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Originally Posted By: brianl703
Google Seagate 7200.11 fix. There is a firmware bug in these drives which causes them to "lock up"--the chances of this happening are one in several hundred boots, as I recall. There is a way to reset the firmware using a serial console cable connected to the drive via pins for that purpose on the jumper block.
It works, I have done it. You do need an RS-232 to TTL level converter--I used an old Nokia data cable I had laying around.
There is updated firmware for these drives available from Seagate, but it does you no good if the drive's firmware has locked up. You need to unlock it first, then apply the upgrade.
The one that I recently had fail already had the most recent firmware on it. I had flashed it about a month prior. Its sibling however (this is a RAID5 array) is still chugging along merrily.
Google Seagate 7200.11 fix. There is a firmware bug in these drives which causes them to "lock up"--the chances of this happening are one in several hundred boots, as I recall. There is a way to reset the firmware using a serial console cable connected to the drive via pins for that purpose on the jumper block.
It works, I have done it. You do need an RS-232 to TTL level converter--I used an old Nokia data cable I had laying around.
There is updated firmware for these drives available from Seagate, but it does you no good if the drive's firmware has locked up. You need to unlock it first, then apply the upgrade.
The one that I recently had fail already had the most recent firmware on it. I had flashed it about a month prior. Its sibling however (this is a RAID5 array) is still chugging along merrily.
