schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoGerman Seagate customers say their 'new' hard drives were actually used – resold HDDs reportedly used for tens of thousands of hourswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1320arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mlhardware@lemmy.world
arrow-up1318arrow-down1external-linkGerman Seagate customers say their 'new' hard drives were actually used – resold HDDs reportedly used for tens of thousands of hourswww.tomshardware.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mlhardware@lemmy.world
minus-squarefinley@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·edit-221 hours agoBecause they can get away with it due to the fact that most people don’t know how to view the “hours powered on” information or other SMART diagnostic output.
minus-squareHubertManne@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·21 hours agoactually the article mentions the smart metrics did not show it. The guy had to use something deeper.
Because they can get away with it due to the fact that most people don’t know how to view the “hours powered on” information or other SMART diagnostic output.
actually the article mentions the smart metrics did not show it. The guy had to use something deeper.