Seagate ST31500341AS 1.5TB

mraneri wrote:

fearless_fool wrote: ...assuming Seagate comes out with a new firmware rev that resolves the write cache / streaming issue, how does a mere mortal upgrade the firmware in the drives? Seagate's general stance is that firmware is not upgradeable by end users. Of course, an end user can perform the upgrade via a PC, but whether Seagate makes this upgrade available to end users remains to be seen. The standard procedure would be to send the drive back for an RMA replacement, in which case you will get a different refurbished drive. Check out the seagate website for yourself to read their policies.

that may be true, but on multiple occassions they have sent me firmware updates to fix specific issues i contacted them about; for example, when i had 4 drives in a raid array, one with a different fw version. upgrading that drive fixed the issue (see link here viewtopic.php?f=24&t=16600 )