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newegg.com - 1/30/2009
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives
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no good for me white Reviewed By: kp on 1/30/2009 Rating + 1 Rating + 1 Rating + 1 Rating + 1 Rating + 1 Tech Level Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg Pros: cheap for a 32MB/500GB drive Cons: ships with faulty firmware. This will kill your ...
Hideout | Editorial: Seagate 7200.11 Drive Issues!
virtual-hideout.net - 1/31/2009
Hideout | Editorial: Seagate 7200.11 Drive Issues!
— virtual-hideout.net — A warning for all Segate 7200.11 drive owners! In case you aren't 100% up to date on... all the latest tech news, there is something you might not know. Seagate has been having a lot of issues with there 7200.11 line-up of drives, problems that should ... (more) Hideout | Editorial: Seagate 7200.11 Drive Issues!

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monster-hardware.com - 1/25/2009
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— monster-hardware.com — Seagate ST3750330AS 750GB HD SATA Hard Drives For most of us (HD Video enthusiasts excluded) long gone... are the days of racing to replace your hard drive because you are out of space. So frustrating was the lack of space and glacially slow access times ... (more) Hardware

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Seagate Employee Explains Firmware Debacle
tomshardware.com - 1/23/2009
Seagate Employee Explains Firmware Debacle
— tomshardware.com — Last week, Tom's Hardware reported that an escalating number of Barracuda 7200.11, ES.2 SATA and DiamondMax 22... drives were failing due to a fatal flaw in the firmware which caused the drive to suddenly lock itself up and prevent the BIOS from even ... (more) Seagate Employee Explains Firmware Debacle

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Seagate 500GB Barracuda HDDs having high failure rates
TG Daily - Hardware News — ... for Seagate's 7200.11 500G Barracuda hard drives. Trends in recent weeks have shown many more dissatisfied users than they had previously. Many users report their Barracuda drive became inoperable after a few months. And while Seagate has issued a fix, we find reports online which indicate Seagate is actively censoring negative comments and questions about this drive's reported errors on their website. The Consumerist ...

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DriverHeaven.net — ... HDD:Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives ...

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