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Seagate 7200.11 hard drive firmware woes, Barracuda 7.11, FW:SD15, 1.5TB/1TB/500GB
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ericpires
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 Jan 16 2009, 02:25 PM
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QUOTE(budakhops @ Jan 16 2009, 12:39 PM) guys... i got a 1tb OEM seagate dat i bought from AllnGap last month... it can't do full format n last time i used quick format... the harddisk still working in windows xp.. recently i installed osx86 in my pc.. and the hard-disk cannot mount... how ar?? is it faulty or what?? when i receive my 1tb hdd from allngap, i din format it also. Straight use only.... well, fingers crossed now  |
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RacingTech
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Jan 16 2009, 02:27 PM
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I got a 1tb seagate with this stupid firmware also.... mine is from china.... damn seagate....  anyone try out the new firmware posted in few page back? is it suitable for 1tb cause the link is show tat it is for 1.5tb drive.... |
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one_guy
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Jan 16 2009, 02:52 PM
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How to apply the new firmware after download it?
Can someone teach me how to update the firmware?
What software i must use....etc...
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Musafir_86
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Jan 16 2009, 02:55 PM
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@spanker,
-Could you edit the topic description so it would states ST3*340AS also (this series is the mostly affected), since you're the thread starter (TS)?
-Or, maybe you can just put "Seagate 500GB/750GB/1TB 7200.11 drives" only.
Regards.
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RacingTech
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Jan 16 2009, 03:13 PM
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QUOTE(one_guy @ Jan 16 2009, 02:52 PM) How to apply the new firmware after download it? Can someone teach me how to update the firmware? What software i must use....etc... wat model r u using? i think u create a bootable floppy or thumb drive and copy the firmware in it n try to flash it in DOS.... please let us know wat is the result... |
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kurogane
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Jan 16 2009, 03:37 PM
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DON'T APPLY THE AD14 FIRMWARE! It's a for a different model and version.
It's actually a fix for the SD14 firmware, which had a performance issue bug. It's not for the SD15 drives.
BTW, it seems Seagate will do an official announcement on the 21st, so let's keep our fingers crossed.
This post has been edited by kurogane: Jan 16 2009, 03:37 PM
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ericpires
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Jan 16 2009, 03:40 PM
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QUOTE(kurogane @ Jan 16 2009, 03:37 PM) DON'T APPLY THE AD14 FIRMWARE! It's a for a different model and version. It's actually a fix for the SD14 firmware, which had a performance issue bug. It's not for the SD15 drives. BTW, it seems Seagate will do an official announcement on the 21st, so let's keep our fingers crossed. What announcement is that? Seagate give free hdd to replace the faulty ones?  |
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Musafir_86
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Jan 16 2009, 03:45 PM
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QUOTE(kurogane @ Jan 16 2009, 03:37 PM) BTW, it seems Seagate will do an official announcement on the 21st, so let's keep our fingers crossed. -Where do you get the information? Any source/link? This post has been edited by Musafir_86: Jan 16 2009, 03:46 PM |
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Xonius
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Jan 16 2009, 03:55 PM
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oh wow, i was just about to get a 1TB Seagate drive, cus from the benchmarks it looked great, but after reading alot of their drives failed within months, i think i'll go for WD, my 200GB WD drive is 4+ years old but still going very strong.
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ruffstuff
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Jan 16 2009, 03:58 PM
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QUOTE(ericpires @ Jan 16 2009, 03:40 PM) What announcement is that? Seagate give free hdd to replace the faulty ones? the announcement is this. http://www.dailytech.com/Seagate+Will+Cut+...rticle13956.htmlol |
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lucifah
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Jan 16 2009, 04:06 PM
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St. Fu
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time bomb ticking in my casing
but my unit, bought from allngap, IIRC, is a malaysian made, but still with SD15 firmware
edit: not malaysia, but singapore
Allngap units are made in singapore. so dunno this one oso got affected or not. keeping fingers crossed
This post has been edited by lucifah: Jan 16 2009, 04:13 PM
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avenger
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Jan 16 2009, 04:08 PM
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this happen on OEM hdd only or affect retails as well?
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ben_panced
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Jan 16 2009, 04:11 PM
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QUOTE(avenger @ Jan 16 2009, 04:08 PM) this happen on OEM hdd only or affect retails as well? >500gb hdd from seagate and maxtor with sd15 or mx15 firmware |
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SkywalkerxX
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Jan 16 2009, 04:11 PM
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pokemon! i just bought the same series subjected as ST3500320AS...sweet~
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ruffstuff
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Jan 16 2009, 04:30 PM
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A graph compiled by DerSnoezie from msfn forum show the life trajectories of 7200.11 drives.  |
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Musafir_86
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Jan 16 2009, 04:38 PM
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QUOTE(ruffstuff @ Jan 16 2009, 03:58 PM) -That isn't it la...  |
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Izzairi
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Jan 16 2009, 04:53 PM
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Getting Started
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OMG I have this disk!  Bought it last August. |
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rook-ie
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Jan 16 2009, 04:54 PM
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Getting Started
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QUOTE(SkywalkerxX @ Jan 16 2009, 04:11 PM) pokemon! i just bought the same series subjected as ST3500320AS...sweet~ same. i bought it before read this...................  |
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RacingTech
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Jan 16 2009, 04:59 PM
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QUOTE(kurogane @ Jan 16 2009, 03:37 PM) DON'T APPLY THE AD14 FIRMWARE! It's a for a different model and version. It's actually a fix for the SD14 firmware, which had a performance issue bug. It's not for the SD15 drives. BTW, it seems Seagate will do an official announcement on the 21st, so let's keep our fingers crossed. The one i mention is this SD1A from this link http://computerappblog.com/2008/12/02/seag...irmware-update/ is this applicable to our 1tb drive? |
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shah_ho_nam
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Jan 16 2009, 05:02 PM
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QUOTE(spanker @ Jan 14 2009, 01:38 AM) Man I was duped into buying this HDD because it was cheap, now I know why. It is reported that the 7.11 Barracudas with the AD15 firmware has problems and retailers are getting up to a 30% return rate for these bricks. Physically, your HDD is fine, so the freezing trick will NOT help. Symptons after an uncertain number of booting up your HDD will not be detected by BIOS (and possibly all your other SATA/PATA devices, even non-Seagate ones), or your BIOS reports it having 0GB capacity. Your data is still intact, however, something in the firmware is telling the BIOS that it is busy. You can read some bits of it here: http://forums.seagate.com/stx/search?submi...AS&page_size=10Or search on on google for the ST3500320AS+BIOS Simply due to the fact that Seagate doesn't want to acknowledge that this is a problem (because they don't want to fix it, not for free anyway) is enough for me to boycott Seagate products for EVER. they extend to 5 years warranty |
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