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SubjectFaulty seagate drives, are going to be blacklisted?
Tech sites are reporting everywhere a massive flaw in seagate drives that
can lock up the drive and make it unusable (the bios doesn't detect it, you
can't read the data). Haven't read anything about it here on the lists.
Seagate has ack'ed the problem:
http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207931

So, apparently there're a lot of drives on the market (including mine)
that can die any day. Are those drives going to be blacklisted? It's
still not clear if the firmware update is safe (some affected but
working drives are dying after the firmware update), so some people
like me is still waiting (and hoping that the drive doesn't die) for
more stable firmware updates...

Here is the list of drives+firmware affected, according to the support site
as of now. Some models are still being diagnosed.


Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 (http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207951)

Models Affected:
ST3500320AS
ST3640330AS
ST3750330AS
ST31000340AS
Firmware Affected
SD15, SD16, SD17, SD18, SD19, AD14
Recommended Firmware Update
SD1A

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11, page 2 (http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207957)
Models Affected:
ST31500341AS
ST31000333AS
ST3640323AS
ST3640623AS
ST3320613AS
ST3320813AS
ST3160813AS
Firmware Affected
Still Unknow
Recommended Firmware Update
Still Unknow


Seagate Barracuda ES.2 (http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207963)
Models Affected:
ST3250310NS
ST3500320NS
ST3750330NS
ST31000340NS
Firmware Affected
Still Unknow
Recommended Firmware Update
Still Unknow

DiamondMax 22 (http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207969)
Models Affected:
STM3500320AS
STM3750330AS
STM31000340AS
Firmware Affected
MX15 (or higher)
Recommended Firmware Update
MX1A

DiamondMax 22 (http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207975)
Models Affected:
STM31000334AS
STM3320614AS
STM3160813AS
Firmware Affected
Still Unknow
Recommended Firmware Update
Still Unknow


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