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more about #barracuda frigg: That's what happens when you name your hard drive after a fish that's known to cannibalize its own spawn. more » scarbrtj: I went through all kinds of annoying hell to update the firmware to SD1A on 4 1.5 TB drives. Only now to hear that SD1A sucked too. I just sent the ha... more » okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): The firmware I got from Newegg 1.5TB page did wonders for the 3-5 minute freezing problem I was having under Vista. I forget which firmware that was b... more » TechFanErik: I have no idea what a Barracuda 7200.11 is, but this sounds bad =/ more » jayhawk11 owns property now!!!: "Backups, if they were stored on the same drive that was flashed, also became unavailable." Doesn't backing up a drive....on that drive....sort of def... more » Invisiblemoose: How is it even possible for this to happen? How can there be so incredibly little QA?? And for a firmware to be so catastrophic??? I think I'm going t... more » Torley: The earlier problem with the 1.5 TB drives was exacerbated by the fact that Seagate did NOT provide a convenient download link for the firmware update... more » frigg: Nice fish. Although if it's not entirely dead, it could bite that guy's hand off. That's why they often stab them in the brain when they catch them. more » outsdr: Have there been any reports of drives failing AFTER the firmware update? I've updated the firmware on mine, but I'm afraid to trust it. I think I'm go... more » Project_J187: Wow that sucks. Getting my new MOBO tomorrow so I can finish the new setup with 2 1tb Seagate barracudas (32MB cache) in raid 0 and I was really exci... more » Ryanraven: Glad i have a WD hard drive...... *checks case just to be sure* more » discounteggroll: Seagate Barracuda is the new Hitachi Deskstar had to be said. sorry seagate, you served me well thus far more » strider_mt2k: I sure hope the 1.5 TB drives aren't affected. :o more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Based on that image I smell more than a class action lawsuit... more » Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Heh, and here I can remember a day when Seagate released an entire batch of SCSI drives with bad spindles. You could reliably predict their failure t... more » scarbrtj: I bought *8* Seagate 7200.11 1.5 TB models recently to attach to an Adaptec RAID card. After much huffing, puffing, blowing the house down, and firmwa... more » admoseremic: "Let's face it, we're not changing the world. We're building a product that helps people buy more crap - and watch porn." -Seagate CEO [money.cnn.com] more » lodleader: first time i have ever said this... FAIL SEAGATE! more » Log1c: Shit. I just got a Seagate 7200.11 1TB model for xmas. Thing makes some seriously uncool sounding clicking noises. more » -
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Seagate Firmware Fix Turned Barracudas into Paperweights
Seagate's SD1A firmware update, meant to fix problems with its Barracuda 7200.11 models, only managed to make things worse—bricking the drives of those who bothered to install it. They've pulled the update pending validation. More » -
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Seagate Reverses Course, Offers Free Data Recovery for Borked Barracuda Hard Drives
Seagate's tone has softened since sites started reporting on the plague striking down its Barracuda 7200.11 hard drives. They're not deleting threads anymore and are offering free data recovery services. More » -
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1TB Seagate Barracudas Collapsing A Gogo, Users Say
It looks like the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 hard drive series is having serious problems Zune style, with a large number of them failing like crazy, specially the 1TB model. The problem seems to be firmware-based. More »
