How to disassemble a Seagate Backup Plus Hub 8TB External Desktop Hard Drive Storage (STEL8000100)
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- How to disassemble a Seagate Backup Plus Hub 8TB External Desktop Hard Drive Storage (STEL8000100)! This video shows you how to take apart and use the drive as an internal drive! I also show you how to convert the enclosure to a usable enclosure!
Thank you!! exactly what I needed to know, including confirming that external hubs cost less than internals. I'll nee four for my Sinology Disc Station. Costco has these for $169, but I didn't want to tear one apart to find it wouldn't work.
Depends on the place now for the coatings. I've been using Zenni for glasses and they have not chipped on any of my family's lenses.
These drives are onsale @ Newegg today for $149, and additional $10 off with code I just bought 2 (the max).. Thanks for the video - Mine are going internal too!
Saved me a lot of time, thanks!
Thanks for the vid. I just ripped a new one apart for the drive and they now contain a ST8000DM004 Barracuda (which makes me very happy). Similar process but the chassis is slightly different. I had to pull both top and bottom off then the drive and card are fully accessible. No screws bc they're using the sides to hold it in place. ** Wear eye protection **. A plastic piece shot me right in the eye taking the bottom off.
Also, he's totally right the USB is crap. Was getting ~20MB before now getting ~100MB over SATA II (older server) and LAN.
Are you sure your "older server" has USB 3.0? because that's what you need to get full speed out of the USB interface. Also you need to be sure you enable write caching which is enabled by default for internal drives but not external.
Aye Aye !😆
thank you, brilliant walk through ... somthing sharp . i used a putty knife
Thank you! Needed to turn mine into an internal. The power adapter doesn't fit (I only have one power adapter that could possibly go with it, and it matches the replacement they sell on the website in every way. I have no clue what's going on)
Thank you, I bought these drives for my NAS box.
Made me think of using a pizza cutter and it worked.
u had me at Montgomery Wards lol, my first job, electric avenue :), thx for the up
use an old credit card or giftcard instead of a putty knife.
What I don't understand is why is the 8TB + case cheaper than the 8TB alone?
that drive would be lower quality with a lower lifespan
It's because SMR drives are cheap, but are designed for archival, not really mainstream read/write intensive work. So, you'd never want to use one for an OS or a database, but they are fine for storage.
It's still cheaper, you can see that's an "Archive" drive, and around here it's 50% more to buy the archive drive without the enclosure.
It's the same model number as a drive that is $50 more expensive
Im using external HDDs in my "Memory Machine" for years and sometimes 24/7 and they will all be fine without problems.
My Memory Machine is a pc with low energy consumption for downloading and storage data with Win 7 OS and over 20 TB storage space.
thank you 👍
I just recently bought and cracked open this very 8tb model from Microcenter for $179 and so far it works beautifully. I get transfer speeds of 180Mbs.
What was the exact drive inside? seagate Archive drive or a barracuda?
seagate's new hdd line archive with green sticker. Amazon has them for $149 and Microcenter with price match refunded me the difference ($30). I also bought another Seagate External 8TB for $143 from Amazon. I will crack open that one as well as soon as it arrives.
ok. please let us know. I just picked up 2 of them from Frys for $128 + tax.. then I saw I could get one from Staples for $124.99 + tax. I ordered one from Staples as well. Will return one of them to Frys. I've read on various forums that some have opened up to find Barracuda drives. Maybe you'll get lucky with the Amazon's one. What is the manufacturing date on your model? The 2 I got from Frys was made 10/2017.. not bad. pretty new.. made in Thailand.
was the hdd you bought from Staples 8TB model?
I took a second look, it is a barracuda.
Best “tool” I have found to open case is a guitar pick.
I'm looking at getting one of these for my ps4 for media storage as a replacement for an older 5tb seagate drive. I know that this one will not work with the ps4 due to the hub aspect of the control board though. My question is will this drive itself work with the non-hub sata-usb control board from my old 5tb drive?
Thank You!
