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Originally Posted by linderman
BTW:he tells me if drives are produced out of spec, they are OEM
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Having worked for many years in production I know that "Electronic goods are always tested before being boxed"
however who is going to sell "cheap" to someone else what is sold more expensively as a brand name. No-one. So the differnce in price is that the OEM product will have a more relaxed test ..
It's like the manufacture of resistors, there are different accuracies. the most expensive is 0.5% and they are the first creamed off of the line. then they check for 1%, 2%, 5%, 10% and 20%. These days they can guarantee that most "recipes" give 10% or better so whatver is left after 10% is a free for all.
Manufacturing equipment is similar. Whatever can be tested and fits the tight manufacturers specs will be stocked for their own use. Whatever falls outside the tight specs and isn't actaually faulty, will be stocked for OEM sales.Whatever is left and can't be fixed within set time period is sold off as scrap to whoever has the time and patience to try and fix it up. Might even be used for spares in 3rd world countries.