WD740GD first edition from 2003 STILL going powered 24/7 365 since install

I have had this drive in my gaming machine since they first came out with the raptors. I would bet it has to be a world record for a continuously powered drive since 2003. Wonder if WD wants to buy it back to study it.

I can post the smart data to prove power on time if you like.

Hi,

Good to hear that. Try contacting WD Support to see if they are interested on that drive.

WD Contact info:

`*** DiskCheckup V3.4 Build: 1002 Report ***

SysInfo DLL Version: SysInfo v1.0 Build: 1114
Time of export: 20:22:11 16-Sep-2016

Device information:
Device ID: 0
Interface: ATA
Device Capacity: 70904 MB
Model Number: WDC WD740GD-50FLA2

SMART ATTRIBUTES:
ID Description Status Value Worst Threshold Raw Value TEC

1 Raw Read Error Rate OK 200 200 51 0 N/A
3 Spin Up Time OK 122 111 21 4408 N/A
4 Start/Stop Count OK 88 88 40 12285 N/A
5 Reallocated Sector Count OK 196 196 140 55 N/A
7 Seek Error Rate OK 200 200 51 0 N/A
9 Power On Time OK 1 1 0 79355 N/A
10 Spin Retry Count OK 100 100 51 0 N/A
11 Calibration Retry Count OK 100 100 51 0 N/A
12 Power Cycle Count OK 100 100 0 774 N/A
194 Temperature OK 105 100 0 45 C N/A
196 Reallocation Event Count OK 193 193 0 7 N/A
197 Current Pending Sector Count OK 200 200 0 0 N/A
198 Uncorrectable Sector Count OK 200 200 0 0 N/A
199 UltraDMA CRC Error Count OK 200 253 0 51 N/A
200 Write Error Count OK 200 179 51 0 N/A
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