I've had one fail. I haven't had a problem with any of the others, though if you're saying they RMA them all, maybe I will... or at least look at flashing them with the correct firmware.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Robert West" <robert.w...@just-micro.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 8:15 AM To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: [WISPA] Seagate 7200.11 Hard Drives > FYI. > > > > If anyone is using Seagate 7200.11 SATA hard drives (500gb to the > terabyte) > and have been experiencing random blue screens or lockups, they have been > having firmware problems for awhile on these drives and you should backup > your data and send them back to Seagate via RMA. The 7200.11 can be > usually found on the top left hand corner. > > > > I've found that even in a raid, they can fail pretty much at the same time > and thus thwarting the protection of the raid. > > > > I've talked to one other WISPA member who had this problem (As well as my > own experience with them - 5 sent back already on my own) and thought > others may want to look to see what's in their servers. They were flashed > with the wrong firmware and experience a countdown of sorts then > eventually > fail. Again, if in a raid, they will essentially fail at the same time if > installed at the same time. > > > > I have went as far as RMAing one that showed no issues and they replaced > that one as well with no questions. > > > > Robert West > > Just Micro Digital Services Inc. > > 740-335-7020 > > > > Logo5 > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
