Does anybody know if the Western Digital Elements SE hd works? Or does it have to be the plain Western Digital Elements? This is the one I’m looking at:
The only info I can find here about it is from 2014 where one person said the 500gb model did not work, but they also had it lying around and it was not a new hard drive - so potential issues with that - plus that was 5 years ago and firmware updates, etc.
Thanks! I ended up buying it and it seems to have been working well. I originally ordered the non-SE version from Amazon but it got lost in the mail so I was not sure if it would ever turn up, and the SE was all I could find in a physical store. Amazon refunded me for the original version and said it it comes in the mail, just keep it. Today, the non-SE version turned up. Now my question is, is one better than the other? I am still having an issue where if I leave the tv on and come back after a while, the Tv is just black. I’ve been watching on Tablo Preview on the firestick.
When the tablo first came out 5 years ago I don’t think the “SE” models even existed. A number of users went with Element. I have two that have been spinning for 5 years.
But it’s all relative. There were various versions of the drive. Probably different components.
I’m using two units that are S/N number “03”. I think the last ones I saw in a store might have been “05” or “06”. And that was maybe a year ago or so. Hopefully your free unit was sold by Amazon and not one of it’s vendors and thus would normally be a new inbox unit.
But one thing about WD is that their WEB site doesn’t indicate if firmware update is available. I had to actually run the WD firmware checker.
My bet is that black screen is due to fire stick. When my fire stick has been to sleep for a long time it’s hard to wake it up to user control. I think it wants to phone home to check for updates when it wakes up.