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spinaltap1
Aug 08, 2012Aspirant
Upgrade Disk Firmware via ReadyNAS?
Forgive my ignorance, but if I purchased a couple of Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST2000DM001 drives for my NV+.v2, am I able to upgrade the CC4H firmware by simply connecting my ReadyNAS to a Windows-ba...
beisser1
Aug 09, 2012Tutor
sphardy wrote: Erm... Worked for me. Have a SATA to USB docking station that I used with my Seagate drives. It may depend on the manufacturer (ie the software they use to manage the upgrade). Admittedly was about 3 years ago upgrading firmware in the 1.5TB drives I have in my Ultra-4
interesting. i tried it myself a couple years back and it wouldnt even detect usb enclosures since it usually cuts off the drives ID (which makes the detection tool miss it).
anyway, i wouldnt recommend it. if you have free internal sata ports, use those.
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