Seagate BarraCuda Mobile Hard Drive 4TB SATA 6Gb s 128MB Cache 2 5-Inch 15mm ST4000LM024 Mechanical Hard Disk

I purchased the 4TB model of this HD to replace my PS4 500GB hard drive which was constantly running out of space. Anyone who has enough games or DLC downloaded will know that 500GB doesn't add up to much. Some of the PS4 games are 75GB or more... JUST FOR ONE GAME! So anything less than a 4TB just seemed silly to me! SO HERE ARE THE IMPORTANT DETAILS: -The 4TB model of this hard drive will NOT FIT your PS4 without modification! - YES! It is possible to use the 4TB version with your PS4 if you're willing to do a very simple modification. - If you choose to do this modification the responsibility of the system falls complete on you, I do not advise anyone to do this if you're not capable of doing things to this degree and I will not be held responsible if you mess up or destroy your system. HERE IS HOW TO DO THE MODIFICATION: After you've saved all your data and you're now ready to pull the old hard drive out; 1-Remove the try holding the old HD and just place it away somewhere, YOU WILL NOT BE USING THE TRAY AGAIN! 2- Use small, but very sharp and very strong metal shears to cut away the caging that is covering the area that houses the HD. 3- After you have complete opened the HD area by removing the caging covering it, you will need to place 2 strips of double stick foam tape for the HD to rest on so that it is at the correct height to mate with the plug, this tape will also be what now holds your HD in place. TAKE NOTE; ONLY USE 2 strips of the tape and allow half an inch to one inch in between them! You DO NOT want your HD to over heat and you need the ventilation that only using the 2 small strips will give you. It will also be more than enough to secure the HD so DO NOT use more! If you completely cover the HD slot in double stick foam tape do not be surprised if your system freezes and fails/shuts down/reboots/or fries out. 4-Once you have the 2 strips of tape in place remove the backside of the sticky tape and start to insert the HD at an angle and move it down and you plug it in until the HD comes in contact with the tape (swooping motion) and now your new 4TB HD is installed. 5 - Replace the top of the PS4 unit, I was able to get mine to fit back on with a little bit of play and force. There is a very very very slight bulge, but you would NEVER EVER be able to tell. I will try to add pictures of the HD and my modification, again if you choose to do this all responsibility falls upon you! But it does work and it is VERY easy and simple to do! ***UPDATE*** 12/2018 I’ve been running this HD in my PS4 for a few months now. There is a slight lag/sluggishness at times when multitasking and in the menu. Otherwise it’s been great! Tons of space for what I need! Only way it could be better is if I put a 4tb solid state drive in. Maybe in a future system! PS5? Read more

My Unifi Cloud key Gen2 plus came with a 1TB hard drive. After five years of continuous use it was becoming slower and less predictable in connecting to the Unifi Portal. As was somewhat apprehensive about using an SSD as they are more expensive and have a finite read/write capacity. The problem with a larger capacity hard drive is that the 2.5 inch format is limiting. Ideally, one should choose a CMR drive for an NVR. However, the only CMR 2.5 inch drive is the 1TB Toshiba. If you want a larger drive, you end up with an SMR drive. That will decrease the longevity of the drive. As they say, mileage may vary.... If only Unifi allowed a 3.5 inch drive, but they don't and there is no workaround other than MacGyvering an external interface. This drive is fast, is essentially plug and play, and is working without a hitch. Just remember to confirm there is a recent backup of the Unifi operating system or you will lose all the camera and other hardware connections. Read more

