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 Post subject: Update for Seagate Mach 2 2x18 drive with SC02 firmware?
PostPosted: October 16th, 2025, 12:26 
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Got two rare dual actuator drives with even more unique SC02 firmware. Now searching for an updated firmware. The only relatable firmware for this model I can find is SN03 which is not compatible.

With some research I found that firmwares starting with SC may come from Lenovo, but I'm still not sure about it, and there is no mention of dual actuator drives from any lenovo docs.

Anyone has any clue about it? Thanks.


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 Post subject: Re: Update for Seagate Mach 2 2x18 drive with SC02 firmware?
PostPosted: October 16th, 2025, 17:47 
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Why do you want to update the software?

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 Post subject: Re: Update for Seagate Mach 2 2x18 drive with SC02 firmware?
PostPosted: October 16th, 2025, 20:23 
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Would you be able to upload photos of the PCB, component side?

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 Post subject: Re: Update for Seagate Mach 2 2x18 drive with SC02 firmware?
PostPosted: October 17th, 2025, 8:13 
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Lukas wrote:
Why do you want to update the software?

Because SC02 firmware seems to make the actuators do a seek action every few seconds no matter if it's idle or busy. I have another of these drives with SN03 firmware, and it does not have this kind of behavior(or it's less often, making it less annoying).


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 Post subject: Re: Update for Seagate Mach 2 2x18 drive with SC02 firmware?
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fzabkar wrote:
Would you be able to upload photos of the PCB, component side?

Here.


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 Post subject: Re: Update for Seagate Mach 2 2x18 drive with SC02 firmware?
PostPosted: October 17th, 2025, 9:13 
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does this thing show up as two luns on the bus?
it seems like there are 2 complete controllers for each actuator, just as if it was 2 hdds except for the spindle...

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 Post subject: Re: Update for Seagate Mach 2 2x18 drive with SC02 firmware?
PostPosted: October 17th, 2025, 11:25 
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pepe wrote:
does this thing show up as two luns on the bus?
it seems like there are 2 complete controllers for each actuator, just as if it was 2 hdds except for the spindle...

The sata version, on some NAS platforms it showed two luns, but on windows it's a single drive.


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 Post subject: Re: Update for Seagate Mach 2 2x18 drive with SC02 firmware?
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nice way of building selfdestruct raids... if one component fails, you are finished :)

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 Post subject: Re: Update for Seagate Mach 2 2x18 drive with SC02 firmware?
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pepe wrote:
nice way of building selfdestruct raids... if one component fails, you are finished :)

More like a JBOD. It came like this not what I chose to build.


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 Post subject: Re: Update for Seagate Mach 2 2x18 drive with SC02 firmware?
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I thought Lenovo firmware versions were LVnn, not SCnn.

Here is an SC25 video drive that has no hint of Lenovo OEM branding:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/lLoAAOSwCtJaRAbg/s-l1600.jpg

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 Post subject: Re: Update for Seagate Mach 2 2x18 drive with SC02 firmware?
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fzabkar wrote:
I thought Lenovo firmware versions were LVnn, not SCnn.

Here is an SC25 video drive that has no hint of Lenovo OEM branding:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/lLoAAOSwCtJaRAbg/s-l1600.jpg

Yeah I saw a lot of Lenovo drive firmwares starts with L.

Wondering which vendor's firmware starts with SC.


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 Post subject: Re: Update for Seagate Mach 2 2x18 drive with SC02 firmware?
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fzabkar wrote:
I thought Lenovo firmware versions were LVnn, not SCnn.

Here is an SC25 video drive that has no hint of Lenovo OEM branding:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/lLoAAOSwCtJaRAbg/s-l1600.jpg

Yeah Lenovo usually use Lxxx.
Wonder which vendor use the firmware starting with SC.


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