I still have 2 of those 1.5TB drives that had the firmware bug. I bought them and started using them, after 1 week the firmware was released.
I immediately updated the firmware and to this day they are running fine. -----Original Message----- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Rick Glazier Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 4:18 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error & fix I have a quick question (I hope). I used the "drive and serial number" checking stuff at the Seagate site a while back, (06-12-09) and found a couple drives that needed their firmware upgraded manually BY ME, done locally, AND in ADVANCE of problems with NEW firmware provided by the Seagate site for my SPECIFIC drives. This was a proactive step to prevent the drive bricking itself. (Hopefully.) Is this the same problem, but a manual repair to "un-brick" a drive that was never firmware updated? Sure sounds the same... Thanks in advance. Rick Glazier From: "Tim Lider" > Here's a site that explains the fix a bit. Although they go overboard. > > http://sites.google.com/site/seagatefix/Home > > Also, go to http://forum.hddguru.com/ for more hard drive info. IT is a > good site for info and tools for hard drives.
