theregister.co.uk - 1/16/2009
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Barracuda failure map Countries affected by the Barracuda firmware failure. (Map from user DerSnoezie on MSFN forum.)
seagate.custkb.com - 1/18/2009
informationweek.com - 1/15/2009
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informationweek.com —
Seagate Technology is cutting thousands of jobs and
slashing executive salaries by as much as 25%, as...
the disk-drive maker grapples with the economic downturn that has hammered sales of personal computers that use the company's products. In a ...
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Seagate Cuts Jobs, Slashes Executive Salaries -- ...
theregister.co.uk - 1/19/2009
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theregister.co.uk —
After reports that its 1TB Barracuda drives are
failing at an unusually high rate, Seagate says it...
has isolated a "potential firmware issue" that would seem to be the cause of this worldwide plague. The company will provide a free firmware upgrade for ...
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Seagate isolates 'potential' Barracuda flaw • The Register
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Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 drives said to be failing at an alarming rate
Engadget —
... more, while Seagate is now said to be updating the firmware on newly manufactured drives, it's apparently not possible to update the firmware on the toasted drives, as they're not even able to be detected by the BIOS once they fail. Seagate still doesn't seem to be addressing the issue publicly, however, and as Tom's Hardware points out, they haven't yet issued a recall on unsold drives, so anyone planning on upgrading or building a new PC may want to proceed with caution. [Via The Register] ...
Los Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 tienen un error en el firmware que podría “matarlos”
Gizmología —
... Según explican a través de The Register la empresa está fabricando los discos rígidos con un nuevo sistema que soluciona el error pero los modelos con el error anterior terminarán siendo no reconocidos por el BIOS y…bueno, no podrás seguir usándolo. Lo peor de todo es que actualmente hay modelos de este HDD en la calle, por lo que si estás pensando en comprar uno, yo diría que tengas mucho cuidado o que tengas en cuenta otro producto. ...
Seagate issued fix for failed drives, offers free data recovery
SlashGear —
... the tech Report last week. That was not the end of an epic that been plaguing globally. Recent report are much critical. Drives manufactured from December 2008, which includes few members of the 7200.11, ES.2 SATA and Diamond Max 22 series storage are having a much serious data lock-up glitch, Affected disk drives become inaccessible to user when the host system is powered. A lengthy 30 plus pages of the much-heated topic is being discussed at company’s community forum ...
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