zforgetaboutit
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As a result of applying the latest FIRMWARE, are owners so far satisfied bricking has stopped for the moment?
Witty pseudo-Mfgr name coined by me.
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Seek-Ate hard drives (Seagate)
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You mean firmware? I thought the supposed firmware fix was still faulty?
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Though I don't own the latest model Seagate drive and haven't been affected. I own a 7200.10, here's my thoughts...
Initially it put me off from buying Seagate again, but having read and understood what actually happened, I'll still buy from them in the future. Their drives are VERY quiet which I highly appreciate and as I said, I'll buy again.
Having said that though, my next drives will probably be SSDs from whoever has the best deal...
Initially it put me off from buying Seagate again, but having read and understood what actually happened, I'll still buy from them in the future. Their drives are VERY quiet which I highly appreciate and as I said, I'll buy again.
Having said that though, my next drives will probably be SSDs from whoever has the best deal...
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The latest fix has resolved everything, and if you applied the first faulty one, since the drives are recognised by the bios still, you can reflash with the 2nd one that apparently fixes things properly.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/seagate-firmware-7200-11-drives-bricking,6885.html
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Heh, thats funny, 'cuz my Seagates are louder than my WD's. I have several Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS and 'cuda 7200.10 320GB drives (5 and 7, respectively), and while some (3) of the 'cudas are as quiet as the caviars, all of my caviars are quiet compared to the cudas.
I'll go with whoever makes a better performing drive. For the past 9mo or so, I've been buying WD Caviar Black/Blue and Samsung Spinpoint F1's. Since seagate cut their warranty, they no longer have an advantage to make me choose them over the other two that I've been buying lately. Prior to the 320GB+ platters, I was buying the 'cuda.10's.
I'll go with whoever makes a better performing drive. For the past 9mo or so, I've been buying WD Caviar Black/Blue and Samsung Spinpoint F1's. Since seagate cut their warranty, they no longer have an advantage to make me choose them over the other two that I've been buying lately. Prior to the 320GB+ platters, I was buying the 'cuda.10's.
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Sorry for the off topic, how are those samsungs for noise? I considered them but read the 7200.10s were quieter.