A warning to all seagate hard drives users and buyers

[topgear]

Hey, congrats mate. BTW why didn't you get the 640GB model ?

Is this that drive :
*www.westerndigital.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=338

It comes with 16MB buffer and is meant for :

Environmentally friendly PCs and external storage requiring lower power consumption and cool, quiet operation.

So it's running cool n quiet

 

[tkin]

Hey, congrats mate. BTW why didn't you get the 640GB model ?

Is this that drive :
*www.westerndigital.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=338

It comes with 16MB buffer and is meant for :


So it's running cool n quiet

Yeah, its performing better than expected, really quiet, I can't even hear the sound from one feet away with open case, no vibrations at all, good access, O.K so far

BTW- I was lucky to get this one, only one shop in entire Chandni-Chowk got me one, seems most shops aren't even interested

Shop is;

Velocity Compu System
25B, C.R Avenue
Kol-700 072
Ph-2212-9564/9410

 

[The Sorcerer]

^^ Technically, its performing what the drive should. But the seagate drives subconsciously brought down the expectations down the drain because of sub standard ones circulating.
Sorry for bringing this bit late since I am helping other Indian tech forums. Digit will require as much as time I invested in chip forums to make people aware about hardware since many people are giving absolutely wrong advice. In Indian tech forums, quantity posts seem to over power quality posts. I request users not to blindly take an advice for granted and make efforts to google about a review. Most really good reputed reviewers for the time being are johny guru and hardware secrets. User reviews are not always right since not many users test their new hardware entirely.
I request the ethical advisors that are in digit to help people out and make the forum content stand out in quality. We have been there when we were taken for a ride so its necessary to give quality advice. As for people who are giving vague aside- beware.

 

[tkin]

^^ Technically, its performing what the drive should. But the seagate drives subconsciously brought down the expectations down the drain because of sub standard ones circulating.
Sorry for bringing this bit late since I am helping other Indian tech forums. Digit will require as much as time I invested in chip forums to make people aware about hardware since many people are giving absolutely wrong advice. In Indian tech forums, quantity posts seem to over power quality posts. I request users not to blindly take an advice for granted and make efforts to google about a review. Most really good reputed reviewers for the time being are johny guru and hardware secrets. User reviews are not always right since not many users test their new hardware entirely.
I request the ethical advisors that are in digit to help people out and make the forum content stand out in quality. We have been there when we were taken for a ride so its necessary to give quality advice. As for people who are giving vague aside- beware.

^^What are you actually trying to say?

Anyway first of all I would like to give you a small tip, although I only hang around the Digit forum and have limited knowledge,

STOP POSTING LONG POST IN PARAGRAPH FORM, NO ONE CARES TO READ THEM.
Please use appropriate paragraphs, and numbering if necessary, make your point clear with as little words as possible.

Rule no 1 with forums-Write less read more.

About the drive, actually I did some background on the drive and Its performing better than the internet reviews said, may be due to small size(all reviews on th net are of the 1 TB model).

Seagate always made quality drives, they are no 1. for some reason right, but they really screwed up this time, most affected users won't get a Seagate drive(or will not use it as boot disk) for a long time, I may give Seagate another chance in future but not till I pass out and get a job.

 

[The Sorcerer]

^^ Why you flaming me? Only the first comment was for you. The other comment is for in general. Besides, just because you dont read, doesnt mean someone is not reading.

 

[tkin]

^^ Why you flaming me? Only the first comment was for you. The other comment is for in general. Besides, just because you dont read, doesnt mean someone is not reading.

I'm sorry to have offended you, wasn't my intention, I've never flamed anyone in my life, it was just a fair warning, if you post those long paras someone else will flame you, really hard this time, I've seen this happen previously.

It would be better if you wrote posts to the point,(like the above quoted one).

Cheers to life and peace

BTW- May be I was a bit stressed out, sorry.

 

[The Sorcerer]

^^ No re. I was actually confused than being offended . That's how I am- most of the times. All cool . We are all in the same team (Teh red team heh heh )

 

[topgear]

Yeah, its performing better than expected, really quiet, I can't even hear the sound from one feet away with open case, no vibrations at all, good access, O.K so far

BTW- I was lucky to get this one, only one shop in entire Chandni-Chowk got me one, seems most shops aren't even interested

Shop is;

Velocity Compu System
25B, C.R Avenue
Kol-700 072
Ph-2212-9564/9410

Hey thanks buddy for the info.

