quote=robinlim,
I got mentioned stereo sound lar, bro
of coz RCA carries only 2 channel sound

single RCa carries mono sound.. a pair of RCa carries stereo sound.. and 8 RCAs can carry 7.1 sound

digital rca = coaxial, right?


yes, coax cable, but the plugs would still be called RCA..

This post has been edited by ar188: Jan 16 2009, 11:30 PM

Yup, I agree on that...2 channel RCA, amp only can decode into Dolby Pro Logic II, meaning, the surround is abit inferior to DD...
Unless the WDTV has 6 RCA outs (5.1) for individual channels (which it doesn't have), the Stereo RCA is a no no.

So, I've got no other option since my HTS doesn't come with Toslink, only comes with Coaxial Digital in.
Now I've to add more wires and stuff to convert the Toslink to Coaxial Digital in.

This post has been edited by azbro: Jan 17 2009, 09:32 AM

check your Seagate hard drives. affected models are Barracuda 7200.11, DiamondMax 22, Barracuda ES.2 SATA and SV35.
Details over at Seagate KB

omg, no wonder lowyat.net got cheap 1TB 7200.11 for sell last month ~
and i have 3 unit ... shit ...
OEM cannot be fix ... i guess.

it only affects certain models of the 7200.11. i guess you havent check Seagate's knowledge base for further details

check liao ... sudah kena ~
but i still using it now ... so far so good ... dunno when only will have problem, i dun understand the defect, lost data during power failure ?
mean half way cut off the power will cost data lost ?

according to Seagate its due to the firmware. the affected hard drives will fail without any warning sign. any Operating System will not be able to detect the hard drives. the data will still be intact though as the failure causes the hard drive to be unrecognizable only.

So, how to retrive the data back?

Thats one of the worst case scenarios....very bad....touch wood...

I kena before, I used Easy Recovery Professional software to do that...

Seagate is offering data recovery services.

so can update the firmware ourself or not ? or must send back to seagate to do tat ?

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Added on January 17, 2009, 1:30 pmI kena b4 too, but is 320GB only ... also use Easy recovery to get back data, but 95% only, and all chinese word filename become "____" <-- like this, until now i still lazy goto rename those data... sigh.

This post has been edited by vex: Jan 17 2009, 01:30 PM

hehe! bos you back?
I dun think free recovery services apply to OEM units...

Yup...recovery not 100%, most of the time, depending on the damage, the file names will change..

I think for this 7200.11 SD15 case can recover 100% as it's firmware locking up the unit.. but need the pros to do it..

What happens if the hardisk contains alot of Maria Ozawa and friends AV collection....haha...sure the pros gonna have a good time

just bought 1tera external hdd maxtor last week...

Maria is a Pro.. she sure having good time and can Que for camera..

hahaha ~ pro will goto safe maria for sure ~

ar188: yea back already. last weekend busy with an accord.

the official statement from seagate is here. it claims to offer free data recovery services if any data is lost after/during the firmware update or caused by the faulty firmware. this should be international support so just got to send back the drives to Seagate Singapore.

the fixed firmware is only available through email with Seagate tech support. if anyone has it already then they can share it out.

from the seagate forums, they are still waiting for the firmware.. cipet Seagate.. now have to buy few TB of WD Green