Seagate and Western Digital 1.5tera sata

[circles122345]

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naka order ko gahapon WD 1tb maau unta ala to problema..ala man sab problema ang seagate 1tb kay mao man sab gamit nako 1yer na..

[circles122345]

In the wake of freezing issues with Seagate's 1.5TB drives comes yet another problem with the Barracuda 7200.11 series. Failure rates of the 1TB drives in particular are abnormally high, but Seagate has not acknowledged the problem.

Now 11 pages long, the "official" problem discussion thread on the Seagate support forums is full of users reporting problems with the ST31000340AS, the 1TB Barracuda 7200.11 drive.

One user built a 6TB RAID array three months ago. In two months, one of the drives failed. A second drive failed about a month later, and a third eight days after that. Another user had four out of five of their drives fail within 12 days of purchase. Reports of failures can also be found on other forums as well. Some data recovery and RMA centers have reported failure rates of approximately 30 to 40 percent, but Seagate has not released any official information.

The issue lies with faulty microcode in firmware version SD15, found on drives manufactured in Thailand. Generally, the drive will operate normally until the time of failure and at some point will lock up and prevent detection by the BIOS, rendering it completely unusable.

While Seagate has not publicly acknowledged the problem as of yet, they have reportedly updated the firmware on all newly manufactured drives, however the firmware cannot be update on drives that have already failed because the BIOS does not even detect them. This means that owners of affected drives require data recovery services to save their critical data.

No recall on unsold drives with the affected firmware has been issued.

[m4a1]

In the wake of freezing issues with Seagate's 1.5TB drives comes yet another problem with the Barracuda 7200.11 series. Failure rates of the 1TB drives in particular are abnormally high, but Seagate has not acknowledged the problem.

Now 11 pages long, the "official" problem discussion thread on the Seagate support forums is full of users reporting problems with the ST31000340AS, the 1TB Barracuda 7200.11 drive.

One user built a 6TB RAID array three months ago. In two months, one of the drives failed. A second drive failed about a month later, and a third eight days after that. Another user had four out of five of their drives fail within 12 days of purchase. Reports of failures can also be found on other forums as well. Some data recovery and RMA centers have reported failure rates of approximately 30 to 40 percent, but Seagate has not released any official information.

The issue lies with faulty microcode in firmware version SD15, found on drives manufactured in Thailand. Generally, the drive will operate normally until the time of failure and at some point will lock up and prevent detection by the BIOS, rendering it completely unusable.

While Seagate has not publicly acknowledged the problem as of yet, they have reportedly updated the firmware on all newly manufactured drives, however the firmware cannot be update on drives that have already failed because the BIOS does not even detect them. This means that owners of affected drives require data recovery services to save their critical data.

No recall on unsold drives with the affected firmware has been issued.

paeta gud ani.. seagate rba sad tna ko hehe
unsaon pgkabalo sir if the seagate 1.5TB u hav has d updated firmware na?

[regilb]

seagate ko.. walay napusoy nkong seagate in 5 yrs..

[nirdle_phogi]

asa ta kapalit ug 1.5TB na portable harddisk kanang sata na..

[dmelsie]

for large capacity hdd id go fow western digital black edition they offer 5 years warranty sa black series nga drives nila gi check nako akoa
karon 3-14-2014 pa mo expire
tapos ubos og failure rate compared sa seagate

[circles122345]

So..

You've got the fastest 7200rpm consumer hard drive in the planet - The Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 Series of hard drives

Great!

Now the bad news.. just facts:

Some of these drives, specifically those with a specific firmware are affected

Firmware revisions affected

AD14, SD15, SD16, SD17, SD18, SD19, SD81

What does the bug do? - It puts the hard drive electronics into an endless loop (busy signal) if the conditions are right UPON STARTUP of the computer.

Does it damage your data? - No

NO - because no data is written to the hard drive platter. The drive just enters into a form of an infinite loop wherein even BIOS commands from the motherboard are overriden, basically rendering your drive inaccessible in the BIOS or in windows - Ergo as far as the users are concerned (you and me) we're in deep S^&T.

Does it affect all Seagate 7200rpm drives? - No

NO - because only the Seagate 7200rpm drives, specifically the 7200.11 models produced during the month of november 2008 are affected

What are the model numbers affected? - Just the 7200.11 series

Which capacity? - At first, Seagate announced that only the 1.5 TB drives are affected. Later on, they recanted their statement and told that ALL capacities are affected (160GB, 320GB, 500GB, 640GB, 750GB, 1TB, 1.5TB)

Which Model numbers?

ST3500320AS - 500GB 32MB cache
ST3500620AS - 500GB 16MB cache
ST3500820AS - 500GB  8MB cache
ST3640330AS - 640GB 32MB cache
ST3640530AS - 640GB 16MB cache
ST3750330AS - 750GB 32MB cache
ST3750630AS - 750GB 16MB cache
ST31000340AS -   1TB 32MB cache
ST31500341AS - 1.5TB 32MB cache
ST31000333AS -    1TB 32MB cache
ST3640323AS -  640GB 32MB cache
ST3640623AS -  640GB 16MB cache
ST3320613AS -  320GB 16MB cache
ST3320813AS -  320GB  8MB cache
ST3160813AS -  160GB  8MB cache

if your drive falls into this category:
1. you have a 7200.11 drive (all capacities)
AND
2. your firmware is listed as potentially affected
AND
3. your drive is still working

then you are very much encouraged to firmware update your hard drive