 

[nishantv2003]

guys seagate has recently launched Barracuda 7200.12 Desktop Hard Drives...
wht u guys say.. is this drive going 2 hav same prob as the 7200.11 drives???

im also having the same prob as mentioned.. i hv 250gb 7200.11 drive n im just not shutting my pc off...

i hav 2 buy 500gb.. just went thru reviews.. ppl suggest WD RE3... me going mad..
wht 2 do.. buy a 500gb internal hdd or a 250gb external hdd(still confuse wht 2 buy seagate or wd).

guys plz help yaar......

edit: check this out :- *www.xcpus.com/GetDoc.aspx?doc=123&page=1

 

[The Sorcerer]

Just buy the green version of 500GB from western digital. Seeing that you have a 250GB, its pretty obvious this will be a secondary drive.

 

[nishantv2003]

thanx 4 ur reply yaar.. but im in the mood of selling my current one(250gb barracuda 7200.11), bcoz its not reliable(i think bcoz, its giving me that prob, pc starts nothing on the screen, i remove hdd n start pc, pc starts showing my xfx logo, again plug in hdd and never shut down the pc)

 

[hell_storm2006]

I have a Seagate 500 GB Hard Disk. ST3500320AS. Do i have to go for a firmware update!!! I have it for the past 6 months now. Till now no problems!!! If I do go for a firmware update then what are the steps to do it and what are precaution that I should take????

 

[tkin]

I have a Seagate 500 GB Hard Disk. ST3500320AS. Do i have to go for a firmware update!!! I have it for the past 6 months now. Till now no problems!!! If I do go for a firmware update then what are the steps to do it and what are precaution that I should take????

Yes, you need it, once your HDD usage goes beyond a certain value(for me 400 hrs) it will lock up, and then data will be lost forever.

Go to this link and follow steps very carefully- *seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207951

REMEMBER TO BACK-UP ALL IMPORTANT DATA BEFORE UPDATING(should it fail).

Steps in short;
1.Download ISO image.
2.Burn it to a disc.
3.Shut down PC and disconnect all HDDs except the seagate(ST3500320AS).
4.Boot from the disc.
5.Follow instructions when the Firmware update software runs.
6.Wait patiently and DO NOT TOUCH PC OR DISCONNECT POWER.
7.When update is done it will either restart or will show you to Recycle Power(then you need to manually restart pc).
8.Boot into windows and download and install this software- *www.hdtune.com/ (the free version will do).
9.Run HDTune and click drive info button to check Firmware, should show SD1A.

P.S-You need to disable AHCI mode for SATA in bios if it is enabled(change it to IDE).

I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY IF YOU MESS THIS UP, I DID IT AND IT WORKED FOR ME(also for some other members), you may seek the help of a Professional if you're not sure.

 

[topgear]

I've updated my 500GBs firmware with Seagate 80GB Sata connected.

 

[tkin]

I've updated my 500GBs firmware with Seagate 80GB Sata connected.

I did it too, but its not recommended as Seagate's first firmware(that corrupt the drives), returned errors with multiple drives, why take unnecessary risks.

 

[eureca_eureca]

I believe WD is the way to go. 5 years on site warranty ought to be enough for anybody. And they have the raptors

And why am i suffering ? Every time my 320 Gb hdd fail i return it and again i get it back in this repeated precess i ve lost more than a year time

Right now i am waiting for my hdd to reach Wd , professional courier sucks too

 

[The Sorcerer]

^^ You pmed me recently about the psu. As you said you are using the frontech currently. Dont expect any devices to run properly on a sub standard psu.

 

[blueshift]

Seriously, my Seagate HDD is already making some noise when accessing.. Is that a problem?

 

[The Sorcerer]

^^ There's no harm keeping a backup if possible. If you can afford to change the hard drive, please do so. Once or if the seagate goes bad- you can always rma it and use it at a last resort or use it to keep non important data.

 

[tkin]

Seriously, my Seagate HDD is already making some noise when accessing.. Is that a problem?

No, its normal, the Seagate drives have the best build quality ever, the sound is normal, but Firmware problem sucks, otherwise the 7200.11 are excellent drives.