schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoGerman Seagate customers say their 'new' hard drives were actually used – resold HDDs reportedly used for tens of thousands of hourswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up1377arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1374arrow-down1external-linkGerman Seagate customers say their 'new' hard drives were actually used – resold HDDs reportedly used for tens of thousands of hourswww.tomshardware.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square53linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squarefinley@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·11 months agoBecause they can get away with it due to the fact that most people don’t know how to view the “hours powered on” information.
minus-squareHubertManne@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·11 months agoactually the article mentions the smart metrics did not show it. The guy had to use something deeper.
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 months agoSMART data is reset by a lot of refurbished HDDs, but then you usually KNOW that they are refurbished
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoIt may depend on the level of “refurbishing” that’s been done, but I don’t believe that’s a very good idea.
Because they can get away with it due to the fact that most people don’t know how to view the “hours powered on” information.
actually the article mentions the smart metrics did not show it. The guy had to use something deeper.
SMART data is reset by a lot of refurbished HDDs, but then you usually KNOW that they are refurbished
It may depend on the level of “refurbishing” that’s been done, but I don’t believe that’s a very good idea.