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Some users here ALREADY have LOOKED into the resoureces made available By Seagate. (Western Digital also has similar material.) There are some significant firmware upgrades that may be of interest. Here is a partial quote, clickn the link for more.
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Firmware Updates for Seagate PRODUCTS [207931]
Seagate products are run by firmware. Having the latest firmware can improve performance and or reliability of your product. Seagate recommends applying new firmware to enhance the performance and or reliability of your drive.
Like any software, firmware is improved over time and problems are also fixed. Every drive family has a couple of firmware releases during the life of the product. Please CHECK in regularly to determine if new firmware is available for your drive.
http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207931
The chance that your firmware is corrupted is less that one i n a million.
Still, there has to be a REASON for Seagate to offer this metrical.
"Having the latest firmware can improve performance and or reliability of your product."

Can. Not will. And if those things are fine, don't bother. If any hardware is working fine, flashing the firmware (or BIOS!) just for the sake of it is pointless and possibly dangerous.

Could not agree more...


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