Posts Tagged ‘dead hardware’

Yet another Seagate drive I own bit the dust a few days ago.  The current victim is a Barracuda 7200.11 500 GB drive.  I can’t quite recall when I bought it, but it is still under warranty for quite some time.

Before anyone asks – yes, I updated the firmware.  No, not the original “fix” put out by Seagate – the for-real, 100% fixed and working firmware they put out after that.  This was your good-old run-of-the-mill “whir, click…whir, click” death that typically signifies a dead logic board.

Alas, I know Seagate would never consider simply replacing the board and returning my drive (along with its precious data) to me.  A company that charges for an advance replacement would surely never adopt such a policy.

I am this close to giving up on Seagate altogether…