Seagate to issue fixes for troublesome hard drives

From InfoWorld: Seagate will issue fixes soon for faulty firmware that is causing several models of the company's hard drives to freeze, it said Wednesday.

The models due for a fix are the Barracuda 7200.11, DiamondMax 22 and the SV35, said company spokesman Ian D. O'Leary.

On Friday, Seagate posted new firmware for the Barracuda ES.2, another model also affected by the problems.

However, that firmware will not repair drives that have become inoperable, or "bricked," because of the fault, O'Leary said.

"The initial problem was, under a very specific set of circumstances, the drive would crash or brick or not work," he said.

Seagate has not revealed the scenario under which the drives would become bricked. O'Leary said that's because the information is of a highly technical nature, although the company may release more information later Wednesday about the problems, O'Leary said.

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