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Avoid Seagate ST8000VN0002 - Horrible noise issue!
Hi, I have installed four of the Seagate ST8000VN0002 in my RN716x and just finished the resync of all disks. Unfortunately I now have an annoying beeping/humming noise when the disks are idling....
Just wanted to update this thread to reflect that Seagate is aware of the problem and finally has a firmware update to correct the ubiquitous noise issue in these drives. The firmware takes SC60 and updates it to SC61.
Unfortunately, Seagate hasn't made this update publicly available. You have to call Seagate support to request it. And you'll really have to press for it. Tier 1 will first deny that any firmware update exists, then they'll try to send you to their general downloads page. Or you can just PM me.
At any rate, I can attest that after days and days of the whine the drive is now blissfully quiet in my 314.
I ordered some of these drives from Newegg and some came with SC61 already loaded but one came with SC60. I would appreciate if you could send me the SC61 upgrade. I can't seem to find it anywhere.
Here you go: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hwi8up5wxthsuwb/NASHDD-MakaraPlus-STD-SATA-512E-SC61.zip?dl=0
I used the USB bootable option. Run seaflashin -i to find your drive (/dev/sgX). seaflashin -d /dev/sg2 -f NASHDD-MakaraPlus-SATA-StdOEM-SC61.LOD
Remember to to place NASHDD-MakaraPlus-SATA-StdOEM-SC61.LOD onto the Bootable USB flash drive once it's created. This is what the -f flag is looking for.
This did resolve my noise issues on 2 drives.
Is there any way to flash the firmware on these drives using a ReadyNAS and the eSATA port? I'm in an all-Mac environment at home and have limited access to Windows machines — especially ones with spare SATA ports.
OMG, thank you so much. I'm using the drives in a home-built NAS - but with 5 of them the sound was nearly deafening. Using the CFS option to locate and detect the culprits I was able to sit and listen to them silence in sequence down to nothing.
Hi. I have been trying to upgrade the firmware on my x4 Seagate 6TB NAS HDD - ST60000VN0021 from SC60 to SC61 without any luck. Below is how I have connected the SATA drive via USB.
I have created the bootable USB drive as instructed but when I reboot the computer I keep getting the following message which seems to always stall. I have even left over night to see in something would happen.
Hoping someone could help me over come this problem of updating the firmware.
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