why argue? is your hdd still under warranty? if yes, dont need to argue, just tell them your hdd faulty and cannot detect. they will simply RMA it for you without a penny. RMA period would be around 1 or 2 weeks

if its not under warranty, then i dont think there is anything you can do. unless you wanna recover your data which i dont think will be cheap

also, why post the same thing 5 times

This post has been edited by ham_revilo: Oct 26 2009, 11:31 PM

sorry lag just now. >.<

still under warranty, my seagate brought 1 yr ago, warranty 5 years.

they reply my email said my serial not affected by the firmware problem, so no free pick-up + data recover service??

see how they reply me tmr, ops..it's today!

im not sure about pickup and data recover but i dont think there is such service. iinm, WD does offer free pick up at certain places but also no data recover. if you staying in the klang valley region, go to m link system which is located at damasara perdana. go to their website for the map

here you go: http://www.mlink.com.my/hop/contact-mlink.php

This post has been edited by ham_revilo: Oct 27 2009, 10:24 PM

to all that has error with seagate 7200.11, wit fw sd15,

just follow this tutorial exactly and u will recover your hd wit all data intact.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29FztWJVxbM...E03B68D71FE0705

i've done it few days ago following d vid, had the same 1tb hd.
the only part that needs more work is to sort out the ca-42 cable.

oh no my 500g sea

well, if you need data recovery for these drives, I'm always available.

Wow, I might be the luckiest guy who owns this HDD.
I have the 500GB with the model no ST3500320AS. Bought it in June 2008 and so far, nothing went wrong with it. I started to promote it to my friends since it's a good HDD and it is under warranty for 5 years.

This post has been edited by gto87: Nov 2 2009, 05:55 AM

Hi guys

I just got myself a Seagate 7200.11 1.5tb model ST31500341AS with CC1G firmware printed on it. Has anyone experienced any problem or drive failure with this model? I know this model is not listed on the first post but still, I don't want this drive to die on me

thanks for any replies

This post has been edited by fruxano: Nov 14 2009, 05:13 PM

u hv to check wit seagate or search for user report on ur hd.

Haha, turns out, I'm not so lucky anyway. My Hard disk just died just now, smell like something burning then I stopped the hard disk. Lucky I don't have anything important in that hard disk. I checked online, my hard disk is under 5 years warranty. So where should I send it? Anybody knows?

I've never trusted Seagate since 1999/2000....& now I also don't trust company(ies) bought by Seagate

this seagate hav lots of problem buy yet alot of ppl buying it because of cheap and then when it fail....bugging like gay

so why wanna risk?buy a more reliable product...it just cost just a few more ringgit better then losing tons of important data

as if that it will appear in the newspaper that seagate hdd with fw sd15 had problems..

how the hell do we know...

no one realise that there is a problem with firmware SD15, until many hdd starts to fail, this is a major prob that seagate ask user to upgrade the fw.

others are not affected.

Yes, I would consider SD15 a major blip, and the worse was when the original fix caused even more bricking. Thankfully the herculean task of backing up 1.5TB of data out of my 3 HDDs saved me from using the first fix, and ended up with the right one. At the end, there was no problem with those drives afterwards.

Anyway any other drives also will fail, it is just a matter of MTBF. Even my WD ones failed (but thankfully within warranty period)

Nokia CA-42 Cable - RM 28
Torx Screwdriver set - RM 25
Trying to get the serial connection to work - 3 hours
Data Intact - PRICELESS

Thank you all, fixed both the BSY and LBA 0 errors.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29FztWJVxbM...E03B68D71FE0705
http://sites.google.com/site/seagatefix/
http://forum.hddguru.com/tutorial-resolve-...ize-t11040.html
http://www.davaoblogger.com/computers/unbr...barracuda-7200/


So what am I going to do with a cannibalized CA-42?

Heh, this thread is still on after so long. My two 500GB (SD15 updated to SD1A)is still going strong after more than one and the half year.

My WD 1TB Green died 2 weeks ago after few months and I've sent it for RMA. I've used almost all the brands except Samsung and I could say any brand of hard disk is all about luck. Just that SD15 batch is bad. Just get over with it.

I have just sent my 500GB client hd for RMA one month ago and they replace 1 to 1 with a new HD

rent out the cable.... if there are more victims,,,,, save them time to cut here there....

Already 10 months update my firmware from SD15 to SD1A...
Still no problem until now...

my st31000340AS 1TB just got bricked today after been using for 1yr and 2mths, and i can't seems to revive the drive after trying the firmware update method, i would really like to send the drive back to seagate for data retrival but there some naughty stuff in my HD that i don't want others people to see XD.... is there any other options that i can salvage the data from my drive??