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Firmware Update for Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA Hard Disk Drive - ST3500820AS (500 GB) and ST31000340AS (1 TB)

Firmware Update for Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA Hard Disk Drive - ST3500820AS (500 GB) and ST31000340AS (1 TB)

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Firmware Update for Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA Hard Disk Drive - ST3500820AS (500 GB) and ST31000340AS (1 TB)

1.776GB
LV13

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Firmware Update for Seagate Barracuda 1 Terabyte Hard Disk Drive (Model ST31000340AS) - Bootable CD

seagate_1tb_lv13.iso

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Firmware Update for Seagate Barracuda 1 Terabyte Hard Disk Drive (Model ST31000340AS) - Bootable Diskette

seagate_1tb_lv13.exe

1.47 MB
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Firmware Update for Seagate Barracuda 500 Gigabyte Hard Disk Drive (Model ST3500820AS) - Bootable CD

seagate_500gb_lv13.iso

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Firmware Update for Seagate Barracuda 500 Gigabyte Hard Disk Drive (Model ST3500820AS) - Bootable Diskette

seagate_500gb_lv13.exe

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Installation Instructions for Firmware Update for Seagate Barracuda Hard Disk Drive

seagate_500gb_1tb_lv13.txt

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Installation instructions for Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 Firmware Check Tool

seagate_7200.11_check_tool.txt

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 Firmware Check Tool

seagate_7200.11_check_tool.exe

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Description

This document provides the latest Seagate Barracuda firmware 3.05, ST3500820AS,500 GB, ST31000340AS, 1 TB

What's More

Seagate has recently informed Lenovo of two issues that affect the firmware on certain Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA hard disk drives. The two drive families are used by Lenovo on Desktop and Workstation branded systems. Seagate has described the two firmware issues as follows:

- A firmware issue that may result in data becoming inaccessible after a power-off/on operation. This issue was disclosed by Seagate in the following Knowledge Base article at Seagate s, support site.

http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/news.jsp?DocId=207931

- A firmware issue where operating with write cache enabled and issuing Write, Read Verify, and Read commands in the same LBA range can cause a Read command to return old data.

Lenovo believes that the probability of a customer seeing either of these two firmware issues is extremely low. That being said, Lenovo and Seagate have decided to release a firmware.

Print this file so that you can refer to it during the installation.
Additional information
Downloading the package
  1. Click the file link to download the file from the Web page.
  2. When prompted, select a drive and directory in which to save the downloaded file.
Before installing the package

Please run seagate_7200.11_check_tool.exe to check if your the system affected. The installation instuctions are provided in seagate_7200.11_check_tool.txt. This tool will run under Windows XP and Windows Vista to tell you if you have an affected Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA Hard Disk Drive. If your system does not have one of the affected Seagate models, or is already at the new level firmware, it will say you are not affected.

Affected Systems
  • ThinkStation S10 (6423, 6483, 6439)
  • ThinkStation D10 (6427, 6493, 6449 )
  • ThinkCentre M57 (6008, 6010, 6019, 6062, 6065, 6066, 6068, 6069, 6071, 6072, 6074, 6075, 6076, 6077, 6079, 6081, 6082, 6086, 6087, 6089, 9172, 9174, 9181, 9182, 9970)
  • ThinkCentre M57p (6064, 6067, 6073, 6078, 6088, 9011, 9012, 9013, 9014, 9018, 9019, 9071, 9087, 9088, 9089, 9096, 9160, 9162, 9163, 9164, 9193, 9194, 9196, 9303)
  • ThinkCentre A62 (7057, 7061, 7062, 7090, 7092, 9342, 9344, 9353, 9354, 9421, 9426, 9485, 9486, 9623, 9624, 9625, 9705, 9707, 9795, 9804, 9935, 9945, 9946, 9953)
  • ThinkCentre M57e (6176, 6177, 6178, 6179, 6305, 7064, 7065, 7066, 7094, 7096, 7098, 9349, 9351, 9352, 9356, 9357, 9359, 9438, 9439, 9481, 9482, 9487, 9488, 9489, 9622, 9948, 9952)
  • ThinkCentre A57 (9702, 9703, 9708, 9709, 9784, 9785, 9788, 9789, 9792, 9794, 9807, 9851, 9853, 9859)
Warning
  1. DO NOT POWER DOWN the system or the drive during this upgrade process. If power is lost during a firmware upgrade, the drive will be destroyed.
  2. WAIT until all drive LED activity has ceased before powering off the drive. Your system should come back to the message "Cycle power to continue..." after the software finishes uploading the firmware.
  3. DO NOT USE CTRL-ALT-DELETE to reboot your system after upgrading the firmware. Once the firmware upgrade is complete, turn off the power to your system using the power button, wait 10 seconds, and then turn the power back on using the power button.
Extracting the package

Installing this package involves creating a bootable diskette or a CD-ROM that will update the firmware search for every hard drive connected to the system and will install the new firmware on every hard drive that requires it.

Updating the firmware

Please follow the instructions provided below to update the firmware of your Seagate Barracuda hard drive.

  1. Create the DOS bootable CD-ROM or floppy.
  2. Use a standard desktop PC with an integrated SATA controller, or a common SATA add-in controller like a Promise SATA150-TX2.
  3. Disconnect all PATA or SATA devices from the system, except the device needing the firmware update.
  4. Boot the system using the update floppy or CD.
  5. At the menu, choose option 'S' to Scan for your hard disk drive.
  6. Make note of the Drive Model and Firmware (FW) revision.
  7. If the Drive Model is either ST3500820AS or ST31000340AS, and the Firmware revision is LV12 or below, then choose the option from the main menu to upgrade the firmware on your model of Seagate hard drive.
  8. If you already have the new firmware level (LV13 or greater), or do not have either model number drive in your system, then choose "Done" from the main menu and reboot your system.
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Alias Id: MIGR-71798

Last Modified Date: 05 Mar 2020

Original Publish Date: 12 Feb 2009

Document ID: DS002013

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