Storage Solutions seagate 7200.9 sata hard disks and firmware

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My current hdd's(SATA) and their firmware are as of below:

root@praka:~# smartctl -a /dev/sda

smartctl version 5.38 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen

Home page is smartmontools Home Page (last updated $Date: 2009/01/23 13:25:23 $)



=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===

Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 family

Device Model: ST3160211AS

Serial Number: പറയില്ല ;)Firmware Version: 3.AAE

User Capacity: 160,041,885,696 bytes

Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]

ATA Version is: 7

ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated

Local Time is: Wed Jan 28 11:56:46 2009 IST

SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.

SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===

SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
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and

root@praka:~# smartctl -a /dev/sdb

smartctl version 5.38 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen

Home page is smartmontools Home Page (last updated $Date: 2009/01/23 13:25:23 $)
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===

Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 family

Device Model: ST380215AS

Serial Number: പറയില്ല ;)

Firmware Version: 3.AAD

User Capacity: 80,026,361,856 bytes

Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]

ATA Version is: 7

ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated

Local Time is: Wed Jan 28 11:57:51 2009 IST

SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.

SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===

SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
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As you can see ,the firmware version is 3.AAE and 3.AAD .Can I upgrade to 3.AAH firmware.Is it available?and How to?
 
I hope for better performance?

BAD NEWS!My 2nd RMA on the way :( :

My 160GB hdd is failing..

Code: 
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===

SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:

Offline data collection status:  (0x82)	Offline data collection activity

					was completed without error.

					Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.

Self-test execution status:      (   0)	The previous self-test routine completed

					without error or no self-test has ever 

					been run.

Total time to complete Offline 

data collection: 		 ( 430) seconds.

Offline data collection

capabilities: 			 (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.

					Auto Offline data collection on/off support.

					Suspend Offline collection upon new

					command.

					Offline surface scan supported.

					Self-test supported.

					No Conveyance Self-test supported.

					Selective Self-test supported.

SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)	Saves SMART data before entering

					power-saving mode.

					Supports SMART auto save timer.

Error logging capability:        (0x01)	Error logging supported.

					General Purpose Logging supported.

Short self-test routine 

recommended polling time: 	 (   1) minutes.

Extended self-test routine

recommended polling time: 	 (  54) minutes.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10

Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:

ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE

  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   117   093   006    Pre-fail  Always       -       159955875

  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0003   096   095   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       0

  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   099   099   020    Old_age   Always       -       1530

  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   036    Pre-fail  Always       -       0

  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   075   060   030    Pre-fail  Always       -       8663408380

  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   098   098   000    Old_age   Always       -       2551

 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   100   097    Pre-fail  Always       -       0

 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   099   099   020    Old_age   Always       -       1684

187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   001   001   000    Old_age   Always       -       150

189 High_Fly_Writes         0x003a   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0

190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022   057   052   045    Old_age   Always       -       43 (Lifetime Min/Max 30/43)

194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   043   048   000    Old_age   Always       -       43 (0 25 0 0)

195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x001a   057   045   000    Old_age   Always       -       18205996

197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   001   001   000    Old_age   Always       -       4294967295

198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0010   001   001   000    Old_age   Offline      -       4294967295

199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x003e   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0

200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0

202 TA_Increase_Count       0x0032   100   253   000    Old_age   Always       -       0

SMART Error Log Version: 1

ATA Error Count: 846 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)

	CR = Command Register [HEX]

	FR = Features Register [HEX]

	SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]

	SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]

	CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]

	CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]

	DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]

	DC = Device Command Register [HEX]

	ER = Error register [HEX]

	ST = Status register [HEX]

Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as

DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,

SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.

Error 846 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 1391 hours (57 days + 23 hours)

  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:

  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH

  -- -- -- -- -- -- --

  10 51 01 6e 96 a1 e2

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:

  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name

  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------

  37 00 01 6e 96 a1 e2 00      00:02:57.153  SET MAX ADDRESS EXT

  27 00 00 6e 96 a1 e0 00      00:02:57.088  READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT

  37 00 00 6e 96 a1 e2 00      00:02:56.945  SET MAX ADDRESS EXT

  27 00 01 6e 96 a1 e0 00      00:02:56.820  READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT

  37 00 01 6e 96 a1 e2 00      00:02:56.753  SET MAX ADDRESS EXT

Error 845 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 1391 hours (57 days + 23 hours)

  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:

  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH

  -- -- -- -- -- -- --

  10 51 01 6e 96 a1 e2

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:

  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name

  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------

  37 00 01 6e 96 a1 e2 00      00:02:57.153  SET MAX ADDRESS EXT

  27 00 00 6e 96 a1 e0 00      00:02:57.088  READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT

  37 00 00 6e 96 a1 e2 00      00:02:56.945  SET MAX ADDRESS EXT

  27 00 01 af 9e a1 e0 00      00:02:56.820  READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT

