Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
I got the firmware update (the one that everyone is getting) from seagate and it would not update my hardware as my drive reports itself as a 343 rather than a 341 model. Another call to seagate (very long - about 50 minutes) and talked with the L2 lead.
Here's what they said:
1. Even if...
On my Seagate 1.5tB there is firmware SD35. I use the drive with a Eagle Tech w-series USB enclosure (Eagle Tech has two usb enclosures that can handle 1.5tB). When connected to a Linkstation NAS, and it is being accessed constantly (copying 200G back and forth between drives) there is no...