Seagate 7200.11 hard drive firmware woes, Barracuda 7.11, FW:SD15, 1.5TB/1TB/500GB
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 Jan 17 2009, 02:17 PM
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I wonder if the extrenal HDD 1TB Maxtor basics is using the DiamondMax 22 drive.. just brought this unit.. damn if it's using the 22.
which is also the group listed in the seagate knowledgebase in the affected HDD.. http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/self...sp?DocId=207931 Barracuda 7200.11 DiamondMax 22 Barracuda ES.2 SATA SV35 |
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Jan 17 2009, 10:41 PM
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firmware not released yet right? according to the people posting in seagate forum..
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Jan 18 2009, 01:54 PM
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QUOTE(InfiniteX @ Jan 18 2009, 01:45 PM) Great news, but yet can't get the firmware yet? the US fellas on the seagate forum already called the 1-800 tech support number last 2days, no firmware yet.. |
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Jan 18 2009, 03:49 PM
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QUOTE(Irzani @ Jan 18 2009, 03:31 PM) New Seagate harddisk in Lowyat already have the newest version of firmware, SD1A but now Seagate is only 3years waranty rite? better stick to the cheaper WD for new purchases until the smoke clears..  |
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Jan 18 2009, 08:24 PM
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QUOTE(acbc @ Jan 18 2009, 08:06 PM) 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). wah WD also died? now using SEAGATE with this problem? then looks like have to try Hitachi or samsung lor.. Now what? |
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Jan 18 2009, 09:40 PM
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QUOTE(Matrix @ Jan 18 2009, 08:48 PM) 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    |
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Jan 19 2009, 12:36 AM
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QUOTE(one_guy @ Jan 19 2009, 12:25 AM) From the serial checker below, i try to check my serial and it's said that "Your drive is NOT affected". I also tried, both 1TB and 750G of mine not affected.. is this like a standard response? http://support.seagate.com/sncheck.html But then i try one by one the serial from msfn forum, many of the fail hard disk also said said "Your drive is NOT affected"... How come???? http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=128514 Here i wrote some fail hard disk that reported at msfn forum but Seagate Serial Checker said Your drive is NOT affected".. 1) 5QJ03R2M 2) 9QM8BLTQ 3) 5QJ0JRE3 S*hit....is the serial checker very2 reliable??? Now make me more miserable because i also using firmware SD15 from Thailand.. It's just waiting the timebomb to explode... not taking chances, now doing backup .. |
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Jan 20 2009, 10:31 PM
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QUOTE(amiranna @ Jan 20 2009, 10:30 PM) so the conclusion, there is no proven solution for our firmware problem yeah sadly it seems like it.. |
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Jan 20 2009, 10:35 PM
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QUOTE(cyew86 @ Jan 20 2009, 10:32 PM) the best solution is, Seagate recall those HDD, and give free exchange to newer and problem free HDD recall also I will need many extra drives to move the data mah.. how to recall and give up all those TBs.. sigh.but then, if Seagate does that, but not applicable to OEM drives, then i  |
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Jan 20 2009, 10:45 PM
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QUOTE(nkphnx @ Jan 20 2009, 10:40 PM) I think the quality problem with Seagate drives lies in the ST power regulator ICs on the controller boards, particularly the UL97 device.. They are of substandard specs.. har? UL97 ? what IC is that?Whatever it is, just try to stay away from Seagate for now... |
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Jan 20 2009, 11:59 PM
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yeah have to masuk hospital liao..
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Jan 21 2009, 01:00 AM
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QUOTE(cyew86 @ Jan 21 2009, 12:10 AM) more like masuk keranda they said the data on the platter is intact (only firmware causing it to disappear from computer OS), as seagate cannot even rectify the problem now but only seagate's data recovery services (or other pro HDD recovery) can recover them.. so masuk hospital lor.. if keranda then cannot even recover the data mah.. |
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Jan 21 2009, 01:24 AM
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QUOTE(corad @ Jan 21 2009, 01:23 AM) wtf wtf wtf ? raid which version? with redundancy? one die still can rescue..built a data storage solution for a company (free lance) a few months ago. I used 8x1Tb n 12 x750Gb barracuda7200 in RAID. anyway to prevent this? so far i havent heard any complaints. but their have my head if everything suddenly dissapears   Added on January 21, 2009, 1:25 am QUOTE(cyew86 @ Jan 21 2009, 01:20 AM) haha, lucky you then wah if die in may can get new 7200.12 series ar? i am praying hard that my HDD won't brick on me, i need it to do my works, i don't mind if it wanna brick in May (touch wood) This post has been edited by ar188: Jan 21 2009, 01:25 AM |
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Jan 21 2009, 01:35 AM
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QUOTE(corad @ Jan 21 2009, 01:32 AM) RAID 10. so these things happen on random ? or do they have a "timer"? random rate of 40%.. |
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Jan 21 2009, 09:46 AM
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QUOTE(Matrix @ Jan 21 2009, 09:31 AM) It'll be ironic if we are trying to avoid a brick, but in the quest to prevent the brick, we actually bricked it. |
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Jan 21 2009, 10:16 PM
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QUOTE(rayfoo @ Jan 21 2009, 09:23 PM) interesting blog...by maxtorman (seagate insider I guess)"*ONLY* if the drive is powered down having just written the 320th log file. After Log file #320, it rolls back around and overwrites log file #1. So, on Log files 1-319, you're okay. only in the case that it has just written Log #320 AND is power cycled, will it lock up. If it is on #319 or rolled around to #1, then it's fine. one in a million chance. " hmm.. so it's a time bomb then.. |
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Jan 21 2009, 10:31 PM
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so this is the summary of the SD1A firmware..
Seagate Firmware Fix Turned Barracudas into Paperweights  http://i.gizmodo.com/5135916/seagate-firmw...to-paperweights |
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Jan 21 2009, 11:23 PM
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QUOTE(xelnamikaze @ Jan 21 2009, 11:18 PM) please do tell us if your RMA'ed HDD have further problems in future .. if yes .. then Seagate very lousy already .. firmware also not settled as of today how the RMA drive can improve over the previous unit? summore RMA is some body'sused HDD.. |
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Jan 21 2009, 11:28 PM
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maybe you can get a prize if it lasts over 1year..hahaha!
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Jan 22 2009, 08:01 PM
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wah all so fast to update firmware... anymore surprises? (I'm still gonna buy 1-2more WD 1teras this weekend.. better not take risk..
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