Clicking sound with Seagate Barracuda LP ST32000542AS 2TB

XBower wrote:

Hi. I logged a case with Seagate support about this. Not one our later (really fast) I got this answer: "Thank you for the information. We check your drives and there was no firmware update available for them. They have been already updated from the original version. The reason why it's still showing CC34 is because it was the original version and an update was performed on the field not in the factory." But the clicking sound still continues, and I can't really tell witch drive makes it. Regards

They are incorrect. Seagate has CC35 firmware on their website for these drives and I've read somewhere else that some LP drives are now shipping with CC37 as well but they don't have that available for download yet as it's probably a very minor revision. A lot of drives for some reason are not accepting the "automatic" firmware upgrade so you'll have to force it manually. I flashed my brand new Seagate LP 2GB's using this method and they are working perfectly so far in my NV+. No clicks and no issues but I have a lot more testing to do. Check out the following link and do exactly what they say and you'll get your updates done.

http://niallbest.com/seagate-2tb-st32000542as-cc35-firmware-upgrade/

I downloaded the iso image from this site and hooked my drives up via esata and a Vantec drive bay one at a time (had to reboot the computer every time though for each drive) and I had all four drives flashed in less than 30 minutes. I did the manual override and used the command line instructions they give (easy) and it worked. Hope that helps you out. Cheers!

P.S. I'm very impressed so far with these Seagates for noise, heat and vibration. I was expecting the worst for vibration noise and nada. They are whisper quiet so far with no vibration harmonics and running cool at 33c temps in my NV+. Using 4.1.7 T60 beta bios and of course, CC35 firmware in the drives.

James