MyBook Pro Conversion
So recently my Western Digital, MyBook Pro, died at work. I decided to ask my manger to purchase a new hard drive and I will attempt to replace the drive myself. So he ordered the drive from Western Digital a new eco-drive, when the drive arrived I took it home and disassembled the MyBook. Once taken apart I realized that the hard drive was not going to fit because the adapters were incorrect. So I made due with what I had, I made a make shift hole at the top running the wires up and out. I figured the reason the drive failed in the first place was because of overheating issues and being written to every night as a temporary backup using a custom script I had written. With this in mind I decided to make housing for a fan to supply air to the MyBook hard drive. I made Plexiglas housing and mounted the fan directly on top taking power from the hard drive. Pictures are displayed below let me know what do you think. Oh yeah it’s fully functional as well.


Please note that I do not condone this in any way, this could cause you to lose data, and or break your warranty with Western Digital. Try at your own risk.

