Barracuda XT, Barracuda, Barracuda Green, DiamondMax and other desktop SATA and IDE drives

[AlanM]

Please see this firmware update here.

[ben777]

So does this fix the chirping and the high load cycle count issue? If so I'll pick one up again. I don't see any documentation about what this firmware actually does or am I being blind?

[AlanM]

It should help with the chirping, yes.

I'd be interested in seeing how the load cycle counts react with the new firmware. Interaction with third-party SMART utilities like what you mention has never been high on the Seagate priority list, honestly, so I don't know about that.

[AdamPD]

Seems to have installed AOK

[adam-p]

 Perfekt ! Seagate did a good Job !!!!!: 

No Chirping !  Testet on 3 x ST2000DM001 !!!

The Load Cycles still raises but I don't care. 

Thanks !!   Performance ist still great  Outer Disk Transer Rate 216 MB/s and Access Time 14 ms !

[spcxxx]

Can i ask you how fast load cycles raises?

You know that these drives are rated for 300 000 cycles, right?

So 120 cycles for a hour used like secondary drive is UNACCEPTABLE...

[adam-p]

1 x ST2000DM001 (Win7 Prof 64) second Drive. My Boot drive is an intel SSD 320 Series 160 GB: 6581 Load Cycles and 1479 houres => 4,4 Load Cycles / hour

1 x  ST2000DM001 (Synology DS212J first drive) : 204 LC and 959 hours = 0,21 LC / hour.

1 ST2000DM001 -> New

In my opinion it´s ok.

I do not see it so closely, because I know users who have 5.000 LCs on WD20EARS and the drive ist dead, Another users have on the same drive 2.000.0000 LLC and the drive is fine.

BUT: 120 LC / hour is actually a bit too much.

[Danielviz]

Hi! I'm from Brazil and my drive (2TB ST2000DM001) does the "chirp" sound too.....

I tried to update my drive today and my firmware drive (CC9D) is not compatible with this new update. The utility says: "NO FIRMWARE MATCH"

How can you guys help me?

Thanks a lot!

[RyanKy]

I have the same issue.

I updated FW to CC9D for ST3000DM001-9YN166 last week (which did not fix the problem) and now I can't upgrade to the one that "does" fix it?

Please help.

[Cantbecanit]

Title is wrong, should be DM rather than 1TB, tut tut Al, after all I've taught you