Seagate Barracuda 1TB Drives Biting The Dust - Page 3

**fasedww** · 01-20-09, 03:22 PM

Well went to segate site downloaded a ISO file with the firmware update utility on it, a guy names Simkin uploaded it, Worked great for me Whew, no more worrys now.

Koko56 · 01-20-09, 05:40 PM

I see SG as one of the most reliable HD makers, somehow - maybe the 5yr warranty, 3 yr warranty now, and a few words around the net seem to suggest that too...

This thing ain't nice though...

**nekrosoft13** · 01-21-09, 12:23 PM

UPDATE

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If it were not for bad luck, we would have no luck at all. We decided to follow Seagate's instructions and updated several of our other Barracuda 7200.11 drives today that were identified to have suspect firmware with the revised SD1A firmware. Our ST3500320AS (500GB) and ST3640330AS (640GB) drives are bricked now. It appears this is a widespread problem, once again, and Seagate has pulled this firmware. We do not have a response from Seagate yet, but how in world they let this one get by qualification testing is beyond us. At this time, do not flash your drives if you have the SD1A firmware.

http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=540

Madpistol · 01-21-09, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by nekrosoft13

UPDATE

http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=540

Ouch, Segate.... Ouch.

**fasedww** · 01-21-09, 03:23 PM

It works for the Seagate model # 9BX158-303, ST3100034AS, firmware SD15, Thats what I had now I got SD1A after the flash, So I'm good, I did alot of reading and downloaded the update utility that the guy name simkin did on his exact same hardrive and model, and firmware

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01-21-09, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarthBeavis

I have four 1.5 T HDDS. Three have SD1A and one has SD17. I also have two 1 T drive but they are WD so hopefully the Lord (Obama) smiles upon them

Oh teh noes! Not teh mannequin!

**nekrosoft13** · 01-21-09, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarthBeavis

I have four 1.5 T HDDS. Three have SD1A and one has SD17. I also have two 1 T drive but they are WD so hopefully the Lord (Obama) smiles upon them

those firmwares suffer from two bugs, the original bug that was killing 1.5TB drives and the new current bug

nemecb · 01-22-09, 12:54 PM

Apparently the original bug happened when some internal log had exactly 320 entries in it and tried to initialize the drive. So if your drives are working, don't reboot until Seagate has a fix available. (from here - /. so take with a grain of salt)

Note to self: In the future use mixed brands for RAID arrays...

**fasedww** · 01-22-09, 01:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nemecb

Apparently the original bug happened when some internal log had exactly 320 entries in it and tried to initialize the drive. So if your drives are working, don't reboot until Seagate has a fix available. (from here - /. so take with a grain of salt)

Note to self: In the future use mixed brands for RAID arrays...

They have all the new firmware updates on segate now'.

http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/cr...p?DocId=207951

Bman212121 · 03-24-09, 06:22 PM

So I finally got around to looking at the serial numbers on my drives. They are not listed as being affected by this issue. I need to figure out how to tell what firmware is on them, but chances are it is a fairly old firmware as they were bought shortly after they came out.

Glad I don't have to try to flash them and possibly brick the drive, but I'm still going to work on getting all of my data backed up again.

**nekrosoft13** · 03-24-09, 06:25 PM

firmware version is on the label, or get CrystalDiskInfo it is SMART app that supports nforce, it will read all info about the HDD.

Bman212121 · 03-24-09, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nekrosoft13

firmware version is on the label, or get CrystalDiskInfo it is SMART app that supports nforce, it will read all info about the HDD.

Yea, I just pulled the drives out of the pc, and naturally, it is listed as SD15.

So according to the serial it's not affected, but according to the firmware it is.

EDIT: Hmm reading your original post it said the drives from Thailand were the ones affected. I know that mine were both from Singapore. Maybe that's why the serial number shows that it is unaffected.

