250GB Lacie Hard Drive Take Apart

Took the case apart to a 250GB Lacie Hard Drive. You can't see the actual hard drive where it spins and all but you can see inside the case and stuff.

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[Soul1871]

well done!!!By opening the drive you broken your 2 or 3 year warranty!!

[NightwareX]

I'm pretty sure I would have rather bought a new one that deal with than LaCie's bullshit warranty.

[cracksegg]

Should the drive be placed standing up or layed down.

I'm afraid if i don't place it the right way, the drive might fail me.

[NightwareX]

I'm guessing laying down would be best, either way doesnt matter.

[Laprisamata]

Lacie drives are pants. Gone through three of them in a short amount of time. Unreliable, cheap enclosure electronics - you'll find the drives come out ok, and that the enclosure has failed. Just build your own.

[witchdoctor88]

I think the d2 is pretty reliable for a high-end consumer drive.

Of the 60+ d2s I've dealt with over the last 10 years, I've seen two bad controller boards and maybe 4-6 actual HD failures. Enclosure's better built than most others, and stackable + rackable with the appropriate kits.

When the HD fails, plop a new HDD in and go. You have backups, right?

Keep in mind that ALL 500GB+ drives on the market use perpendicular recording which tends to be less reliable than drives of yore.

[kolton5543]

@ShadowwwLFS

WOO HOO! Seagate!

[ShadowwwLFS]

@Soul1871 who cares about warranty when it's easy to fix by yourself (by replacing LaCie crap with proper stuff from e.g. WD or Seagate)

[WaywardPondering]

I've been using the same lacie hard drive for five years without any issues. Thanks for the tear down, I was interested for the possibility of upgrading my Lacie with a larger hard drive.

[mmatamorosj]

Do they have a regular SATA inside? would be great to know...

[racingisfun]

people seem to be having problems with lacie drives... my cousin has a 1tb and its almost full, had it for over a year now and hes had no data problems just the power adapter failed him which he replaced promptly...

[n00bie100lol]

I got 1tb lacie box, and there 400gb stuff and the usb thing behind it broked,*****

[escobar1681]

What are the specifics of the HDD inside a d2 triple extreme? Is it IDE, SATA and whatnot???? I need to replace mine.

[clobbertunes]

thanks for the video. my 5 year old lacie external recently stopped mounting. I was pretty sure the problem was not the drive itself but the wiring inside the enclosure. i followed this vid, took out the drive, put it in an ATA enclosure and it mounted right up.