Can you find out who the OEM of a hard drive is?

hippyhippy · 15th August 2012, 1:28 AM

I've got a seagate momentus hard drive thats no longer working. I went on the seagate page to check if it had warranty and it said that it was a OEM drive. Is it possible at all to find out who that OEM was?

Thanks

g00nster · 15th August 2012, 9:13 AM

I would have to say, yes it's a good possibility that someone can trace a hard drive from a serial to a OEM but I'm not aware of any public database with that information however.

What are you trying to achieve?

bcann · 15th August 2012, 9:50 AM

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Originally Posted by hippyhippy

I've got a seagate momentus hard drive thats no longer working. I went on the seagate page to check if it had warranty and it said that it was a OEM drive. Is it possible at all to find out who that OEM was?

Thanks

can almost guarantee it was a hdd stripped from either a name brand PC OR an external HDD. Thus no warranty for you either way.

rowan194 · 18th August 2012, 11:28 PM

Given that the Momentus is a laptop hard drive the OEM is probably the laptop manufacturer. Ask them about the warranty.

15th August 2012, 1:28 AM	#1
hippyhippy Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,493	Can you find out who the OEM of a hard drive is? I've got a seagate momentus hard drive thats no longer working. I went on the seagate page to check if it had warranty and it said that it was a OEM drive. Is it possible at all to find out who that OEM was? Thanks

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g00nster Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts: 166	I would have to say, yes it's a good possibility that someone can trace a hard drive from a serial to a OEM but I'm not aware of any public database with that information however. What are you trying to achieve? __________________ Successfully traded with: Rickster, DrNick, d-cee, Busta-P, Loop Goose, hotdog_hotdog, ELLIOTBDC, paulnuboi, Rysith, Clicking, Mikey_D, czaja74

18th August 2012, 11:28 PM	#4
rowan194 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,877	Given that the Momentus is a laptop hard drive the OEM is probably the laptop manufacturer. Ask them about the warranty.