WD CAVIER BLACK WD1002FAEX IS PRODUCING GRINDING NOISE AND SLOW AT 2.3 mBPS

HI I JUST HAVE PURCHASED A NEW WD HARD DRIVE AND I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR GRINDING NOISE COMING OUT OF DRIVE SPECIALLY WRILE COPING DATA ON THE LAST 1000 TB AND WITH EVERY GRINDING NOISE THE DRIVE BECOMES DAMM SLOW AND HD TUNES PRO ALSO SHOW WEIRED DATA OF THIS DRIVE

eVEN YEARS OLD 320 GB WD GREEN  IS PERFORMING BETTER IN HD TUNES :cry:

This is Comparision of the Strokes Graph and surprisingly my two day old BLACK is slower then  old WD Green 320 GB is faster then Wd Black !!! But a hole in pocket on Left hand side is the new Drive and on right is the Old one

I would send it in under warranty. I just sent in 4 WD1002FAEX drives for bad sectors and slow issues. 

Here’s the link to create an RMA or call WD @ 1 (800) 275-4932

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Thanks Created an RMA and Send BAck hope I ll get it back soon may be I got a bad copy