davidst Posted November 27, 2008 Posted November 27, 2008 What a monster! I am thinking of buying one of these Newegg $119.00 Anyone that has one of these having any problems? bosco are you still happy? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822148337 looks like Seagate Forum is busy, and there is new firmware out http://hothardware.com/News/Seagate-Releas...rracuda-FW-Fix/ http://forums.seagate.com/stx/board?board.id=ata_drives Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted November 27, 2008 Posted November 27, 2008 Yup still happy. No issues for me they have been working just fine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccokeman Posted November 27, 2008 Posted November 27, 2008 Mine has been fine so far. the issues are limited to specific serial number OEM drive from what I have read. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeseMan42 Posted November 28, 2008 Posted November 28, 2008 I bought one of those last night. I was running low on storage and this deal was too good to pass up in my eyes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nVidia_Freak Posted November 28, 2008 Posted November 28, 2008 Mine's doing good too. Love it and couldn't ask for more; definitely a great and recommended drive. You made a good choice, you'll enjoy all 1360GB of storage . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidst Posted November 28, 2008 Posted November 28, 2008 I guess I will take my chance, I am sure that one is OEM at that price. Ok bought it I saw tiger Direct had it too for 122 but ran out so clickdey click at Newegg! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nVidia_Freak Posted November 28, 2008 Posted November 28, 2008 Good, it's cheaper at the Egg. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted November 29, 2008 Posted November 29, 2008 There's an article over at The Tech Report that lists the drive part number and the specific firmware versions that are exhibiting the problems. Apparently, the issue with the drives is just an annoyance unless the drive is part of a RAID array and the delay is causing RAID controllers to mark the drive as failed and the array starts rebuilding. If the same issue happens with multiple drives it can cause you to lose the whole array. If you're running just a single drive then it shouldn't cause any problems. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidst Posted November 29, 2008 Posted November 29, 2008 Yea it will be just a single to replace my 160 and 200. I always buy from Newegg unless someone has a lot better deal. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
n4mr3h Posted December 10, 2008 Posted December 10, 2008 There's an article over at The Tech Report that lists the drive part number and the specific firmware versions that are exhibiting the problems. Apparently, the issue with the drives is just an annoyance unless the drive is part of a RAID array and the delay is causing RAID controllers to mark the drive as failed and the array starts rebuilding. If the same issue happens with multiple drives it can cause you to lose the whole array. If you're running just a single drive then it shouldn't cause any problems. So it was suggested to use in multiple drives system? Should wait for next firmware? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeseMan42 Posted December 10, 2008 Posted December 10, 2008 So it was suggested to use in multiple drives system? Should wait for next firmware? The next firmware is already out and fixes the problems. The problems were most noticeable when running the drives in a RAID array. When the drive froze the RAID array would think the drive died and begin rebuilding the array. If two drives did this, the array would most likely be lost. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted December 10, 2008 Posted December 10, 2008 I bought one and even when streaming from it for hours on end it never hiccups. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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