Seagate Enterprise ST4000NM0035 4000GB Serial ATA III internal hard drive - internal hard drives (4000 GB, Serial ATA III, 7200 RPM, 3.5", HDD, 128 MB)

The label stuck on the outside - and the description say its a V5 version of this model. BUT...when plugged in - and using tools it comes up as a V4. After the last drive failed in the RAID I discovered that so called "NEW" drives from Amazon - were in some way not new (possibly recertified) and didn't carry the normal seagate multi year warranty. I have had 3 so called new drives fail in less than 2 years on a RAID of 8 drives.

hard drive packed up, after two months of use. very noisey and takes for ever to load games. not worth the money

Avoid like plague. SMART data was wiped, but FARM data shows it has been used for FOUR WHOLE YEARS!

Arrivo puntuale, merce esattamente come descritta. Utilizzato dopo partizionamento e formattazione con sistema Linux. Al collaudo funziona correttamente e non presenta problemi anche dopo parecchi giorni di utilizzo. Prezzo adeguato.

Prima drive als 2de station voor opslag

Parfait et fait le job

As most of you reading this review might be concerned, I wasn't sure if these drives will have official 5-year warranty from Seagate or not since I saw mixed reviews about it and it all seems case-by-case. So let me add my story to further confuse(?) you. First, unlike other recent reviews, I got the correct Exos 7E8 4TB drives (not the Terascale) that are in plastic wrap (looks like from factory) in a cardboard box. The box includes a small card about 5-year warranty through MD Tech (the 3rd-party seller I purchased them from) but I decided to try Seagate warranty check anyway. I didn't have a high hope but I found they have warranty till March 19, 2025 (about 3 year and 8 months from now) as you can see from the picture, which is better than nothing. But there's a red line saying "Regional warranty restrictions apply.". So I had a chat with Seagate and the agent told me he cannot honor 5 year warranty since MD Tech is not one of the authorized resellers. However, he told me I can ignore that regional restriction stuff. So in summary, I get 3 year and 8 months of official warranty from Seagate and full 5-year warranty from MD Tech (assuming MD Tech is a dependable company), which makes me feel that I'm more on the luckier side. Given that HDD failure rates are not quite high from my experience so far, I guess I'm fine with what I have now. Anyway, I made a strong statement to the agent (not sure if it will ever reach the right authority though) that Seagate should honor full warranty for drives sold at Amazon as new regardless of the actual seller. If they get lots of similar requests, I guess they may take some actions hopefully. Seriously I think Amazon needs to talk to Seagate about this as well if they decided to allow 3rd-party sellers on their system. This is causing lots of confusion and frustration from the customers. Overall, I give 5 stars since the HDDs have been working great so far and I got kind of lucky with the warranty.