Thought we should get a list together of tested and working hard drives. I'll start the ball rolling with the following: -
Hitachi HDT725050VLA360 3.5" 7200 rpm 16MB Cache
Hitachi HDS5C1010CLA382 Deskstar 5K1000 1000GB
Samsung HD403LJ 400GB 7200rpm 16MB Cache
Samsung HD501LJ 500GB 7200rpm 16MB Cache
Samsung HD502HI 500GB 5400rpm 16MB Cache
Samsung HD753LJ 750GB 3.5" 7200rpm 32MB Cache
Samsung HD103UJ 1TB 3.5" 7200rpm 32 MB Cache
Samsung HD103SI 1TB 3.5" 5400rpm 32 MB Cache
Samsung HM100UI 1TB 2.5" 5400rpm 8MB Cache
Samsung Spinpoint F2 EcoGreen HD103SI 1TB 3,5" 5400rpm 32MB Cache
Samsung Spinpoint F2 EcoGreen HD154UI 1,5TB 3,5" 5400rpm 32MB Cache
Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 3.5" 7200rpm 32MB Cache
Samsung SpinPoint F3 EcoGreen HD105SI 1TB 3.5" 5400rpm 32MB Cache
Samsung Spinpoint F4 EcoGreen HD204UI 2TB 3,5" 5400rpm 32 MB Cache
Seagate Barracuda ST3500418AS 500GB 3.5" 7200rpm 16MB Cache
Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB ST32000541AS 5900rpm 32MB Cache
Seagate Pipeline 2 HD 1TB ST31000322CS 5900rpm 8MB Cache
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EURS 1TB 3.5" 7200rpm 64MB Cache
Western Digital AV-GP WD5000AVDS 500GB 3.5" 32MB Cache
Western Digital Green WD10EARS 1TB 3.5" 5400rpm 64MB Cache
Western Digital Green WD20EARS 2TB 3.5" 5400rpm 64MB Cache
Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500GB 2.5" 5400rpm
Western Digital WD3200BEVT 320GB 2.5" 5400rpm 8MB Cache
Western Digital WD3200BUDT 320GB 2.5" 5400rpm 32MB Cache
USB Drives:
Hitachi ME100STYLE 640GB 2.5" (works without external power supply)
Iomega Prestige 1.5TB (Samsung HD154UI inside)
Toshiba STORE alu 640 GB (works without external power supply)
Western Digital My Book 500AAV
Western Digital My Book Essential 1TB (WDBACW0010HBK)
Western Digital My Passport Essential 500GB