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Seagate 7200.11 Disk Drive Woes Continue
Overclockers Club news Feed —
... . According to Seagate, the cause of the failure can be traced to a bug in the firmware that can cause freeze ups or, in some cases, the drive to lock up when it is powered on. According the the Seagate support site, the drives affected by this problem are Barracuda 7200.11, DiamondMax 22 and Barracuda ES.2 SATA models manufactured through December 2008. Seagate had posted a firmware upgrade, version SD1A, but after some users found that the upgraded firmware actually bricked their drives during the update process, Seagate has since pulled the firmware upgrade ...
Seagate responds to 7200.11 issue
TweakTown's News RSS Feed —
... after tour news post about their fix for the last firmware fix Seagate has e-mail me more information for you guys. It seems there is a limited number of the 7200.11 drives that are affected. According to the e-mail Seagate believes that this group is a small number and is working very hard to correct the issue. Seagate is also working with customers that are still unable to access data after the firmware is updated. To find out if your drive is affected check out the website here . For support affected drive owners can e-mail Seagates Support at Americas ...
Seagate Posts New Firmware for 7200.11 Drives
Overclockers Club news Feed —
... . Seagate has hopefully fixed those issues with a new firmware update out today. The firmware will not fix drives that were previously 'bricked' however. While most users will not be affected by this problem, you can check Seagate's knowledge base to see if your drive is potentially affected. If you are one of those whose drive froze or was killed by the previous firmware update ...
Latest Update in the Seagate Firmware Upgrade Saga
Maximum PC —
... To determine whether or not your drive is affected, Seagate is advising users to visit its support site, which our own Mark Soper was on top of two days ago ( ...
Seagate releases fixed firmware fix for Barracuda 7200.11s
The Tech Report: News —
... to this issue, as part of our commitment to customer satisfaction, Seagate is offering a free firmware upgrade to proactively address those with potentially affected products. This new firmware upgrade corrects compatibility issues that occurred with the firmware download provided on our support website on Jan. 16. We regret any inconvenience that the firmware issues have caused our customers. To determine whether your product is affected, please visit the Seagate Support web site at http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/news.jsp?DocId=207931 . In the unlikely ...
Take two of the Seagate saga
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... hassle. These instructions are for a Mac Pro, which are the Macs most likely to have added internal drives. If you are brave, and only if you are brave, read on for the steps... Continue reading Take two of the Seagate saga TUAWTake two of the Seagate saga originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments ...
Seagate continues to communicate bad news
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... new one was sent in for exchange. Worse, there are some scattered reports that the replacement drive still had the bad firmware! Way to go, Seagate: if your Mac-owning user base didn't feel completely screwed over before this, we all probably feel that way now. TUAWSeagate continues to communicate bad news originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Deal of the week: A dirt-cheap terabyte and a half
The Tech Report: News —
... ). In short, everything should be peachy now, but you'll probably want to make sure you have the latest firmware if you buy this drive. Inconvenient, perhaps, but seven cents a gigabyte is probably worth a little tinkering. (Thanks to ...
