Slashdot had an update on the issue that causes some Seagate HDs to have problems: <http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/17/0115207>
It points to a Seagate Knowledge Base article which states that MANY larger Seagate HDs manufactured until Dec.2008 have a firmware defect and likely need a firmware update to eliminate this issue. See: <http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207931 > My G5 has two 500 GB HDs as a stripe RAID pair that are included on this list. It appears the Seagate programs to test and upgrade the firmware are Windows only. I'm guessing that I can't upgrade the firmware without destroying the data on my drives? So far I've had no problems AFAIK so I'll probably forgo this firmware upgrade for now. Seagate is offering "data recovery services" for customers who have lost data due to this firmware issue. Check your Seagate HDs against the list: Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS ST31000640AS ST3750330AS ST3750630AS ST3640330AS ST3640630AS ST3500320AS ST3500620AS ST3500820AS ST31500341AS ST31000333AS ST3640323AS ST3640623AS ST3320613AS ST3320813AS ST3160813AS Barracuda ES.2 SATA ST31000340NS ST3750330NS ST3500320NS ST3250310NS DiamondMax 22 STM31000340AS STM31000640AS STM3750330AS STM3750630AS STM3500320AS STM3500620AS STM3500820AS STM31000334AS STM3320614AS STM3160813AS --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
