R u sure is SD1A? wat model is tat? is it for 1TB hdd or other capacity? 7200.12 or still 7200.11? please give us more clue so tat we can guest so wat is the possible release firmware.....

if they release the SD1A, then most of us can flash our own already... dont need to wait for the slow response from the seagate......

i think now everyone scared to buy seagate hdd alredi... better buy other brands... better to be safe than sorry

I Had Bad Exprience To Seagate HDD Too.

Seagate 500Gb 32mb .

My Friend 2Unit & My 1Unit Also Dead After Few Months
I Lost All My Important Data

This post has been edited by SeaMonster: Jan 18 2009, 05:24 PM

5 years at certain shop. 2 days ago I ask some of the shop and they said no more 5 years but when I check the warranty at home via Seagate Warranty Checker .. ya da ya da .. 5 years .. ~ until 2013.

Factory date : 26 December 2008
Dateline for warranty : 26 December 2013


7200.11 - ST3500320AS (500GB) - SD1A . Most of the shop have it ..

This post has been edited by Irzani: Jan 18 2009, 06:32 PM

If confirm SD1A can solve the problem, people can download here :
http://computerappblog.com/2008/12/02/seag...irmware-update/

But,no one know the result after apply the new firmware..

using the a new 1 wif SD1A now since my 1st one died.only used for 4 days,so far so good

yours is 1tb or 500gb? got any strange activity running while pc is in idle? mine keep running something at the background, i am so scare tat is the sign of the defective hdd....

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Added on January 18, 2009, 7:27 pmi think probably the data is all gone in the hdd as the firmware is new n it unable to detect the previous record in the hdd.... wish i am wrong....

This post has been edited by RacingTech: Jan 18 2009, 07:27 PM

500GB.ST3500320AS 7200.11.

er.what kinda strange activity u referring to?

dang.. i'm using this hdd for my external..
but i think almost half a year.. no prob at the moment.

Shit! I'm using ST3500320AS-SD15 on my torrent server. Bought on 01/01/09 after the 500GB WD died on 31/12/08 (exactly 3 months).

Now what?

time for some backup before its too late

wah WD also died? now using SEAGATE with this problem? then looks like have to try Hitachi or samsung lor..

-Hmm, the SD1A firmware could be used on all 7200.11 series or have different set for (each) different size(s)?

-Any SD1A binary for ST31000340AS (1TB)? Please share!

Regards.

lolz... these manufacturers don't know how to make hdd anymore...or they purposely launch faulty hdds to the market with no proper QC?

nOOOO!!!! I've just bought a 640GB WD HDD today for my BT machine...

btw, how to update the firmware for the seagate 500GB HDD?? The link provided up there has the batch file and all, but i've three drives in my PC....how does it know which to flash? Furthermore, is is safe to do? I'm afraid if i do it, it kills it immediately even faster than let it die naturally ..

Now now... don't jump to conclusions based on an isolated case. It's not even widespread like these dying seagates.
I have 2 units of 640GB WD, both are working fine so far. One is about a year old and the other is like 2,3 months behind, IIRC.

found mine is AD14 firmware, this consider affected or not ?

if you flash wrong one.. then.... erm..

Wow, so much problems with Seagate. Luckily, I haven't upgraded my HDD yet, was thinking about Seagate.

I am not sure... sometimes after boot into the OS, the HDD led still blinking like many thing is loading... then sometimes when i browse through the folders inside back n forward, then it took a long time to display the icon again... dono is the OS slow or the problem from the hdd. but i only face this kind of problem from this seagate. my previous WD dont have this problem.... i am just worried that the drive may die suddenly... damn seagate... still dont want to fast fast release the firmware.... making me and everybody keep worried on the hdd...

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Added on January 18, 2009, 10:35 pmhttp://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207931

Can anyone try out the online serial checker tools for verifying the affected drive? mine come back saying not affected. Please all the forumers here try to check using that tool n report in the result so that we know that tools is reliable or not....

This post has been edited by RacingTech: Jan 18 2009, 10:35 PM