That is why they retracted the original release of the firmware, I've been following this disaster all week long :P Apparently the *first* fix wasn't QA'd well and it would hose the 500gb drives or some such... So they retracted the firmware like, in less then 24 hours, then it took them till yesterday to finally release something that they *hope* wont brick any further.
Overall, I think I have lost total faith in the brand, especially seeing as we tend to buy whatever is cheap at the time when we need something, and sometimes that happens to be WD, and they have been rock solid. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 -----Original Message----- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 1:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Seagate 7200.11 firmware finally released. Careful, sometimes that firmware update does as much damage as not having it... http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=14011 Bob Fronk wrote: > Interesting.. This may explain a few recent drive failures on > relatively new equipment. -- Phil Brutsche [email protected] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -- If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpam&Id=ODEzNjQ6ODM1MDYyMzA0On BqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
