At 21:21 27/05/2004, you wrote: >Ugh; do these drives use fluid bearings yet? I'm pretty sure the JB's >don't. I hope acoustics aren't important to you; WD aren't known for >their great and consistant choice in ball bearings ;) The latest drives we're getting through are Fluid Bearing - for a short time there, the BB drives were marked LB if they had FDB, and the JB were marked PB if FDB. However, I received a 800BB today which was painted entirely black, and had FDB motor. Andrew