Very funny, Seagate!!

[jono-ats]

Did you know that if you type "fuck" while in safe mode (within terminal mode) it kills the ROM and the PCB, preventing it from spinning up ever again?

[networkpc3000]

why you type this word?

[jono-ats]

Because I'm frustrated with Seagate corporate; the arcane, esoteric, and counter-intuitive Seagate terminal commands, and this damn Momentus that was giving me fits . . . .

[thatdellguy]

The ƒµ©k command is activated one day after the warranty ends.

[TerraNova]

LOL

[BlackST]

It is a special command left for DR SPECIALISTS to be used when the customer says "what? How much? You bastard greedy... Now give me back the drive, I'll give to my son who is a genius... I won't finance your fun! ". Your drive, sir...

[rameez]

have u tried it ?

[jono-ats]

have u tried it ?

Yup. Twice -- because I didn't believe it the first time!

[BlackST]

And it wipes eeprom and... ? Beyond repair ?

[jono-ats]

I haven't tried replacing the EEPROM.

After it happens, you see the message MASK_ROM in terminal instead of the EEPROM version. Sometimes you also get a Xmas tree of diagnostic / error indicators . . .

I don't think that the EEPROM can be reprogrammed on the PCB after this happens, but I'll have to work with it further to be certain.

I tried this with the Momentus series - not with a 3.5" drive.

[BlackST]

In any case this is one of the most funny and interesting easter eggs ever found in software

[Doomer]

type F>f
it's enough to kill the ROM

[Samo]

Next time when the author is in shape for jokes can try with "funny"
p.s. Unfortunately not all newer drives have sense of humor

[cgallery]

have u tried it ?

Yup. Twice -- because I didn't believe it the first time!

I think you should try it one more time.

[hddguy]

But not at the expense of sombodys important data

[Doomer]

It may be fixable back
If drive has kernel code with terminal access

[Harvey]

interesting, i will test on my drive

[Kaiser]

lol that is great