my RMA'ed 500gb seagate hardisk just came back from singapore yesterday.
going to pick it up tomorrow at PCZONE.
hope that there wont be any problem after this....

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This post has been edited by don_naza: Jan 20 2009, 10:06 PM

bro, my HDD was returned b'coz the sata cable was burnt, not bcoz of this firmware issue.
right now, it has been working succesfully for the first 6 hours.
however, still dunno what my HDD's fate will be tomorrow, day after tomorow, next month....

will keep you guys updated.

anyway, how to check the firmware version?
what should i do now? only back-up all the data? update the firmware?
pls advise, thanks!

when i start my pc, bios shows:

master...: none
master...: none

is this the bad news?

but my drives are still accessible in windows.
what do i do??

my HDD summary:

guys, my turn to update:

before:



after:




first time flashing my HDD, very nervous and shaking waiting for the results, lol!

lets hope this revised firmware works fine. anyway, thanks to all for your guidance and flashing tutorial, especially for this thread founder. peace!

yup, before and after also can detect.

my data also still intact in there. pheww!

wah, is it dangerous?

should i delete the post?

guys, any updates on the seagate outrage?

hows your HDD doing now?

what is seagate doing now? is the actual problem has been rectified by them?

i see no differences with my HDD, be it before or after updating the firmware.

hurmm...

my pc cannot shutdown ydterday, is it b'coz of my HDD?

finally,

"disk boot failure. please insert disk system"

mine is 500GB, updated to latest firmware, SD1A.
seagate can go to hell after this.

This post has been edited by don_naza: Mar 20 2009, 11:24 AM

does my HDD can still be used??

it read as "disk boot failure....pls insert system disk"..

then, what do we do??

one month minimum for RMA...

guys, my HDD sometimes can read, can boot like normal.

but sometimes my pc failed to boot due to disk boot failure.

so, shud I RMA the HDD?

or shud I just ignore the disk failure? need your advices, thanks!

guys I just did some test on my HDD, firmware SD1A 500GB barracuda using the SeaTools for window. i run the test because lately there is always "disk boot failure, pls insert system disk" on my PC.

so far, my HDD has FAILED:

1. SMART test
2. short drive self test

what do the test trying to tell me actually?
does it mean that I should dispose of my HDD?
is it mean that my HDD is dead already?

really need your attention, thanks!

if I RMA it, what are they going to do?

they haven't got the stable firmware yet, right??

or should I just buy a new Western Digital?

mine updated to SD1A also died already.

failed SMART, failed short DST.

no use flashing to the newer firmware. poor Shitgate.

hope that yours won't have the same fate like mine...