Mine just stopped receiving any power all of a sudden. No sign of life at all when plugged to the powersource, but the hdd itself was working perfect up to that point... I wonder what could be the case? Ac adapter busted? Something else? If I strip it out to be used as an internal drive, I wonder if it will work... Thanks for the video
Mine has a seagate Barracuda built inside of mine and not an Archive drive. I am also from Canada and needed to rip out the drive because ps4 doesn't allow built in charging hubs on externals. So I bought an enclosure and tore my 8tb apart and out came a barracuda drive instead of an archive. I felt spoiled as I payed 180 Canadian with the tax included for boxing day from best buy
Does this hdd run as a normal desktop hdd?? just put normal PSU cable + Sata cable as an internal drive or it need some NAS things to run
by the video I see that it should work but comments around the internet got my head to dust saying meaningless comments
thanks for opening this, I really wanted to know what kind of drive is inside - now I know it's the Archive type ... and now I know I can't use this one. Maybe the other versions could be different (?)
I was hearing that they are building the usb board onto the hard drive / no sata connector anymore? Can't use the drive on its own?
Hi, is there a way to know if you got the Archive HDD version or the Barracuda HDD version without open the enclosure? Thanks
Hi. What happens to the files inside the hub when you connect it to PC? Does it need to be reformat first before the motherboard recognize it as internal storage?
no need to reformat. I had a NTFS formatted drive (I thinks it's the default) and Windows just saw it.
Just so everyone is aware before they go tearing their Seagate external apart looking for performance boosts... The reason he was getting 30mb/s was almost guaranteed to be because he never enabled write-caching in the settings. I have the 10TB variant and it gets 250mb/s (it's also a little faster than the 8 though). Before enabling write cache which is disabled by default for file integrity it got about 30mb/s.
The reason why it started going faster for him is because internal drives enable it by default and USB interfaced drives don't.
The other possibility is that he plugged it into a USB 2.0 slot, which maxes out around 31mb/s. Either way that's not the drive's fault, it's user error.
Hey Peter, let's say I already started using this 8TB Ext HD by archiving some files with its USB cable. Can I still access these archived files when I tear them apart like shown on video and hook up as internal HDD to my desktop ? I'm just not sure if that control board will encrypt the content and if the control board fails, the data will not be accessible? thanks!
I had some files on the hard drive before I made it internal, they read fine.
That's great, that means if that controller broke up you can take HDD out and it will read data without any problems. No encryption
exactly thats usually the MAIN issue when some people claim their PCs cant see or read from the drive anymore, they waste time and RMA it back, Lose ALL data and get a "refurb" drive back.
When you can just follow this vid, pop the physical HDD out, stick it into your PC (SATA or Enclosure) in 9 times out of 10, it works again.
YES - If all that fails is the "sata-usb bridge board" inside the enclosure all you need to do to access your data is remove drive from enclosure and put the drive in a docking station.
The "sata-usb bridge board" failed earlier today but I now have access to all my data on the 8tb drive via my usb 3.0 docking station!
I don't know whether u would reply me but.......Can I possibly change a micro USB interface for my backup plus?It has poor contact with the cable now
You might be able to change it out or buy a replacement board on eBay.
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Hi, if you remove the top panel which you did first, are you able to take the hard drive out without opening the bottom panel?
yes. Saves time
I found a 6tb version that I wanted to know if these drives are good enough to run games and apps on?
can i replace it with from different brand such as WD Red?
Does a SSD work with the opened enclosure?
I haven’t tried personally.
Will the drive need formatting? I did this with a WD drive and it wouldn't work as internal till I formatted
Is it possible to open the case without breaking the tabs?
thank you
Could this fit in a Xbox one s ?
The 4tb version seems a lot slower?
Hi.
If I buy one of these, can I use the HDD in a NAS synology ?
These drives are what Seagate call their "Archive" drives. They use SMR (shingled magnetic recording) technology which can suffer from slow sequential writes. They do have around 20 GB of on-platter cache which can make smaller writes quite fast, but sustained writes will slow down significantly. Read speed is good though. I'm not sure if SMR disks are supported by many NAS makers yet - it would pay to get confirmation from Synology tech support before laying down your cash.
on usb 3.1 port, you can reach to 145mb/s r/w speed.
Hey when i plug it in to my pc it doesn’t recognize the external hdd it doesn’t show up on disk management or anything, could this be a usb port issue or a usb cable issue? The light just blinks.Please respond i would appreciate it!
Tony Montana did u try the drive before taking it all apart?
Phathom yes I didn’t take it apart yet I’m still trying to trouble shoot it
If your drive is now and having issues after plugging it in, just replace it at the store. You may have a defective unit. Always check to make sure everything works before doing this. Also, know that taking this apart voids your warranty as well.
