Ok guys it has been taken upstairs and it is being looked into and taken seriously, that's not an admission there is actually anything wrong btw but if there is a bug it will be getting sorted out so stay tuned on the updates pages incase a new flash does appear, I'm a bit hands tied tbh I don't have this particular drive as mine is an earlier series model so I'm unable to confirm or deny any chirps as mine doesn't do it,
In the meantime I would suggest only using them on the Intel 6GB/s ports and not the Marvell ones, ensure you connections are secure and you have the latest drivers for your rig installed,
If there is a bug I'm sure the company would like to thank you all for bringing it to their attention, as some have mentioned a Seagate drive is still the best performing HDD that doesn't cost the earth to buy in comparison to others, and I would also install HD Sentinal to monitor the drives health, not that I think this will degrade the drive but should yours start on the downward percentages you can at least have enough warning to get your data off before a date with disaster comes.
All the best Cant. 
Cantbecanit wrote:Ben, if you feel uncertain return it to Dabs and get your money back or an exchange, don't wait until it's too late to return, or wait for a fix if one is needed.
Xenon, are you on a mission mate, I've tried to help you and I've got things being investigated yet you are reading like you just want to pump bad press out now.
And let me remind you all
UK Prices
Seagate 3TB - £125
WD 3TB - £195
Hitachi 3TB - £196
So before we all get in a twist about things, lets remember who gives the best value, and that WD have just as many problems as anyone else, if this is a bug it will be fixed, the 7200.11 drive bug was addressed ok, but one crucial thing that did happen was the firm rushed out a bad fix which made things worse, so now it's done right before being released, and as the "fault" is a new discovery it takes time to identify what is causing it and then to rectify it, that's assuming there's anything wrong in the first place that is.
For those who can return them to the vendor do so if you wish, that is your legal right, for others prepared to wait on and get a fix stay tuned, if you are worried you may be further damaging the drive don't use it until we have some more news for you, and thx for your patience for those that are being patient.
I think you're so caught up in being a Seagate cheerleader that it's clouded your ability to understand why some people like myself might be a little bit frustrated. You seem to get very easily offended by certain comments when really there's no reason. Do you have stock in Seagate or something? I personally DO NOT, I'm just a CUSTOMER who bought a Seagate drive which clearly has issues and has left me very frustrated and upset. You make it seem like I'm trying to bash the Seagate name for no reason. I could care less about Seagate or any other company out there for that matter. What I do care about is the products that I pay money for that don't work as they should. Some customers have different tolerances when dealing with busted products. Me personally I have a pretty low tolerance especially when were talking about a product from a company who has been making hard drives for how many years now?? Seagate didn't just open up shop a year ago they been around a long time. So yeah I do find it pretty disappointing that my brand new hard drives are having weird issues.
From the very start of this thread you been trying to shift the blame onto everything else BUT the drive itself. Lest we forget back on page two of this thread you tried saying how 3 units outa 50,000 wasn't really a fair number to be getting upset over. And what did I say to you like three posts after that? Well now here we are five pages later and the complaints are still continuing to roll thru. I think that if you yourself actually owned the drive that we're all here discussing, you'd probably be singing a different tune instead of being such a Seagate cheerleader.
Like I said earlier, I could care less about Seagate, or WD or Hitachi or any other HD manufacturer. I'm here to find a resolution to issue with my SEAGATE drives. Yeah my words might not always be so nice but then again if my brand new Seagate drive worked just like the six Western Digital drives I have sitting here did then I wouldn't have anything bad to say 
