[ale] Seagate 500GB Sata-CRASH!

[Paul Cartwright]

On Fri January 16 2009, Jay Finch wrote:
> Based upon what I was reading in the article I referenced, it appears that
> this was a Seagate BIOS issue that has been corrected with a BIOS update,
> but Seagate didn't notify non-proactive customers.  IE: If you didn't
> experience the problem or weren't monitoring their forums, you wouldn't
> know about it until it was too late.

I didn't know you could update the BIOS of a HD..
>
> Either way, that really is a sucky situation to be in, Paul. :(  I just
> hope that Seagate can help you.  (Did you check out any of the links in
> the article I sent?)
I read it, but I'd already seen it, I guess I thought it was over...
I did put in a case for Seagate, and I've updated it now twice with more info, 
including that Date Code..



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