What is the RPM of these drives? Is it 7200 or slow 5400?
According to Disk Sentinel Pro 5425rpm. But I see read/write speeds reaching 190Mbs from a 12Gb file copy.
thanks, it is good for archive.
I think its 5980 rpm, read some in depth article somwhere, but since its higher density with SMR tech, the speed matches that of 7200 rpm PMR drives. But hesitant about SMR tech myself.
I think it is cheaper in a USB case, and is called "archive" because it is intended, and built for, very light use. You said its USB transfers data very very slow compared to your direct SATA. This may be intentional so it gets little use up to the end of the warranty. I assume if it was used like a normal, non-archive hard drive it would tend to fail much quicker. If it fails at 1 year, and you can not restore it perfectly back in the case (no broken tabs), then your warranty is void. Seagate wins, you lose.
We need to think about the hassle cost on these cheap drives, including data loss hassle. It is also time consuming to deal with a failed drive.
Also, the warranty wouldn't be void if you bought it from Walmart or something like that. They wouldn't know the difference between the broken tabs, or normal tabs. They wouldn't know or care. Not to mention the fact that we have super glue for a reason. If anything goes wrong, which it wouldn't, a little bit of creativity can always help. And no they do not intentionally make USB transfer data slower than sata. Sata just transfers data faster, and that's the reason we use it to transfer data... obviously.
It's the same model STEB8000100 ?? somebody knows??
Beautiful... Mine just bricked and I know the drive can be salvaged.. I'm sure it's the shit hardware on the PCB inside the box.
I think it would really be a good idea to list the "Seagate" Drive Part Number you find in the box, Names don't really help as Seagate has a whole bunch of drives listed as archive .. .It would also be the only way you can compare the real price of the same drive. I will be receiving my 8tb Monday... does anyone know if you can look under properties in windows and see the exact part number of the drive before taking it apart I am actually looking for drives for a NAS and I think those drives are completely different specs than Archive or the Barracuda line. But, with out the Part listed on the drive it's self it is impossible to really compare prices!
I read several articles of why SMR drives are not good for NAS so read up on it
Pause the video and you can see the part number for yourself; ST8000AS0002
Thanks seagate, my next internal drive comes with a USB hard drive hub
even though it might be too late now:
this drive is not well suited as internal drive. its smr which means its only good for doing straight back ups not copying small files since the datatracks overlapp to a certain extent and the speed will drop drastically when you're doing random writes especially on a full drive.
if you want a better drive just take the barracuda. its sold at the same price as the archive drive but its much better suited for everything but backups (where its even)
Hmm, bought mine from Danish shop proshop (sent to Sweden), I got a Barracuda inside
ST8000DM004
8TB 5400 RPM 256MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive - OEM
I've got 3 of these and I get 200mbs. 180mbs on average. Even I was blown away as their maximum is supposed to be 160mbs! I do not have a new ultra powerful system either
yep!! mine too. It didn't go as far as 200Mbs, but 190 average. Though my system is quite powerful like Intel 6700K, 16Gb Corsair Ram and Zotac GTX 1080.
Hdd it's not trusteable. Two of them just died within six months, hardware failure, I can turn the drive on but it fails to start (seems that it does not have power to spinning the disks)
Well, since then, I stopped buying Seagate. I've been buying Western Digitals.
Good speeds via usb to usb avg 160MB/s
I just used a hammer much faster.. also can we get 2 upvotes? we''ll be at 420/69
2018 Seagate Game Drive Hub 8TB do XBOX ONE inside is st8000dm004 [alone ~20% expensive] WTF!!! i buy 5x RAID6 = 24TB :)
You need a tripod really badly
James Watson my tripod was broken at the time of the video. Got a new one.
Let me stress, Seagate's external Hard Drive are PURE JUNK. Period.
What a butcher
Mr na you’re welcome.
@@Phathom0 Taken with grace and understanding that there was nothing nasty in it.
HES MOVING THE CAMERA so is impossible to see the specs of the hdd inside, and in the end, of course, he forgets to tell us the cache and model number, having the hdd in his face and in his hands. 0 % useful video . THERE YOU GO. I NEED TO CRACKI IT OPEN MY SELF AND THERE FORE DESTROY THE ASSEMBLY TO GET THE INFO ON MY 8TB SEAGATE. GOOD JOB
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