CRITICAL: Seagate Hard Drive failures (see if your hard drive is affected)

[AndyRazer]

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Yup, hulat sa ta ug newer FW update nga na prove na jud nga OK sa uban users nga mag install. Di ta mag una2x if naay bag-o FW. Monitor nalang ta sa Seagate forums.

[macoyy]

ZOMG my hard disk is on the list

[suspect]

dang apil sad ako-a ST3500320AS
oh no
made in china naka indicate
SD15 ang firmware

[Bordzz]

mga bro mangutana ko unsa man jud diay ni nga issue? so far ok pa man ako ST3500320AS. unsay diay mahitabo sa hdd ani ma guba lng og kalit? after pila ka months? kay murag ok ra man jud ang andar sa akong hdd karn ako man ni gi external.

[jiro]

mga bro mangutana ko unsa man jud diay ni nga issue? so far ok pa man ako ST3500320AS. unsay diay mahitabo sa hdd ani ma guba lng og kalit? after pila ka months? kay murag ok ra man jud ang andar sa akong hdd karn ako man ni gi external.

according to the users -
each time you boot your HDD, part of your HDD fails until such time that it becomes dead (like a brick inside your computer). It cannot be detected from bios. they say, on average - it's 3months.

according to seagate -

Welcome, Seagate hard drive owners. A number of Seagate hard drives from the following families may become inaccessible when the host system is powered on:

Barracuda 7200.11
DiamondMax 22
Barracuda ES.2 SATA

Once a drive has become affected the data becomes inaccessible to users but the data is not deleted. Seagate has isolated this issue to a firmware bug affecting drives from these families manufactured through December 2008

naa nay firmware update sa ila website
Seagate Knowledge Base
but (ngek) - *Note: This file has been temporarily taken offline as of Jan 19, 2008 8PM CST for validation.

[Visual C#]

I say let's wait for the Guinea Pigs to sort it out.

Update: new firmware released!

Seagate Knowledge Base

Any guinea pigs willing to test it out?

EDIT:

Several people have been posting their success in updating the firmware! It looks like this is the real thing.

[AndyRazer]

Thanks Visual C#.

Kita napud nako sa Seagate site. Ni report pud mga users sa Seagate forums na ok ni ang bag-o na FW.
Does the SD1A break 500GB cudas? - Internal (ATA and Serial ATA) drives - Seagate Community Forums

Download ko ni unya, pero gaka kuyawan pa man japun kog update. Hopefully naay mo try diri sa istorya. hehehe.

[Visual C#]

I just installed the new firmware: so far, it's been a success. My drive was never bricked or disabled in the first place though.

Just a reminder: make sure to disconnect any other SATA devices from the motherboard when doing the FW update. Be ABSOLUTELY sure that you are using the correct FW for the correct drive.

So to everyone who hasn't flashed it yet, do it now.

[AndyRazer]

Thank you for the update. So the new working FW is still SD1A?

Will update tonight ang post feedback. My HD was never bricked also.

[Visual C#]

Yes, it shows as SD1A, but apparently, its the new and improved (gasp, I sound like an advert) SD1A.

So it looks like I won't be buying a Western Digital for now. Only time will tell.