schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoGerman Seagate customers say their 'new' hard drives were actually used – resold HDDs reportedly used for tens of thousands of hourswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1434arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1431arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.ml
minus-squarefinley@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·edit-21 month 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 or other SMART diagnostic output.
minus-squareHubertManne@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down1·1 month agoactually the article mentions the smart metrics did not show it. The guy had to use something deeper.
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoSMART data is reset by a lot of refurbished HDDs, but then you usually KNOW that they are refurbished
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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 or other SMART diagnostic output.
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.