guessed. Thanks for the heads ups.
I have a Netgear ReadyNAS that I just replaced 4 drives in ... meaning I probably blew away my OS, but I was thinking it might be this problem that the drives are not spinning up.
So profestional instructions: audio video montage are awesome 🤗
It worked. Thank you! ☺️
Super! Happy to be of help.
Thanks so much for this explanation! I was getting ready to blame WD (and my cheap-ass self) because its budget priced MyBook (which was already a pita to get out of its enclosure) wasn't being recognized as an internal drive on my old pc (which I repurposed as nas). The tape solution already worked like a charm, luckily I had an old sata to molex (only power) adapter lying around, which is an even better solution!
You're welcome, and thanks for sharing the success story 🙏👍 I've heard the MyBooks with the newer enclosure design can be difficult to shuck.
Thanks a lot for the information, it was very useful.
You're welcome, and thank you 👍
Are the the VO of the pacer test! You have a great voice for it lmao
I'm not, but thank you for the compliment 😀
Outstanding presentation.
Thank you kindly 🍻
This was very helpful
Glad you found it useful 👍
worked for me, thanks a bunch!
You're welcome 👍 - happy to hear everything worked out.
I have total of 10 x 10tb and now I can use some of them as internal. Thank you for your info!
Impressive size :) Glad you found the video useful.
@@accessrandom It Works! It Works! Now I have Successfully converted, installed 4 x 10Tb external to internal. Thank you so very much! by using the tape! Thank you. Thank you. And now my second PC!
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing the success story.
Thank you so much for the tutorial man. I thought my WD 10TB hdd was broken LOL
Sure thing - glad you found the tutorial useful 👍
Hard drive directly on the carpet! Nice!
Wow, I can see why you'd go through the trouble for this. It seems the cost of these external drives is about half the cost of a normal standalone 3.5" drive. Just goes to show how inflated the prices are.
Yeah, they're definitely targeting a different market with the externals (high-volume, convenience, no need to open the computer).
@@accessrandom really? how much are the white label drives? The Seagate 3.5" BarraCuda 8TB drives specifically sold for internal storage are $230USD atm.
less than $30 a tb seems cheap as anything
@@knifeyonline I bought some easy stores last night that had the same 8 terabyte white label drive as the video for 130 dollars per drive.
White label drives generally aren't sold as internals, but they have the same or similar specs as the WD Red label drives. The Barracuda Compute 8TB drives that I've removed from external Seagate Expansions in my other video seem to be different than the Barracuda Pros as they have slightly different model numbers (ST8000DM004 vs ST8000DM0004 respectively). At any rate, agreed there's a lot more bang-for-the-buck with the externals.
Thank you for your video it help me a lot.
Sure thing. I'm glad you found it useful.
Wow that info save lifes. Thank you sir.
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏.
Excellent video.
Thank you very much.
thanks alot for your 2 solutions, solved !
yw, and thank you!