2009.01 - Seagate Owners Please Read - .11/ES2 Firmware Discussion

[FlashKit]

Same here, no issue with DS-508 and 5 Seagate ST31000340AS (from SD15 to SD1A). No data lost.

[local.bin]

Not sure what I am missing here.

Trying to update 4 x ST31000340AS and the bios see's the drive, but when the utility scans for disks it is not found

Tried SIl 3112 and 3114 controllers

[Zouk !]

Trying to update 4 x ST31000340AS and the bios see's the drive, but when the utility scans for disks it is not found

Very strange, maybe a stupid question but are you sure you get correct ISO file from Seagate site ? (ST31000340AS support is explicitly written when you boot from ISO ?)
What is your motherboard reference ?

[cbarbara]

does anyone have the ISO for the ST31000340NS that i can download?
I emailed support 3 days ago and they still have not gotten back to me with the files.

[Willem52]

Did a preventive firmware update on my 500GB Seagate ST3500320AS harddisk in my PC.
I used the recommended iso file from Seagate and updated from SD15 to SD1A: OK!

The PC has a NVidia NForce4 board with AMD Athlon X2 4200+ CPU: No problems.

[Zouk !]

 
-- Update Available for ST31500341AS / ST31000333AS / ST3640323AS / ST3640623AS / ST3320613AS / ST3320813AS / ST3160813AS --

Please check message #2


 

[local.bin]

Trying to update 4 x ST31000340AS and the bios see's the drive, but when the utility scans for disks it is not found

Very strange, maybe a stupid question but are you sure you get correct ISO file from Seagate site ? (ST31000340AS support is explicitly written when you boot from ISO ?)
What is your motherboard reference ?

File MooseDT-SD1A-3D4D-16-32MB.iso is what I am using on a dual opteron rig.

Seems like I am not alone as many people are having the same problem according to seagates forums.

Not sure if the update only works on intel, as some seem to imply.

[milo]

I commandeered my daughter's PC as it does not have much connected to it and updated my 2 Seagate ST31000340AS configured as a 1TB RAID 1 volume. The Seagate image file worked like a champ as others have noted. I put the drives back in the NAS and upon boot up the second drive was not initialized and the volume was reported degraded. After performing a repair all is well, no data loss.

[Zouk !]

Not sure if the update only works on intel, as some seem to imply.

Hum Hum...I have flashed my 6 drives with an Athlon X2 on a nforce4 motherboard.. so... you can forget the "Intel only" story
Probably a specific incompatibility with some (a lot of ?) motherboards.
Your best chance will be probably to remove your disks and flash them with a Friend's PC (instead to wait a solution from Seagate, you can wait for long.. )

 

[Fr33m4n]

Seems like Seagate just released a new firmware for the 1,5 TB drives. I just got an email telling me to go grab the SD1B firmware. I\m trying to scan the seagate forums to wee whether anyone has gotten their drives bricked from this but mostly I'm just seeing noise from people that are too lazy to read their part-number on the label. (this firmware apparently only supports drives ending in -300 or -336)

Anyone of you guys have any luck with this?

EDIT: Found this statement from one user over at the seagate forums:

I just upgraded 5 of my ST31500341AS drives. My drives were PN# 9JU138 - 300 (all the same) with original SD17 firmware which I updated to SD1A a few weeks ago. They are now running the SD1B firmware. No data loss or bricking issues. You can upgrade as long as your drive is PN# 9JU138 - 300 or PN# 9JU138 - 336 and has firmware versions from SD15 through to SD1A. The only issue I have is that HD Tune doesn't seem to be able to report any cache (Buffer = n/a).

[local.bin]

Not sure if the update only works on intel, as some seem to imply.

Hum Hum...I have flashed my 6 drives with an Athlon X2 on a nforce4 motherboard.. so... you can forget the "Intel only" story
Probably a specific incompatibility with some (a lot of ?) motherboards.
Your best chance will be probably to remove your disks and flash them with a Friend's PC (instead to wait a solution from Seagate, you can wait for long.. )

 

Ok, thanks for the heads up.

[smbjerke]

Just want to report that I've flashed my 4 x ST31000340AS with FW SD1A, then updated the DS 408 FW to 731 and established a single RAID5 volume on my DS 408. All well so far ....

[Zouk !]

Hi all,

Just for information, initial statement page, Seagate Knowledge Base 207931 has been updated, you can now follow steps and enter your model then serial to check if you need or able to update your drive (don't ask me if it's reliable )

Best Regards,
Zouk !

[Fr33m4n]

Hi all,

Just for information, initial statement page, Seagate Knowledge Base 207931 has been updated, you can now follow steps and enter your model then serial to check if you need or able to update your drive (don't ask me if it's reliable )

Best Regards,
Zouk !

It's not reliable. I have 3 ST31500341AS drives which I have confirmed with Seagate support that is defective all show up as unaffected on this tool. Ridiculous if you ask me. I'm hoping to see some more reports on the SD1B firmware before I make my move. I don't want to end up with a bricked drive like so many other people.

[Zouk !]

It's not reliable. I have 3 ST31500341AS drives which I have confirmed with Seagate support that is defective all show up as unaffected on this tool. Ridiculous if you ask me. I'm hoping to see some more reports on the SD1B firmware before I make my move. I don't want to end up with a bricked drive like so many other people.

Thanks for info, so guys, don't loose your time with this "utility" !