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Did you tell them what you'd discovered? (If yes, what did they think of the situation? (Did you get any sense where the drive came from?)) Idle thought experi
by exikyut 6y ago
Did you tell them what you'd discovered? (If yes, what did they think of the situation? (Did you get any sense where the drive came from?))
Idle thought experiment: maybe the enclosures were cloned. (ie, the originals were 3D scanned + cleaned up + etc.) I wonder how much that would cost end-to-end.
- rangibaby 6y ago> Idle thought experiment: maybe the enclosures were cloned. (ie, the originals were 3D scanned + cleaned up + etc.) I wonder how much that would cost end-to-end. Do you think it's worth the effort of 3d printing, painting, assembling everything, etc just to swap your fake for one real HDD?
- whoopdedo 6y agoLike I said, I'm friends with the manager and he was the one who told me about nearby stores being hit with a box-of-bricks return. Looking at the authentic model I eventually got, it's in three parts with the outer shell a glossy black and and insert that's slate colored with vent panels for passive cooling. And a Seagate logo inset that doubles as an power/activity light. The bottom has small rubber feet and the sticker with model and serial number on it. They didn't have another drive in stock to do a side-by-side comparison with, but I couldn't notice anything that would have tipped me off it was a fake. Even tried prying at the seams to see if it came apart any easier and it was held just as firmly as the real thing.