On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 7:06 AM, Helmut Jarausch <jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote: > Hi, > > googling didn't help me. > I've just got an Intenso Memory Center. According to smartctl it contains a > Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001-9YN166 hard disk. > And smartctl reminds me to check for a firmware update, and indeed, there is > one. > But how can I update the firmware for hard disk connected via USB ? > (The stand alone utility from Seagate doesn't see the drive.) > > Many thanks for a hint,
I believe you must attach the drive directly via SATA connection, not USB. I have not heard of HDD firmware update working over USB ever. If you are not suffering any problems known to be fixed by the available firmware update, I would not worry about it.
