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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.
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.
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