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Seagate's Barracuda 7200.11 drives failing at alrming rate?
a_lunatic:
Ok this is crap it seems to brick the 500GB drives which is what I got 3 of.
http://forums.seagate.com/stx/board?board.id=ata_drives
nosh:
But this fix of the fix that you're referring to worked fine on 1TBs - and I missed it coz it was night time here. Now it's been pulled and I'll have to take my chances with the fix³ when it's released, not a very comforting thought considering their track record.
oBFusC8r:
Seems there was something wrong with the firmware fix. Seagate have removed it and are working on a new one according to this theinquirer article
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/530/1050530/seagate-bungles-firmware-update
Adding insult to already injured customers, there are reports streaming in to our inboxes of users who have attempted the firmware flash and have ended up with bricked drives.
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Seagate has hastily removed the doubly-offending firmware before any more customers get their drives killed and is advising that a new firmware will be ready in 24-48 hours time.
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nosh:
IIRC, the 500 GBs aren't getting totally bricked by the latest fix. They're still being recognized by the BIOS so they should come to life again if Seagate actually gets it right with the upcoming, and hopefully final, fix.
They've been monitoring the forums and silently updating the KB text to cover up inaccuracies but nobody has had the decency or good business sense to actually talk to & reassure the customers.
40hz:
They've been monitoring the forums and silently updating the KB text to cover up inaccuracies
-nosh (January 21, 2009, 05:05 AM)
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That is an unfortunate trend that we're starting to see everywhere, not just on product websites.
See: http://philosecurity.org/2009/01/19/our-revised-news >:(
and
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/workplace/1091056600.php
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