UPDATE 4/10/2018: I left the title to this review the same as it was when I originally posted it so that those people who had already read it could still find it. MY ORIGINAL REVIEW IS 100% INCORRECT - BOTH DRIVES I PURCHASED WERE TAKEN FROM SEAGATE EXTERNAL ENCLOSURES AND SOLD BY OCEANSIDE STORE AS NEW DRIVES. While technically these drives are new (as in never been used) THEY ARE NOT COVERED BY A SEAGATE WARRANTY. I only learned this when Seagate called me AFTER they had already told me that the drives would be covered under a Seagate warranty (read my original post, below). I had a Seagate manager escalate this issue to his management to tell me why I had been told by one of their employees that there was a warranty expiration date error on my drives and that my drives would now be covered under a Seagate warranty. The Manager told me that the Seagate employee that told me my drives would be covered under a Seagate warranty didn't check all of the databases he was supposed to check. If he had I would have been told ORIGINALLY that the drives would not be covered under a Seagate warranty. NET MESSAGE - THE DRIVES BEING SOLD BY OCEANSIDE STORE DO NOT CARRY A SEAGATE WARRANTY. I actually spoke with Oceanside Store and they told me that they would warranty the drive for two years. Seagate told me that Oceanside Store is not an authorized Seagate retailer. So, caveat emptor (buyer beware) - you have to make the call whether or not you want a Seagate warranty or an Oceanside Store warranty. ************ ORIGINAL POST ************* SEAGATE HAS A WARRANTY RECORDS ISSUE THAT AFFECTS THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE WARRANTY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HARD DRIVE. THE ISSUE IS SEAGATE'S, NOT AMAZON'S OR OCEANSIDE STORE'S. Let me explain. I ordered two (2) Seagate 4TB 2.5" Barracuda ST4000LM024 hard drives from Oceanside Store that were fulfilled by Amazon. I had read some of the negative Amazon reviews on this hard drive regarding how Amazon had shipped drives furnished by Oceanside Store that had supposedly been removed from external drive enclosures and sold as new drives whose warranty had expired. Because of these reviews I called Seagate as soon as I received my drives (3/28/2018) to check their warranty status. I was told that both drives' warranties had expired - on the same day - 12/13/2017. I thought that was pretty coincidental. So I decided to check out a few things just to confirm that the issue was Oceanside Store's, and not Seagate's, before I called Oceanside Store to complain. First, I Googled to see if other online retailers had the drive in stock. Nope, not at B & H Photo - they actually showed it was out of stock. I couldn't find it at Fry's, either (I may have missed it, though). At this point I began to wonder if the drive was a currently shipping model. So I checked the Seagate website and, sure enough, the ST4000LM024 is a currently shipping drive. So if it's a current drive, why wasn't it widely available? I never answered that question, but I decided to check the Seagate User Manual for the ST4000LM024 to see when the drive was first released. The Revision History in the User Manual said 7/19/2016. So how could my 2 year warranty have already expired if the drives weren't introduced until July 2016, and it's now March 2018, assuming I had received drives from the first batch released in 2016, which was highly unlikely? Something didn't add up. So I called Seagate again. This time I asked them to tell me when the ST4000LM024 drive was initially released. I was put on hold for about 15 minutes, which I thought was odd. When the support guy came back on the line he told me that the drive had initially been released "sometime between Q3 and Q4 of 2017." The support guy had already realized that the warranty expiration date of 12/13/2017 was a bogus date. What took him 15 minutes to answer my question about initial release date was mainly spent uncovering the fact that the warranty expiration date for both of my drives was bogus! He said there was an error in their warranty system that had cause the 12/13/2017 date to be entered incorrectly. He immediately updated the warranty expiration date for both of my drives to 12/17/2019. I've been in the computer industry for 30 years and I have seen these kind of manufacturer screw-ups before - especially from Seagate. Don't get me wrong, Seagate makes a great product, but they've always struggled with customer service (much improved over the last 3 years!) AND RECORDKEEPING. With that said, I'd encourage anyone who buys any of the 3, 4, or 5 TB 2.5" hard drives to call Seagate to confirm that your warranty expiration date is correct. If you don't call, and your drive fails, you may hear that your warranty coverage has already expired. It will be too late at that point to get them to change the warranty expiration date on you drive. I gave this drive a one-star review ONLY so that it would be seen near the top of the negative reviews. I haven't actually installed and used these drives, yet. However, based on my past experience with Seagate drives in general, I'd give these drives and "advance" rating of 4 stars. Read more