Seagate 7200.11 issues still around?

[alizee]

I'm currently looking at some hared drives, which I kind of need soon. I would like to get the WD 2TB, but they're not available for a month or two, from what I've seen. So, what I'm looking at are some of the Seagate 1.5TB drives (of which, I could get two for the same price as the 2TB...). But, I remember reading a couple weeks ago about some firmware issues which were causing the drives to fail. Has this been fixed?

I'm not too worried about data loss because I keep good backups, but I don't want a drive that will fail within a couple weeks or months.

Also, if one would recommend against the Seagates, which 1TB drive would you recommend? I have a WD Green in my media center, and it's been fine in that role, but are they fast enough for a system drive?

Thanks.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1080005
http://www.channelregister.co....fix_breaks_barracudas/

 

[LittleNemoNES]

The newest ones supposedly are 100% fixed. I forget the exact firmware but it is all letters, IIRC.
SD17 or SD35 (?) are the trouble makers.

BTW, I sent in a crapped SD17 HDD and they 'repaired' it >_>
Next time I'll do business with WD since they replace it instead.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: gersson
The newest ones supposedly are 100% fixed. I forget the exact firmware but it is all letters, IIRC.
SD17 or SD35 (?) are the trouble makers.

BTW, I sent in a crapped SD17 HDD and they 'repaired' it >_>
Next time I'll do business with WD since they replace it instead.

If you do advanced RMA you get a replacement first.

 

[alizee]

Originally posted by: gersson
The newest ones supposedly are 100% fixed. I forget the exact firmware but it is all letters, IIRC.
SD17 or SD35 (?) are the trouble makers.

BTW, I sent in a crapped SD17 HDD and they 'repaired' it >_>
Next time I'll do business with WD since they replace it instead.

Awesome, that tells me what I need to know. Now the only thing that bothers me is the reduction of the warranty from 5 to 3 years (that was the reason I've purchased and recommended Seagate). Now I like WD for the same reason, I just want massive storage and I want it now! (40 seconds? But I want it now!) Also, those 2TB drives are wicked expensive.

 

[techmanc]

"Also, those 2TB drives are wicked expensive."

That Computers 101 - All computer parts keep coming out with incremental upgrades to charge top dollar for.

 

[alizee]

Originally posted by: techmanc
"Also, those 2TB drives are wicked expensive."

That Computers 101 - All computer parts keep coming out with incremental upgrades to charge top dollar for.

That still doesn't make me like them charging top dollar. :frown:

 

[adairusmc]

I have one of the newest 1.5TB seagate drives, and it runs great.