there is a firmware on this forum but it will only work with product number ending with - 308.

http://www.fluffles.net/forum/storage/34.3#919

i am currently testing a Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB hdd and also found same performance issues related to the 3.AAK firmware. there are more information and complete test on this problem at the link below.

http://www.fluffles.net/articles/seagate-AAK-firmware

i have attached results of HDTune comparing Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 with 3.AAK firmware and Seagate SV35.2 confirming this problem

This post has been edited by sokdotcom: Apr 13 2009, 01:34 PM


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