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jono-ats

Post subject: Very funny, Seagate!!

Posted: January 3rd, 2009, 23:25

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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?

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networkpc3000

Post subject: Re: Very funny, Seagate!!

Posted: January 3rd, 2009, 23:34

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why you type this word?

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jono-ats

Post subject: Re: Very funny, Seagate!!

Posted: January 3rd, 2009, 23:49

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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 . . . .

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thatdellguy

Post subject: Re: Very funny, Seagate!!

Posted: January 4th, 2009, 0:38

Joined: August 19th, 2007, 17:30
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Location: In your hard drive.

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

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TerraNova

Post subject: Re: Very funny, Seagate!!

Posted: January 4th, 2009, 3:48

Joined: August 8th, 2007, 6:32
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Location: inside ROM

LOL

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BlackST

Post subject: Re: Very funny, Seagate!!

Posted: January 4th, 2009, 4:03

Joined: July 18th, 2006, 3:05
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Location: ITALY

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...

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rameez

Post subject: Re: Very funny, Seagate!!

Posted: January 4th, 2009, 5:29

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Location: In ur HDD !

have u tried it ?

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jono-ats

Post subject: Re: Very funny, Seagate!!

Posted: January 4th, 2009, 10:38

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rameez wrote:

have u tried it ?

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

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BlackST

Post subject: Re: Very funny, Seagate!!

Posted: January 4th, 2009, 11:21

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

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jono-ats

Post subject: Re: Very funny, Seagate!!

Posted: January 4th, 2009, 11:36

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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.

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BlackST

Post subject: Re: Very funny, Seagate!!

Posted: January 4th, 2009, 13:02

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

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Doomer

Post subject: Re: Very funny, Seagate!!

Posted: January 4th, 2009, 14:17

Joined: September 29th, 2005, 12:02
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Location: Chicago

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

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Samo

Post subject: Re: Very funny, Seagate!!

Posted: January 4th, 2009, 16:19

Joined: September 27th, 2005, 4:26
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Location: Bulgaria, Sofia

Next time when the author is in shape for jokes can try with "funny" :lol:

p.s. Unfortunately not all newer drives have sense of humor :oops:

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cgallery

Post subject: Re: Very funny, Seagate!!

Posted: January 6th, 2009, 19:19

Joined: September 27th, 2005, 9:10
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jono-ats wrote:

rameez wrote:

have u tried it ?

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

I think you should try it one more time.

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hddguy

Post subject: Re: Very funny, Seagate!!

Posted: January 7th, 2009, 5:14

Joined: November 9th, 2006, 15:15
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But not at the expense of sombodys important data :wink:

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Doomer

Post subject: Re: Very funny, Seagate!!

Posted: January 7th, 2009, 10:33

Joined: September 29th, 2005, 12:02
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Location: Chicago

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

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Harvey

Post subject: Re: Very funny, Seagate!!

Posted: January 7th, 2009, 10:58

Joined: June 2nd, 2008, 22:40
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interesting, i will test on my drive

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Kaiser

Post subject: Re: Very funny, Seagate!!

Posted: January 7th, 2009, 12:35

Joined: April 25th, 2008, 7:46
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lol that is great

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