Hey Hey!!! updated my firmware with no data lose!!! mine is ST31000340AS!!.....

But my shutdown still got the "clark" sound... i think is the quality or design of the hdd... physically dont feel any different... just wish it dont die like the terrifying SD15!

This post has been edited by RacingTech: Jan 20 2009, 11:00 AM

-OEM or retail?

-Anybody with HDD bought from AllnGap did this already?
Can share your results?

Well, my one doesn't have any clack sound AFAIK...i've got 3 HDD inside...maybe too many other noise?? I thought some sound is normal?? Maybe i try to put my ears to the PC and listen for the sound tonight.

the initial post of http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/self...sp?DocId=207951 update the firmware to SD1A but only works for part number end with -300

later the version updated on Jan 19, 2008 4:15PM CST is able to update those part number end with -303 (probably some others as well), but was reported to bricked 500G model (refer http://forums.seagate.com/stx/board/messag...thread.id=5625)

the page is being updated again on Jan 19, 2008 8PM CST (should be 10am our time) and now the updater is taken offline for validation..

and note that the year stated on the page, it's still 2008?!? guess it's a chaos over there at their support department ||

WOW!!! didnt know they release again!!!!.... luckily mine ok.... damn seagate... keep giving us problem!!!!

-Err, I hope the time & date system only break on their website, not their development/test system.
If not, maybe our drive could be 'gelong' already...
Y2K8 anyone?

will try tonight..

Mine is retail....

Quoted from seagate website,

"Seagate has isolated this issue to a firmware bug affecting drives from these families manufactured in December 2008."

"With regards to Barracuda 7200.11, Barracuda ES.2 SATA, and DiamondMax 22 drives sold in December 2008,"

does that means hdd before this is not affected even though SD15 is used in hdd before that time?

i m using a 750GB and its with SD 15 firmware...but i didnt buy it on December2008... and it seems to be running without any problem... so do i still need a firmware update for my drive?

-Fixed that for you (original quotes from Tech Report here; maybe Seagate modified the sentence on purpose).

ZzZz .. begone with Seagate and return with Western Digital lah ..

so much headache caused ..

can you share the firmware with me ? urs is -300 or -303 at the back of it . thx

Post results here after u updated ... thx... coz i believe alot ppl also bought the same OEM hdd

Wah-lau...better not update anything now until they test their thing thoroughly. At least mine is still working at the moment, it might get KOed immediately if i update with a not-so-tested firmware released in a hurry.

But some ppl itchy finger want to try... cannot stop them mar... so let them try 1st lor... hehe

i am so scare ...... i had 11X 1TB seagate sata running (so a seagate fans ^^) , which one of it DEAD in 3 month time ...... screwing me 1TB data loss.... now i dunno weather i should make it a raid 1 mirror to prevent data loss if anything might happen to it again .... or should i go for some alternative...

Tell them your 4 of your HDD with a new update of SD1A is failing after updating. Then, they are going into chaos again and new improved version will come out. Evil .. Evil .. ~

OMg i bought 2x seagate 1TB drives how do i check to see if my hdd is -303 ? or -300?

after this we can see all mny pple sell their seagate hd in trade zone liao...keep away from that.

how to attach the file? y dont u wait for the final release...