Seagate's 1.5TB Barracuda firmware update

[Buddy J]

Seagate's 1.5TB Barracuda drives experienced random freezing when they first came out, but a firmware update supposedly fixed the issue. Was performance affected (http://techreport.com/articles.x/16221)?<br /><br />Original Post (http://icrontic.com/ticker/seagates-15tb-barracuda-firmware-update)

[Cardinal Fang]

INQ article (http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/374/1050374/seagate-barracudas-7200-11-failing) - Make sure to read the comments.

1-star reviews at Newegg (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=22-148-337&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&SelectedRating=1&PurchaseMark=&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&Page=1&Keywords=) (24%!)

[shwaip]

link b0rked, BuddyJ

also, i guess it's time to make sure all the stuff on my new 1.5 tb drive is backed up :/

[shwaip]

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=storage&articleId=9126360&taxonomyId=19&intsrc=kc_top

[QCH]

Guess what I just did....

I just manually fixed a BRICKED Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 drive by resetting the drive via Terminal. Yep... an OEM drive not under warranty that would cost at least a few hundred to recover the data off of... hacked and fixed. Flashed the Firmware to the "fixed" version and all the data is right where it was before.