Sorry your browser is not supported!

You are using an outdated browser that does not support modern web technologies, in order to use this site please update to a new browser.

Browsers supported include Chrome, FireFox, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer 10+ or Microsoft Edge.

Geek Culture / New WD HDD thinks itself to be a BD-Rom

Author
Message
lazerus
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 30th Apr 2008
Location:
Posted: 26th Apr 2011 17:14
Link
Just got my lovely new Western digital Caviar Green 2TB, 64mb cache - OEM

Wired the thing up to my pc, first boot took longer than usual, Installed and recognised the new device asked for a restart. Done all that, rebooted and loaded up at normal speed now it says its a Blue-ray player -_________-"

First time ive ran into this, so naturally i googled the hell out of it and browsed a few help forums. Nothing at all ;__;

Loaded up device manager, its under Disk drives i can populate it and can see it has 2tb of space

Uninstalled, reinstalled to no avial any help please? Im pretty lost on what to do with this one


http://lazerus-reborn.deviantart.com/
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Interplanetary Funk
15
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 19th Apr 2010
Location: Ipswich, United Kingdom
Posted: 26th Apr 2011 17:44
Link
I had a similar problem with a usb device, it refused to recognise it as what it was, until I unplugged a different usb device which fixed it.
On mine I think it was just an iffy current supply, alternatively the port might be damaged, could be a similar problem on yours.
Also, see if there's any manufacturer drivers for it and install them, that might fix it.

An integer walks into a bar, the barman says "Sorry, we don't serve your type here"
Back to top
Profile PM
lazerus
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 30th Apr 2008
Location:
Posted: 26th Apr 2011 17:54 Edited at: 26th Apr 2011 17:57
Link
I think ive sorted it, its currently formatting the drive, stupidly slowly but hopefully after this it should work.


http://lazerus-reborn.deviantart.com/
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Phaelax
DBPro Master
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 16th Apr 2003
Location: Metropia
Posted: 26th Apr 2011 19:47
Link
Very odd. You said it shows up under disks in device manager, so where is it saying its a bluray player?

It's 2TB through USB, of course it's gonna take awhile to format!

Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
lazerus
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 30th Apr 2008
Location:
Posted: 26th Apr 2011 20:14
Link
No its internal on a 6/gbs connections XD

And it shows as a bluray player in My computer for some reason. At least thats the new icon there after the installation. Formatted 46% as of now. Not really that bad considering its size and the fact im racking up 8gb+18ghz usage right now rendering in max is a real bugger


http://lazerus-reborn.deviantart.com/
Back to top
Profile PM Email
charger bandit
15
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 10th Nov 2009
Location: Slovenia
Posted: 26th Apr 2011 21:42
Link
What OS do you use? I remember XP having trouble recognizing driver larger than 2tb. But nothing a firmware update couldn't fix.


Back to top
Profile PM Email
lazerus
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 30th Apr 2008
Location:
Posted: 27th Apr 2011 00:05
Link
Im on windows 7 its 95% formatted as of now XD Seems it needs a good kicking for taking all day, even after i cleaned the bugger XD


http://lazerus-reborn.deviantart.com/
Back to top
Profile PM Email
lazerus
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 30th Apr 2008
Location:
Posted: 27th Apr 2011 01:24
Link
It lives finally! HDD is there and working, but the bluray icon is still there/ wtf lol. Unless my hdd isnt telling me something im pretty sure i dont have a bluray player XD


http://lazerus-reborn.deviantart.com/
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Eminent
14
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 15th Jul 2010
Location:
Posted: 27th Apr 2011 05:02
Link
Maybe it has a Blu-Ray player built into it xD.


Back to top
Profile PM
Phaelax
DBPro Master
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 16th Apr 2003
Location: Metropia
Posted: 27th Apr 2011 08:25
Link
Reboot! Sometimes my drives have had random icons before, small Windows quirk I guess.

Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
lazerus
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 30th Apr 2008
Location:
Posted: 27th Apr 2011 13:36
Link
Nope nope XD its still there lol aha

Anyway the drive works fine


http://lazerus-reborn.deviantart.com/
Back to top
Profile PM Email
CoffeeGrunt
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 5th Oct 2007
Location: England
Posted: 27th Apr 2011 18:40
Link
Until it starts playing Avatar on your desktop.

Back to top
Profile PM Email
That Guy John
15
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 30th Apr 2010
Location: United States
Posted: 27th Apr 2011 19:24
Link
Wow that is really odd ball-ish..
I even tried finding something on that.. nothing, like you said.

FPSC OneSource [DeskTop App] - Bringing everything together into one.
Back to top
Profile PM
lazerus
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 30th Apr 2008
Location:
Posted: 27th Apr 2011 19:54
Link
I know its freaked me out a little, i even cracked it open and rewired the bugger but its still there aha XD

Well i'll have to live with my phantom bluray drive annd enjoy my new HDD, it copies files and stuff over at 120mb/s

I love it <3


http://lazerus-reborn.deviantart.com/
Back to top
Profile PM Email
That Guy John
15
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 30th Apr 2010
Location: United States
Posted: 29th Apr 2011 09:08
Link
hmmm, not that it matters anymore, you got it working..
But maybe it has something to do with the manufactures method of formatting before packaging that left a tiny residual file on the HDD..

Eh who cares..

120mbs?
Does it actually read and write at those speeds or is it just the specs that says it does?
I don't think I have ever had a HDD actually perform as well as the specs say.

FPSC OneSource [DeskTop App] - Bringing everything together into one.
Back to top
Profile PM
MrValentine
AGK Backer
14
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 5th Dec 2010
Playing: FFVII
Posted: 8th May 2011 09:05 Edited at: 8th May 2011 09:38
Link
Quote: "I don't think I have ever had a HDD actually perform as well as the specs say."



let me make your life more interesting I shall make a video shortly and edit this post with the link to my vid >.< im not in raid either, will show you 3Gps to 3Gps

brb

HERES THE LINK

http://www.tranquil-media.co.uk/TGCFORUM/3gbpsdatarate/default.html

btw you WILL require silverlight from Microsoft

YES if you total it up I got (hdd spec) 5.5TB of data space for now... planning to build a 10TB data server in coming months then upgrade it to 20TB soon after.

Back to top
Profile PM
lazerus
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 30th Apr 2008
Location:
Posted: 8th May 2011 13:15
Link
Didnt see your question jhon, mine does indeed read//write at 120mbs. Which is surprising i know but helped a hole heap load when i moved 50Gb steam folder across to it XD


http://lazerus-reborn.deviantart.com/
Back to top
Profile PM Email
MrValentine
AGK Backer
14
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 5th Dec 2010
Playing: FFVII
Posted: 8th May 2011 17:09
Link
hi Laz

Back to top
Profile PM
Back to top

Login to post a reply

Server time is: 2025-05-21 15:38:09
Your offset time is: 2025-05-21 15:38:09