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Seagate Knowledge Base
seagate.custkb.com - 1/22/2009
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Firmware Recommendations for Barracuda 7200.11, ES.2 SATA, and DiamondMax 22 Drives [207931] Subscribe Back Table Of Contents FAQ FAQ How do you rate this document? Poor 1 2 3 4 5 Outstanding
Seagate Knowledge Base
seagate.custkb.com - 1/17/2009
Seagate Knowledge Base
— seagate.custkb.com — Firmware Recommendations for Seagate Drives [207931] Subscribe Back Table Of Contents FAQ FAQ Also Viewed Does my... drive need a firmware update? [206091] Barracuda 7200.11 SATA models with firmware SD04 or SD14 [203791] Where can I get a driver for ... (more) Seagate Knowledge Base

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Seagate customers swamped by Barracuda drive failures • The Register
theregister.co.uk - 1/16/2009
Seagate customers swamped by Barracuda drive failures • The Register
— theregister.co.uk — Barracuda failure map Countries affected by the Barracuda firmware failure. (Map from user DerSnoezie on MSFN forum.)... (more) Seagate customers swamped by Barracuda drive failures • ...

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Seagate isolates 'potential' Barracuda flaw • The Register
theregister.co.uk - 1/19/2009
Seagate isolates 'potential' Barracuda flaw • The Register
— theregister.co.uk — After reports that its 1TB Barracuda drives are failing at an unusually high rate, Seagate says it... has isolated a "potential firmware issue" that would seem to be the cause of this worldwide plague. The company will provide a free firmware upgrade for ... (more) Seagate isolates 'potential' Barracuda flaw • The Register

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Try, try again: Seagate issues a second fix for 7200.11 hard drives
Betanews — ... of our commitment to customer satisfaction, Seagate is offering a free firmware upgrade to proactively address those with potentially affected products," Hall stated. "This new firmware upgrade corrects compatibility issues that occurred with the firmware download provided on our support Web site on Jan. 16. We regret any inconvenience that the firmware issues have caused our customers." To determine whether your Barracuda drive is one of those requiring the new firmware upgrade, head to this company KnowledgeBase page . Hall reiterated the company's belief that inaccessible ...

Seagate Posts Hard Drive Fix
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... to stop working. The latest patch corrects compatibility problems the original fix had with some Barracuda 7200.11 hard drives. The first firmware upgrade was released Jan. 16. "We regret any inconvenience that the firmware issues have caused our customers," the company said in an e-mailed statement. Customers last week flooded Seagate's ...

Latest Seagate firmware hopefully puts an end to Barracuda failures
Obsessable News Feed — ... . For those of you who haven't been following, there were some Seagate drives that were inexplicably dying, so the company rushed out a firmware fix that should have solved the problem for any drive that wasn't yet dead. Except, that "fix" ended up breaking even more drives, exacerbating the problem. Finally, the company has fixed its fix and issued new firmware, hopefully putting this issue to bed once and for all. ...

Take two of the Seagate saga
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... hassle. These instructions are for a Mac Pro, which are the Macs most likely to have added internal drives. If you are brave, and only if you are brave, read on for the steps... Continue reading Take two of the Seagate saga TUAWTake two of the Seagate saga originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments ...

Seagate offers drive firmware fix for Macs
The Apple Core — ... . Still, it will take some digging and the final solution is far from Mac-elegant. The Seagate Knowledge Base document is titled Firmware-Empfehlungen für die Festplatten Barracuda 7200.11, ES.2 SATA und DiamondMax 22 [207931] . Owners can see the full model number and serial number of connected ATA drives by clicking on Serial-ATA in the Hardware menu of the System Profile utility. However, it won’t give you the firmware version (unlike SCSI drives, for those readers old enough to have used them). Seagate says to check the drive in its online model number tool and serial ...

Seagate continues to communicate bad news
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... new one was sent in for exchange. Worse, there are some scattered reports that the replacement drive still had the bad firmware! Way to go, Seagate: if your Mac-owning user base didn't feel completely screwed over before this, we all probably feel that way now. TUAWSeagate continues to communicate bad news originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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