01-20-09, 03:22 PM	#25
fasedww Pc Gamer Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,575	Re: Seagate Barracuda 1TB Drives Biting The Dust Well went to segate site downloaded a ISO file with the firmware update utility on it, a guy names Simkin uploaded it, Worked great for me Whew, no more worrys now. __________________ Asus X79 rampage extreme 4, i7 3930K, 47X100, 4.70 GHZ, ,16 gigs, corsair, 1600mhz, 2 Evga GTX Titans SLI, gtx 470 phyisics, Prolimatech Genesis, 2 140mm fan heastsink, Lian Li PC 80 ArmorSuit case, PCPC 1200 watt, window side panel with 120mm blowhole, SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium HD , Asus Blueray sata dvdrw,SSD 256GB Plextor Pro,SSD Patriot Pyro 240gig,SSD Agility 4 256 , 1 300 gig raptor, 1 600 gig raptor, segate 1 gig ,Total Airhead amp, Denon AH-D2000 headphones, Dell Ultra3011, Acer HN274H 120 Hz Lcd, , Win 7 HomePrem. Rig #2 i7 3930k 4.7GHZ. 16 gig corsair Platinum 2400MHZ, Asus P9X79 DELUXE, 2 7970's Watercooled, Koolance blocks, on 1080 nova rad. 9 fan. 655 swiftech. Cpu heatkiller block, coolgate 240mm rad, 2 fan sycthe 108cfm 655 pump,OCZ 256Gb Vertex 4 ssd, C300 256Gb ssd, Patriot pyro 240Gb ssd, 2 wd 640gig Hd, Lian Li 343 modular case. Asus BD drive, Corsair AX1200 watt, X-FI Titanium HD on Fiio , Shure SRH840 Head phones, Dell Ultra3011, Razer Black Widow Ult. BF3 Edition keyboard, Corsair Vengence M60 Mouse, 3dmark 11 17,383, win 7 homePrem.

01-20-09, 05:40 PM	#26
Koko56 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,970	Re: Seagate Barracuda 1TB Drives Biting The Dust I see SG as one of the most reliable HD makers, somehow - maybe the 5yr warranty, 3 yr warranty now, and a few words around the net seem to suggest that too... This thing ain't nice though... __________________ I want a rig that can play Crysis the way I can play Far Cry now.

01-21-09, 03:23 PM	#29
fasedww Pc Gamer Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,575	Re: Seagate Barracuda 1TB Drives Biting The Dust It works for the Seagate model # 9BX158-303, ST3100034AS, firmware SD15, Thats what I had now I got SD1A after the flash, So I'm good, I did alot of reading and downloaded the update utility that the guy name simkin did on his exact same hardrive and model, and firmware. __________________ Asus X79 rampage extreme 4, i7 3930K, 47X100, 4.70 GHZ, ,16 gigs, corsair, 1600mhz, 2 Evga GTX Titans SLI, gtx 470 phyisics, Prolimatech Genesis, 2 140mm fan heastsink, Lian Li PC 80 ArmorSuit case, PCPC 1200 watt, window side panel with 120mm blowhole, SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium HD , Asus Blueray sata dvdrw,SSD 256GB Plextor Pro,SSD Patriot Pyro 240gig,SSD Agility 4 256 , 1 300 gig raptor, 1 600 gig raptor, segate 1 gig ,Total Airhead amp, Denon AH-D2000 headphones, Dell Ultra3011, Acer HN274H 120 Hz Lcd, , Win 7 HomePrem. Rig #2 i7 3930k 4.7GHZ. 16 gig corsair Platinum 2400MHZ, Asus P9X79 DELUXE, 2 7970's Watercooled, Koolance blocks, on 1080 nova rad. 9 fan. 655 swiftech. Cpu heatkiller block, coolgate 240mm rad, 2 fan sycthe 108cfm 655 pump,OCZ 256Gb Vertex 4 ssd, C300 256Gb ssd, Patriot pyro 240Gb ssd, 2 wd 640gig Hd, Lian Li 343 modular case. Asus BD drive, Corsair AX1200 watt, X-FI Titanium HD on Fiio , Shure SRH840 Head phones, Dell Ultra3011, Razer Black Widow Ult. BF3 Edition keyboard, Corsair Vengence M60 Mouse, 3dmark 11 17,383, win 7 homePrem.

01-22-09, 12:54 PM	#32
nemecb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Rochester, MN Posts: 4,018	Re: Seagate Barracuda 1TB Drives Biting The Dust Apparently the original bug happened when some internal log had exactly 320 entries in it and tried to initialize the drive. So if your drives are working, don't reboot until Seagate has a fix available. (from here - /. so take with a grain of salt) Note to self: In the future use mixed brands for RAID arrays...

03-24-09, 06:22 PM	#34
Bman212121 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,726	Re: Seagate Barracuda 1TB Drives Biting The Dust So I finally got around to looking at the serial numbers on my drives. They are not listed as being affected by this issue. I need to figure out how to tell what firmware is on them, but chances are it is a fairly old firmware as they were bought shortly after they came out. Glad I don't have to try to flash them and possibly brick the drive, but I'm still going to work on getting all of my data backed up again.

03-24-09, 06:25 PM	#35
nekrosoft13 I'm Geralt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland, once a year in Poland Posts: 24,364	Re: Seagate Barracuda 1TB Drives Biting The Dust firmware version is on the label, or get CrystalDiskInfo it is SMART app that supports nforce, it will read all info about the HDD. __________________ Windows 8 the next big failure, right after Windows ME

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