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| Thread ID: 96616 | 2009-01-16 19:07:00 | Why Seagate changed the warranty to 3 years? | pctek (84) | Press F1 |
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| 739414 | 2009-01-17 04:13:00 | I knew 1TB had problems thats why the max I will buy is a 750GB HD | Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 739415 | 2009-01-17 04:29:00 | I knew 1TB had problems thats why the max I will buy is a 750GB HD I've got a 1.5TB 7200.11 drive and I've had no problems with it (yet!). The 'worst' thing that happens with Seagate's 1.5TB drives (so I've read) is that they might occasionally freeze up for 30 seconds or so... but correct me if I'm wrong. |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 739416 | 2009-01-17 04:42:00 | LOL haha reading this reminded me of the customer who came in once and wanting a hard drive I said ok we have the size you're after in western digital he said Nah WD is s* mate, seagate forever l o l |
fatjoez (13761) | ||
| 739417 | 2009-01-17 07:43:00 | I dont remember any of the other brands ever having these kinds of issues, I remember only two years back a similar issue with some 80GB Seagate models .. ?? Happens all the time! certain WD 160GB drives required a firmware as they would randomly stop responding for 30+ seconds really bad in a raid array as the raid controller marks it failed and drops it out of the array. I had two of them do that on a server raid about a year ago simultaneously :mad: |
razzarphenix (2626) | ||
| 739418 | 2009-01-17 07:44:00 | I dont remember any of the other brands ever having these kinds of issues, I remember only two years back a similar issue with some 80GB Seagate models .. ?? Happens all the time! certain WD 160GB drives required a firmware update as they would randomly stop responding for 30+ seconds really bad in a raid array as the raid controller marks it failed and drops it out of the array. I had two of them do that on a server raid about a year ago simultaneously :mad: I've learnt now to google what people think of a particular model of drive before committing that drive to any sort of vital task regardless of manufacturer. |
razzarphenix (2626) | ||
| 739419 | 2009-01-17 08:36:00 | Seagate have issued a statement at last about fixing firmware. seagate.custkb.com |
Nyuuji (5460) | ||
| 739420 | 2009-01-17 20:05:00 | Thanks for the headsup. Young guy I know has just bought a 1TB drive - must ask him what brand! | linw (53) | ||
| 739421 | 2009-01-19 23:26:00 | Thanks heaps for this alert. I have one of the affected models with the troublesome firmware. From trolling through the Seagate site, it seems they are still researching this issue to see how deep it goes with regard to their range. An earlier firmware update has just been updated AGAIN, with instructions to re-apply the update even if you've already updated... so it seems best to me to simply disconnect the drive and leave it untouched... give Seagate a week or two to properly research and resolve the issue, then revisit their site and upgrade the firmware. I have two other drives that might yet get included in these lists... Odd though, their site states it is drives MANUFACTURED in Dec 2008, however, my affected model is probably closer to being made Dec 2007. It just sits on a shelf (best protection from heat and power spikes I've found) and serves as a backup drive anyway, so currently I'm not too concerned about this. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 739422 | 2009-01-19 23:39:00 | Seagate have issued a statement at last about fixing firmware. seagate.custkb.com Thanks for that. Unfortunately my drive is one of the affected models. Does anyone know how to get the firmware version under OS X? |
Nermal (7077) | ||
| 739423 | 2009-01-19 23:41:00 | Hmm, I have a 1TB drive, better check the model number. Would suck royally to lose all the data on there... | wratterus (105) | ||
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