Brand: Western DigitalModel: WDC WD15EARS-60MVWB0
Capacity: 1.5TBSize: 3.5"Speed: 5400 RPMHours: 38,244Common Name: WD Caviar Green
Description:The Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EARS is a 1.5 TB, 3.5-inch internal hard drive featuring a SATA 3 Gb/s interface and 64 MB cache. Known for its eco-friendly power-saving capabilities, it utilizes variable spindle speeds (IntelliPower) and is an Advanced Format drive, meaning it uses 4K physical sectors.Due to its Advanced Format, many users on the Western Digital Community note that this drive can experience severe compatibility issues and extremely slow transfer speeds on older operating systems (like Windows XP) or older SATA I motherboards, as these systems do not automatically align the drive sectors. This performance issue is generally resolved by using Windows 7 or newer, or by using Western Digital's Advanced Format alignment utility.Because this drive originally launched in 2010, it is largely obsolete for primary operating system use but is still utilized for secondary storage or backups. Finding them new is rare.