July 25, 201015 yr NO NO NO. Seagate is STILL having firmware issues, even with 7200.12 drives. Just got a 7200.11 1.5tb drive from newegg last week, worked for about 3 hours then refused to spin.
July 25, 201015 yr NO NO NO. Seagate is STILL having firmware issues, even with 7200.12 drives. Just got a 7200.11 1.5tb drive from newegg last week, worked for about 3 hours then refused to spin. That sounds like it would be a "DOA" drive. The only Seagate drive I had issues with so far was a 1TB 7200 drive. I have 5 1.5TB drives and none of them have given me issues. Doesn't mean they are perfect. Just means I have not hit the same conditions as others.
July 25, 201015 yr Author Every hard drive I bought in the last 6 years is Seagate. 1 failure. All the rest still spinning.
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