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 Post subject: Seagate Firmware Update Bricking 500GB HDDs
PostPosted: January 22nd, 2009, 0:02 
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The firmware update released by Seagate yesterday is apparently bricking 500GB hard drives. There are hundreds of people complaining in the Seagate forums that, after “successfully” updating their drives, they no longer work.

http://forums.seagate.com/stx/board/mes ... ad.id=5625

(news item reposted from HardOCP)

Way to fix those 7200.11 problems, Seagate!

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 Post subject: Re: Seagate Firmware Update Bricking 500GB HDDs
PostPosted: January 22nd, 2009, 1:26 
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Here is some extra food for thought ;-)

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/21/0052236
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PostPosted: January 22nd, 2009, 3:22 
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 Post subject: Re: Seagate Firmware Update Bricking 500GB HDDs
PostPosted: January 22nd, 2009, 5:02 
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drccsc wrote:
Way to fix those 7200.11 problems, Seagate!


:mrgreen:
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cryoborgofthevenus
 Post subject: Re: Seagate Firmware Update Bricking 500GB HDDs
PostPosted: January 22nd, 2009, 5:59 
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What can I say....? :oops:

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N.C.
 Post subject: Re: Seagate Firmware Update Bricking 500GB HDDs
PostPosted: January 22nd, 2009, 11:09 
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Looks like seagate self destructing..... :?
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Doomer
 Post subject: Re: Seagate Firmware Update Bricking 500GB HDDs
PostPosted: January 22nd, 2009, 11:28 
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drccsc wrote:
The firmware update released by Seagate yesterday is apparently bricking 500GB hard drives.

Not yesterday
They released first firmware at 18th - that fimware had some issues with 500GB drives
And now they have updated firmware on the site which can fix 500GB even if they were "killed" with firmware which was released at 18th

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 Post subject: Re: Seagate Firmware Update Bricking 500GB HDDs
PostPosted: January 22nd, 2009, 22:57 
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I'm the one that update firmware To SD1A and It show that pass, But still not work
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Doomer
 Post subject: Re: Seagate Firmware Update Bricking 500GB HDDs
PostPosted: January 23rd, 2009, 0:21 
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wisitrrr,
there are two SD1A update files for 500GB
MooseDT-32MB-SD1A.ISO - "kills" 500GB drives
MooseDT-SD1A-2D-8-16-32MB.ISO - fixes even "killed" 500GB drives

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guru
 Post subject: Re: Seagate Firmware Update Bricking 500GB HDDs
PostPosted: January 23rd, 2009, 5:13 
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is it because the original "FIX" was only for the 32MB cache? Opssss LOL

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Doomer
 Post subject: Re: Seagate Firmware Update Bricking 500GB HDDs
PostPosted: January 23rd, 2009, 10:29 
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guru wrote:
is it because the original "FIX" was only for the 32MB cache? Opssss LOL

No
because original fix worked only for 3 and 4 platter drives. 500GB is a two-platter-drive

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 Post subject: Re: Seagate Firmware Update Bricking 500GB HDDs
PostPosted: January 23rd, 2009, 10:37 
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why would that change things? Just interesting :O)

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PostPosted: January 23rd, 2009, 10:56 
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Looking at my firmware database I see that the firmware is compiled depending on the head/disk configuration. Although the Eng Rev and Cert rev is the same the rest of the overlays are not.

NHAWK1HD, NHAWK2HD, TONKA4D, just wonder why they have made it more complicated :idea:

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 Post subject: Re: Seagate Firmware Update Bricking 500GB HDDs
PostPosted: January 23rd, 2009, 11:38 
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guru wrote:
why would that change things? Just interesting :O)

servo firmware is different IMHO
I don't know why

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