Scorpio Black read as Scorpio Blue

[Skulsta]

Hi WD Commnunity,

Recently I have just bought 2.5" WD drive for my notebook, it is 500GB Scorpio Black (WD5000BEKT) on the label of the Drive. Put the drive into the notebook, Boot and Whattt...?? ...it appears to be WD5000BPVT on the bootscreen. I analyzed the drive with WD Data Lifeguard and some other of tools, But it is still the same WD5000BPVT 500GB 5400RPM. How could this happen?  Did I missed something? Is there any workaround, because most likely I will never interested to send it back to the dealer.. it will take sometimes and will involve a lot of extra work.

[Wizer]

it could be an error when they shipped the drive

you have already confirmed tje model with DLG

is either return or contact the store for a reimbursement on the difference 

[fzabkar]

It may be a fake. :-(

The first thing I would do would be to input the model and serial number into the warranty checker:
http://websupport.wdc.com/warranty/serialinput.asp?custtype=end&requesttype=warranty〈=en

Use both the numbers on the label and the numbers reported by your software. Compare the date on the label against the warranty expiration dates.

Then examine the board for a 2060 number. For example, a WD5000BEKT may have a PCB with "2060-771714" on the artwork and "2061-771714" on a sticker, whereas a WD5000BPVT may have a 2060-771823 or 2060-771692 PCB. Compare the second set of digits (eg 771823) against the R/N number on the label. There may also be a "WD-1823" marking amongst the certification marks.

Compare the model number suffix (eg WD5000BPVT-00HXZT1) against the DCX on the label (eg 2H18XBBZ0). Notice that the "HXZ" characters appear in both places (H18 XBB Z0).

Also compare the date on the label against the date codes on the chips on the PCB. You will need to remove the PCB (with a Torx 6 or 8 screwdriver). The date codes will be in YWW or YYWW (Year / Week) format. For example, a date code of 1210 or 210 would indicate that the chip was manufactured during week 10 of 2012. If the chip codes do not closely match the date on the label, then this would be a sure sign that the mislabelling was not due to a manufacturing error.

The WWN (World Wide Name) on the label should also match that which is reported by your software.

Still one more test would be a HD Tune read benchmark. Compare the maximum sustained transfer rate against WD's datasheet. Also examine the width of the access time graph. A 5400 RPM drive would have an access time graph that is 11msec wide, whereas a 7200 RPM drive's graph would be 8.3ms wide.

[HDDRS]

we just got a 64GB toshiba SD card for recovery that happened to be tweaked up 8GB non branded fake with toshiba sticker on it. its funny what people would do to make a buck these days.