try this page, not sure if it fix the issue http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/self...sp?DocId=207951

please note that some users experience this ->



This post has been edited by kuanhon: Jan 19 2009, 02:39 PM

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 ||

if you have important data in the hdd and if your hdd failed because you updated it with 2nd release of SD1A firmware, try to attach it to different controller or different pc, someone from the seagate forum (forgot which one, too many of them regarding this issue) claims the hdd was able to be detected on different setup.. you might be lucky to retrieve your data and wait for workable firmware

reporting successful update on ST3750330AS from SD15 to SD1A

if your other hdd is not seagate the update will just skip it, otherwise to play safe, better unplug it