  29 00 01 af 9e a1 e0 00      00:02:56.753  READ MULTIPLE EXT

Error 844 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 1391 hours (57 days + 23 hours)

  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:

  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH

  -- -- -- -- -- -- --

  10 51 01 6e 96 a1 e2

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:

  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name

  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------

  37 00 01 6e 96 a1 e2 00      00:00:49.101  SET MAX ADDRESS EXT

  27 00 00 6e 96 a1 e0 00      00:00:53.047  READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT

  37 00 00 6e 96 a1 e2 00      00:00:52.988  SET MAX ADDRESS EXT

  27 00 01 6e 96 a1 e0 00      00:00:52.763  READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT

  37 00 01 6e 96 a1 e2 00      00:00:52.699  SET MAX ADDRESS EXT

Error 843 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 1391 hours (57 days + 23 hours)

  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:

  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH

  -- -- -- -- -- -- --

  10 51 01 6e 96 a1 e2

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:

  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name

  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------

  37 00 01 6e 96 a1 e2 00      00:00:49.101  SET MAX ADDRESS EXT

  27 00 00 6e 96 a1 e0 00      00:00:49.101  READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT

  37 00 00 6e 96 a1 e2 00      00:00:49.101  SET MAX ADDRESS EXT

  27 00 01 af 9e a1 e0 00      00:00:49.101  READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT

  29 00 01 af 9e a1 e0 00      00:00:49.101  READ MULTIPLE EXT

Error 842 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 1391 hours (57 days + 23 hours)

  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

  After command completion occurred, registers were:

  ER ST SC SN CL CH DH

  -- -- -- -- -- -- --

  10 51 01 6e 96 a1 e2

  Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:

  CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name

  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------

  37 00 01 6e 96 a1 e2 00      00:00:46.793  SET MAX ADDRESS EXT

  27 00 00 6e 96 a1 e0 00      00:00:44.713  READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT

  37 00 00 6e 96 a1 e2 00      00:00:44.654  SET MAX ADDRESS EXT

  27 00 01 6e 96 a1 e0 00      00:00:44.429  READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT

  37 00 01 6e 96 a1 e2 00      00:00:44.364  SET MAX ADDRESS EXT

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1

Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error

# 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      2547         -

# 2  Short offline       Aborted by host               30%      2496         -

# 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1045         -

# 4  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       894         -

# 5  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       894         -

# 6  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       893         -

# 7  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       893         -

# 8  Extended offline    Interrupted (host reset)      20%       188         -

# 9  Extended offline    Aborted by host               90%       187         -

#10  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       187         -

#11  Extended offline    Interrupted (host reset)      90%       187         -

#12  Extended offline    Aborted by host               90%       186         -

#13  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       186         -

#14  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       172         -

#15  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       172         -

#16  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       172         -

#17  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       172         -

#18  Short offline       Completed without error       00%       172         -

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1

 SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS

    1        0        0  Not_testing

    2        0        0  Not_testing

    3        0        0  Not_testing

    4        0        0  Not_testing

    5        0        0  Not_testing

Selective self-test flags (0x0):

  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.

If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
 
i got my 500 Rma'ed a while back .. its till giving me issues :( ... i dunno why the heck the failure rate has gone up so much with seagate :@

sTALKEr said:
sorry for OT, but why exactly would you wanna do this?
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i was in accel the other day and there were 22 people .. who needed replacements.. all of them had either a 7200.11 or 7200.9

im not sure if its the firmware.. but they are failing..Hopefully the Firmware upgrade solves the issue
 
I've been having some weird problems with my 120GB 7200.9 also. It started when the OS wouldn't completely load. The splash screen loads, then the monitor goes into standby and the computer seems to hand. I couldn't even F2 to try safe mode. I haven't installed any new hardware, drivers, etc.

This has never happened to me before, this computer or otherwise. I was, and am, confused but I suspected the drive was dead. Strangely enough, putting the drive in the freezer allowed me to re-boot and get into safe mode, where I promptly grabbed everything I needed in order to try to format and reinstall the OS.

Now, the drive has been running in safe mode for 5+ hours, no problems yet, and I'm even more confused. This is the second time I have removed the drive, left it in the freezer overnight, and gotten into safe mode to retrieve data. After the first time I froze the HDD, I scheduled a drive check upon boot and the check completed with nothing out of the ordinary. Immediately after the check completed, the drive did the same thing it did before: monitor goes off like the computer went into standby, and no chance to F2.

Is this a BIOS failure, a F/W issue, or something else? Can I rule out Mechanical failure? Somebody give me a hand, please.

EDIT: The drive will enter Last Known Good Configuration, after being frozen for 4 hours, and passes all seagate "seatools". Windows error check shows pass also. Does anyone have an idea of what is wrong?
 
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