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1.5TB Barracuda users complain of random freezes
techreport.com - 11/6/2008
1.5TB Barracuda users complain of random freezes
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Seagate's 1.5TB Barracuda 7200.11 hard drive didn't particularly enthrall us when we reviewed it last month, but we didn't run into show-stopping problems on our Windows XP-powered test rig. Judging by several forum threads—including an eight-page discussion...
Seagate Responds to Freezing HDDs
tomshardware.com - 11/11/2008
Seagate Responds to Freezing HDDs
— tomshardware.com — Last week Tom’s Hardware had covered a bit about the freezing problems with Seagate’s Barracuda 1.5TB drives.... We would like to update readers with the response that Tom’s Hardware has gotten directly from Seagate. “Seagate is investigating an issue ... (more) Seagate Responds to Freezing HDDs

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electronista.com - 11/6/2008
Seagate to develop hybrid line of solid-state drives?
— electronista.com — Memory device maker Seagate is investing as much as $100 million into developing a new type of... solid-state drives (SSDs), according to a Wednesday report . According to company CEO Bill Watkins, Seagate is trying to resolve certain issues with the ... (more) Seagate to develop hybrid line of solid-state drives?

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NEWS: Seagate CEO hints at SSD tech to come
pocket-lint.co.uk - 11/6/2008
NEWS: Seagate CEO hints at SSD tech to come
— pocket-lint.co.uk — 5 November 2008 2:33 GMT / By Katie Scott Seagate's CEO has confirmed that the company is... working on its very own line-up of Solid State Drives in a briefing with Pocket-lint. Bill Watkins, CEO of Seagate, gave a rare hint at what kind of SSD ... (more) NEWS: Seagate CEO hints at SSD tech to come

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Seagate 1.5TB owners complain of random freezes
PureOverclock.com — Owners of Seagate's ambitious 1.5TB Barracuda 7200.11 drives are complaining of long random freezes under the Linux, Mac OS X and Vista operating systems. TR have the low-down . [image] "Each time it freezes the kernel log indicates an error 'ata frozen', 'resetting' and the command looks to be a flush-cache-to-disk command," he explained. A good number of other users replied complaining of similar problems, and by sound of it, the freezes typically occur when streaming recorded TV shows or movies and transferring data to or from the Internet at slow speeds (70-100KB/s). One ...

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