I have purchased two Mybook Duo 20TB to go with my two Mybook Duo 16TB
I’m running the two new Drives as a simple Raid 0 to use the full capacity.
Today I arrived home (night) to find both “housings” very hot and the drives disconnected form windows.
The only activity that might have been active while i was out was indexing (NTFS).
I checked the airflow around them and the 16TB drives is not obstructed. the two 16TB housings were cool and still connected to Windows.
I attempted to connect one of them and it disconnected and flashed an orange front light.
I waited some time and tried again and was able to connect the drive , i saw a warning pop up in the utility saying it was over temperature and then the fan kicked in.
I checked and they are on the latest firmware.
Anyone have experience with the Mybook Duo 20TB and temperature problems?
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Exact same issue here. 20tb drives connected to Mac mini. Has happened twice after macOS upgrades. Drives are spinning but enclosure is not responsive, fan is not working or working at low speed. After power cycling drivedx shows temp 66C and enclosure’s fan starts to spin at full speed. What is going on?
These are supposed to be running unattended…
Whether it’s a flash drive, hard disk drive or any other storage device, all are electronic products and equally uncertain in life. Overheating of any storage drive is more severe than we think. Every storage drive has a minimum and maximum operating temperature. Any change in the internal or external temperature significantly affects the drive performance and life. Anything below or above the ideal temperature can have a bad impact on the drive and can lead to the following issues:
What would help probably is an enclosure firmware update. I suspect it just crashed, because the fan did not react to temperature until after power cycling. It most likely would not have overheated if fan was working properly. But I have no idea how it is built, could be something else.
OT Talking about firmware, why on earth it does not wake up both drives simultaneously? I mean raid 0 configuration. It takes twice as long to wake up. It’s such an obvious thing to implement if you are writing custom fw anyway.
I’m experiencing the same with mine. They get hot even when they are not used. Despite standby settings. Both on Windows and Linux. No firmware update available.
Already got a replacement and the new copy does the same. Seems like the drives inside are actually 7200rpm, not 5400rpm as advertise (link).
I’m very curious if there is anyone out there with a 20T version that runs cool or if there are any workarounds for this (I plan to use it as a backup drive, don’t need to run it 24/7).
I have this problem currently on a 20TB Duo. It will run up and up towards 60 degrees until I disconnect it to stop it. Seems the fans in the enclosure aren’t activating. WD are being less than helpful. I don’t want to have to return the drives. Copying out that much data to save it elsewhere is a royal pain. It’s the whole point of having these drives. I would rather return the enclosure for a swap out as it’s very unlikely the drives at fault. Has anyone now fixed this, or received a fix from WD???
@steveoliver I ended up moving the drives in a Synology NAS. They are supported and run fine in it. The enclosure they came with is useless. Depending on your setup you might be able to do that without losing data, but very slim chances. Good luck!
