I have a couple WD MyBooks in use. While I never liked the idea that their enclosures might not allow me to use foreign drives inside of them I didn’t care much since I didn’t plan on shucking them. A couple years pass by, and now I may be shucking them soon so now this has become inconvenient.
Luckily I have a bunch of empty Easystore enclosures I can use but I think the plastic shells from the MyBooks look nicer when aligned in a row due to their more boxy shape. I know there are ways to make MyBooks read other drives by cutting pins but I’m not interested in doing that. I’d rather just use the Easystores at that point.
Does anyone here know if I can simply use Easystore PCBs in MyBook shells?
If I have to cut plastic to make them fit I’d rather just use the Easystores. They either fit or they don’t.
I would test this for myself but my Easystore enclosures aren’t kept locally.
These are the drive models I have.
8TB MyBook
WDBBGB0080HBK-NESN
8TB Easystore
WDBCKA0080HBK-NESN
Got my hands on my enclosures.
These Easystore PCBs can be placed into these MyBooks. They fit just fine.
The PCBs appear identical. The Easystore has an LED but that’s just missing from the MyBook. Same board, different components, but most are the same. Even the winbond chip has identical markings but some others do not.