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Spinpoint F4 HD204UI 2TB 5400 RPM working good so far
There was a recent deal at NewEgg on the SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 HD204UI 2TB 5400 RPM 32MB drives, so I decided to risk it as opposed to the other WD & Seagate 2tb drives. I installed them, upgraded the ...
Hi lazerharp -
From what I've gathered reading these boards, the firmware version reported by the Spinpoint F4 drive is the same before and after the update is applied (ie, there's no way to know if your new drive already has the patch). So unfortunately I think the consensus around here is "since there's no way to tell if the firmware needs upgrading, do the patch anyway just to be safe".
Hope that helps :)
- phil
P.S. I wanted to mention that my ReadyNAS Duo with two Spinpoint F4's has been operating smoothly for a week now. Thanks to everyone on this board for their insight and information.
From what I've gathered reading these boards, the firmware version reported by the Spinpoint F4 drive is the same before and after the update is applied (ie, there's no way to know if your new drive already has the patch). So unfortunately I think the consensus around here is "since there's no way to tell if the firmware needs upgrading, do the patch anyway just to be safe".
Hope that helps :)
- phil
P.S. I wanted to mention that my ReadyNAS Duo with two Spinpoint F4's has been operating smoothly for a week now. Thanks to everyone on this board for their insight and information.
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