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    Bought an External 1TB Hitachi drive earlier this week and doesn't work

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by steponz, Oct 27, 2007.

  1. steponz

    steponz Notebook Consultant

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    So i bought a 1TB external drive from a bestbuy in Atlanta this week.

    It didn't work and I couldn't figure out why...

    I flew home a couple days ago and kept it in my suitcase..
    I went to plug it in to my laptop and it still wouldn't work.

    So I decided Ill look at it in the light... It has holes for cooling on the bottom and top of the drive...

    Well guess what I saw??? The two plugs going into the drive weren't connected..

    So I very carefully opened the drive... Well when I opened the drive
    guess what I found????

    A cheap 40gb ata harddrive......

    Oh snap... Someone opened the box and returned it to bestbuy and I just happen to get that one...

    I closed it back up and went to the local bestbuy and returned it for a new
    MyBook 1TB drive... I just told them it didn't work....

    Unbelievable... Just becareful with what you buy... cause you might not get what you paid for...

    Thought it was kind of funny though...

    Joe
     
    steponz, Oct 27, 2007
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  2. KnightUnit

    KnightUnit Notebook Evangelist

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    Someone was crafty thats for sure. I have heard this kind of thing happening with graphics cards aswell
     
    KnightUnit, Oct 27, 2007
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  3. Fade To Black

    Fade To Black The Bad Ass

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    I would kill someone for that.
     
    Fade To Black, Oct 27, 2007
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  4. steponz

    steponz Notebook Consultant

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    luckily I was able to return it... they didn't notice...the slits where the person opened the warranty labels...
    I just told them that it didn't work at all, not matter what I tried.. Just played stupid..

    Joe
     
    steponz, Oct 28, 2007
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  5. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    playing stupid works almost all the time! That really sucks though, glad it got worked out for you.
     
    ahl395, Oct 28, 2007
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