Jackie78 Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 (edited) Hello,I have read the threads about the Seagate BIOS detection bug, and it seems that there is an online check available now in order to check if your specific drive is affected. You have to enter a serial number and the onlie check tells you if your drive is affected or nor. http://support.seagate.com/sncheck.htmlIn this thread, I'd like to collect information which drives are affected, and which are not, since it is not yet clear if it is a firmware issue ir something else. Note: the Date-Code can be found on top of your drive. I will start with my ST31500341AS:Model: ST31500341ASFirmware version: CC1HDate Code: 09254Serial Number: 6VS03***Seagate-Tool says: NOT affectedJackie Edited January 18, 2009 by Jackie78
Jack_Steel Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 (edited) Model: ST3500320ASFirmware version: SD15Date Code: 08225Serial Number: 5QM00***Site Code: WUXISG (Made in China)Produced: 2007-12-05Purchased: 2008-01-21Seagate-Tool says: NOT affected Edited January 18, 2009 by Jack_Steel
petoer Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 u can enter any number or whatever gibberish , it will still say your drv is not affected. maybe the db is not online yet
Toppits Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 (edited) Model: ST3500320ASFirmware version: SD15Date Code: 09132Serial Number: 9QM7A***Site Code: KRATSG Made in ThailandSeagate-Tool says: AFFECTED ... (after typing serial in upper-case letters)....Date of purchase: November 2008 Edited January 18, 2009 by Toppits
Jackie78 Posted January 18, 2009 Author Posted January 18, 2009 u can enter any number or whatever gibberish , it will still say your drv is not affected. maybe the db is not online yetThis seems not true, many users have reported that their drive is reported as affected. So maybe the database is incomplete, but I think it is simply faulty, which frightens me, since this could mean Seagate themself don't know which drives actually might be affected.
X-FoRcE Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 (edited) Model: ST3500320ASFirmware version: SD15Serial Number: 9QM62***Site Code: KRATSG Made in ThailandSeagate-Tool says: Affected Edited January 18, 2009 by X-FoRcE
petoer Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 u can enter any number or whatever gibberish , it will still say your drv is not affected. maybe the db is not online yetThis seems not true, many users have reported that their drive is reported as affected. So maybe the database is incomplete, but I think it is simply faulty, which frightens me, since this could mean Seagate themself don't know which drives actually might be affected.using Upper-case instead of lowercase letters, it says my drive is affected. yay
Lippy Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 Model: ST31000340ASFirmware Version: SD15Date Code: 09086Serial Number: 9QJ20***Site Code: KRATSG (Made in Thailand)Status: BrickedSeagate-Tool Says: AFFECTED
Fuzzy_3D Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 Model: ST31000340ASFirmware version: SD15Date Code: 09045Serial Number: 5QJ0****Site Code: WUXISG Made in ChinaSeagate-Tool says: AFFECTED ... (after typing serial in upper-case letters)....Date of purchase: Aug 2008
CheshireCat Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 (edited) Model: ST3500320ASFirmware Version: SD15Date Code: 09075:2008-08-20Serial Number: 9QM*****Site Code: KRATSG (Made in Thailand)Status: FineSeagate-Tool Says: NOT AFFECTED Edited January 18, 2009 by CheshireCat
Toppits Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 @CheshireCatReally?SD15 + KRATSG + 2008-08-20 and your serial ist similar to mine......Did you check your serial in upper-case letters? My first check-result in lower-case letters was "not affected", too...but...
CheshireCat Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 @ToppitsYes all uppercase. I also talked to two guys at seagate chat support.One sad that it is affected for sure.. And it's better keep it on 24/7 until update is released.Second one said that it's NOT affected and it's completely safe to turn it on/off.But i asked the second guy if he could add my email to a subscription and he did that. He told me that as soon as firmware is available i will be emailed with a link.They don't know themselves what's going on... I will go later this week and buy 1TB WD to clone my data and forget about the mess.
RainCaster Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 Told me what I already know: I have a brick.
aXemeXa Posted February 10, 2009 Posted February 10, 2009 (edited) Model: ST31000340ASFirmware version: SD81Serial Number: 9QJ1****Seagate-Tool says: affectednot just affected, but already inaccessible and unrecognized by my computer for about a week now.also the drive is out of warranty, so no chance at free data recovery or replacement.is there any way of recovering this data without paying hundreds or thousands of dollars?I'll probably be getting a WD to replace this. Edited February 10, 2009 by aXemeXa
Tripredacus Posted February 11, 2009 Posted February 11, 2009 SNo Serial number Result Action1 9VS0SP4G Drive is not affected. No action required.2 9VS0Q09B Drive is not affected. No action required.3 9VS0K7M5 Drive is not affected. No action required.4 9VS0SFQ4 Drive is not affected. No action required.Sorry, don't have more info than this.
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