Alright, i’ve cancelled the previous Torx driver order and ordered a new Torx driver from amazonbasics just so i could get it faster
And as i wished and prayed, the shucking operation resulted in success. Instead of a credit card as shown in the video, i used a Gold card as i felt it was more thin, strong and sharp and as per my instinct, it really helped to get the drive out of the enclosure faster.
Also the Torx driver is T10, it was little bit tight but with enough pressure, it helped to get the job done. I removed the drive out of the enclosure completely and Got rid of the hardware encryption which comes along with it. It feels good to see ASMedia ASM1153E chipset is controlling the drive now. I don’t really hate the My Book’s enclosure as it’s good looking in design but what i hate is the forceful nature of wd adding hardware encryption on their drives. It’s like if the drive’s power supply fail at some point, data will be completely inaccessible due to this board inside it and wd refuses to sell spare parts of older models by themselves. i think wd should not do hardware encryption if they are not innovating power protection tech and are not generous to sell spare parts for a much longer time(i dont even use password for my windows PC), it’s better to see new range of products like My Book Ultra or My Cool Book or My Cool Dude or something like that with above said ideas…
As per the RPM of these drives, the power drives came with promised 5400 RPM, However, the wd my passport ultra was only 4800 RPM
Even though the wd my passport ultra result seem to be disappointing, im little bit happier as i got a different color from collections which i already have, i usually used to have Black, white, Dark Blue and this time i got silver and it’s looking good. Not interested in Red or light blue with light black/grey combos. i’ve got all the colors which i liked and now out of choices to buy the next portable drive until wd releases next version of new designs. For wd Black 5tb drives, i didnt really love the way how “BIG TEXTS” are written on the drives with P10 as name.
Going to take a long break from buying portable drives and start practising the habit of shucking power drives as a norm to get the independent sata drive for less price. ASMedia tech and QZ is really giving me a huge boost of confidence to buy the 3.5 inch drives of WD without any worries, At least they are 5400 RPM, So happy with that.
