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Dec 13, 2019
Nice drives. Overcame the 3.3v problem on a Drobo.
When I received the drives I tested them on a USB SATA cradle and they were both good, but when installed in my Drobo 4-bay Gen2 (like https://www.ebay.com/itm/Drobo-Gen-2-DR04DD10-4-Bay-Storage-Array-USB-2-0-FireWire-800/174095633172?hash=item2888e88b14:g:b04AAOSwqK1dzOBz) they weren't recognized. Fortunately I noticed someone writing about the 3.3v problem so I did a search and found several descriptions of what was happening. Unfortunately I can't link to them because of e-Bay rules, but you can go search "WD80EMAZ 3.3v" and they will come up.
The Drobo has slide-in drive bays with the connectors mounted to the backplane so a spliced power cable wasn't going to work. In the end, my solution involved fingernail polish.
Also to note: If you are putting them in a older Drobo, it takes a Loooong time to rebuild the volume set on drive this size, as in the order of 4-5 days, and you can replace only one drive a t a time.
Otherwise, I'm good to go.