jasonatepaint Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 I have 8 Seagate HDDs that fall under this "issue". Fortunately, they are all still working. Because of that I have NO intention on powering down the server until I get a fresh back-up of all data... so because of that, I don't have all the information you requested. I'll give you what I have so maybe it can help someone.I run all 8 drives on the 3Ware 9650SE-8LPML controller as 2 RAID-5 arrays on WinXP x64. The ST3750330AS drives were purchased/installed in March 08. The ST31000340AS drives were purchased/installed in Nov 08. All 8 drives were OEM bare drive and purchased thru ZipZoomFly.com.ARRAY 0Model ST3750330AS | Firmware SD150 3QK0****1 3QK0****2 3QK0****3 3QK0****ARRAY 1Model ST31000340AS | Firmware SD154 5QJ0****5 5QJ1****6 6QJ0****7 5QJ1****I've written Seagate, but I'm guessing I won't hear anything from them anytime soon. I prefer matching HDD in a RAID... who the hell would ever consider this to be an issue that escapes QA? Yeah, a RAID array on these drives scare the hell outta me at the moment. I chose Seagate years back for my old PATA IDE RAID mainly because they had a great price and had a 5 year warranty. That array (6 x 400gb RAID-5) is still up and running after 4+ years w/zero issue. That's why I chose Seagate when I built my new file/media server. Now I feel like I gotta tip-toe around the server until I get these drives replaced. Jason
Gradius2 Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 (edited) SD1A has been released, 1st impression:- Better reading speed (more stable)- Better writing speed (more stable)- Burst rate went from 82.4MB/sec to 89.9MB/sec (much better)- Access time from 12.4ms to 12.3ms now (no changes)No problems so far.Tested on 4 (four) ST3750330AS [750GB] (originally: SD15, now with SD1A). Edited January 22, 2009 by Gradius2
oldabelincoln Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 The current firmware download for the ST31000340AS has no firmware!Using WinISO or WInRAR shows that the firmware download, MooseDT-SD1A-3D4D-16-32MB.ISO, has 2 files - DriveDetect.exe and README.txt??
CheshireCat Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 The current firmware download for the ST31000340AS has no firmware!Using WinISO or WInRAR shows that the firmware download, MooseDT-SD1A-3D4D-16-32MB.ISO, has 2 files - DriveDetect.exe and README.txt??You were really close If you go one step further and extract the boot sector from the iso (no help from winrar here), you will get 1.42mb *.bif file that contains freedos and seagate firmware.
winicjusz Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 The current firmware download for the ST31000340AS has no firmware!Using WinISO or WInRAR shows that the firmware download, MooseDT-SD1A-3D4D-16-32MB.ISO, has 2 files - DriveDetect.exe and README.txt??You should burn it on cd (or even dvd) with some burning software as iso - it will burn as bootable cd (dvd) and then boot up from it and... follow intructions.
ili Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 (edited) 99:9QM3****:ST3500320AS:9BX154-303:SD15:08406:2008-11-20:KRATSG:2009-01-22:RETAIL:ili:Israel:(no detect in bios):Vista64:620Wno my drive is not detected to! Edited January 23, 2009 by ili
DerSnoezie Posted January 23, 2009 Author Posted January 23, 2009 99:9QM3****:ST3500320AS:9BX154-303:SD15:08406:2008-11-20:KRATSG:2009-01-22:RETAIL:ili:Israel:(no detect in bios):Vista64:620Wno my drive is not detected to!Wow, the list is still growing! Israel will be added to the map.
hasibuzi Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 I think it might be also good to share good news - my 1GB drive (ST31000340AS) which was working fine over the last days is now successfully patched to the new firmware, which was made available as of today, 2009-01-23. Lets see how long it holds;)
geff44 Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 9QM69WY2:ST3500320AS:9BX154-303:SD15:09085:KRATSG:10/09/08(D/M/Y):18/01/09(D/M/Y):OEM:geff44:France:(no bios detect):Ubuntu 8.10:480W AdvanceMy Hard drive just stopped last sunday ...Since then, i'm on a Linux liveCD, but I want my data back !I think if I haven't any good response from Seagate, that I will buy the same model, take the electronic card, backup my data, low-format, and send it to an exchange after that.
ili Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 I think if I haven't any good response from Seagate, that I will buy the same model, take the electronic card, backup my data, low-format, and send it to an exchange after that.I asked that I won't work apparentlyhttp://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...st&p=829709
cdturri Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 New firmware just released for the following drives (1.5 TB included!):ST31500341ASST31000333ASST3640323ASST3640623ASST3320613ASST3320813ASST3160813AShttp://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/self...sp?DocId=207957
ViniciusFerrao Posted January 24, 2009 Posted January 24, 2009 My drive is back simply with firmware update to SD1A!
709394hk Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 (edited) Hi, VinciusFerrao. Do u mind elaborate more on ur procedure? I have a bricked ST3500320AS-SD15 and wonder if I can somehow flash its firmware and get the data back without going through the RS232-TTL process as I am unfamiliar with this kind of work. Thx in advance!My drive is back simply with firmware update to SD1A! Here's my details:1:9QM1****:ST3500320AS:9BX154-303:SD15:08357:KRATSG:2008-xx-xx:2009-01-03:RETAIL:709394hk:HongKong:BSY(not detected by BIOS):XP Pro:XXX Edited January 26, 2009 by puntoMX
DerSnoezie Posted January 25, 2009 Author Posted January 25, 2009 Here's my details:1:9QM1****:ST3500320AS:9BX154-303:SD15:08357:KRATSG:2008-xx-xx:2009-10-3:RETAIL:709394hk:HongKong:BSY:XP Pro:XXXThanks HongKong has been marked on the map.
kornut Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 9QJ2****:ST31000340AS:9BX158-303:SD15:09097:KRATSG:2008-12-05:2009-01-13:RETAIL:kornut:Russia:(no detect in bios):XP Pro:350W
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