Bought a couple of these from PCWorld for £139.97 each – pretty cheap for a 2TB unit – in fact, its cheaper than buying the bare internal drive unit alone.
Bit of a job to open the unit up but inside its fitted with the WD20EADS model. This is a single 2TB unit with 32MB cache, ‘green power’ and spins up to 5400RPM.
I’m pretty impressed with the unit as a whole – VERY quiet and good power saving mode where the unit seems to shut itself down completely when not in use.
Toms Hardware has a reasonable review of the unit HERE – although I disagree with their noise figures – my unit is almost silent.
The drive:
Case opened:
USB to SATA interface PCB:
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Thanks for the tip. How do you get the bloody case open without breaking it?
Carefully !
I recall following one of the many guides on the net
Here is quite a good guide
From where i can get ONLY : USB to SATA interface PCB ??
please help
I got the same drive, but my drive came with a 2.0tb WD20EARS drive and has 64mb cache and not 32. The PN is WDBAAF0020HBK-01
Hi, I disperately and urgently need to open this hd in order to try to recover the data by putting the hd in a hd case (the WD usb port is broken). Could you tell me how did you manage to open it?
Thanks a lot
Paolo
followed the many guides on the net – google ‘open wd my book’
Just be careful levering up the edges – knife better than scredriver , its quite easy to break the plastic tabs.
Hi Ian, the guide you link is not for the same Mybook model that is in your article above. The one you have in your article is the same as mine (newer model) — does not have a screw, and the ventilation slots run straight across, ie not the ‘morse-code’ pattern that is in all the guides on the net.
Can you pls confirm that there are no hidden lugs to press down? but rather, only the two small ‘catches’ along the back edge lip that I can clearly see on your photos?
Cheers for clarification — this could be a lifesaver for me!
Sorry, just can’t remember. I do recall having to be very careful levering the panels apart with a knife. I also recall breaking some of the tabs but there were enough available to keep the unit together and secure.
Found this video which is for the newer drives. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_2oMyoTBno&feature=related