Seagate new firmware kills HDD

sonicspeed · 22-01-2009, 01:07 AM

Quote:

Seagate Hard Drives are selling like hot cakes but some people facing serious problems with them(don’t know why). So as every company, Seagate offers firmware update for their Barracuda hard drives & guess what? Those who upgraded SD1A firmware got nothing but bricked hard drives.

http://www.techtrance.net/2009/01/pc...are-kills-hdd/

paroh · 22-01-2009, 10:31 AM

New firmware will be available soon. I think within in 24hrs

kalpik · 22-01-2009, 11:01 AM

Seagate offers free data recovery for faulty drives.

phreak0ut · 26-01-2009, 01:42 AM

Why upgrade a firmware, especially on a HD when it works fine?

**topgear** · 26-01-2009, 08:02 AM

They have fixed the bug. Check this links :

http://www.techreport.com/discussions.x/16276
A warning to all seagate hard drives users and buyers

I've flashed my 500GB 7200.11 series 32MB buffer disk on 23rd of this month.

22-01-2009, 10:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
paroh Alpha Geek Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 759	Re: Seagate new firmware kills HDD New firmware will be available soon. I think within in 24hrs

22-01-2009, 11:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
kalpik In Pursuit of "Happyness" Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Delhi Posts: 3,404	Re: Seagate new firmware kills HDD Seagate offers free data recovery for faulty drives. __________________ Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain

26-01-2009, 01:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
phreak0ut The Thread Killer >:) Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,182	Re: Seagate new firmware kills HDD Why upgrade a firmware, especially on a HD when it works fine? __________________ Want to make this world a better place? Then, start seeding and don't be just a leecher

26-01-2009, 08:02 AM	#5 (permalink)
topgear Fast 'N' Furious Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Geek's Heaven Posts: 9,126	Re: Seagate new firmware kills HDD They have fixed the bug. Check this links : http://www.techreport.com/discussions.x/16276 A warning to all seagate hard drives users and buyers I've flashed my 500GB 7200.11 series 32MB buffer disk on 23rd of this month. __________________ ToPsPeEeD = FaSt BuT StEaDy AMD Radeon HD 6850 OverClocked to 1 Ghz !!! Blog : http://topgeartopspeed.wordpress.com/ ---------------------------------------------------- Never buy viewsonic products : http://tinyurl.com/ykwx4oa

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

Popular Categories

Popular Articles

Content Categories

Sister Sites

Follow Us

Facebook Channels

Digit Magazine

	Advertisements. Register and be a member of the community to get rid of them.
Advertisement

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Seagate offers fix, free data recovery for disks affected by firmware bug	desiibond	Hardware Q&A	4	23-01-2009 08:20 AM
Samsung or the Seagate HDD ! My Advice---Seagate is better.	dabster	Hardware Q&A	14	29-12-2008 08:12 AM
Seagate Kills Linux Support	praka123	Technology News	7	25-04-2008 04:49 PM
Internet access kills win xp	AlienTech	Internet & WWW	2	23-07-2005 02:27 AM