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HAL9000 · 02-09-2012, 08:17 AM

Built my desktop computer about 3 years ago and when I did, I put in 4x Seagate 500GB drives in RAID 5 (those being "the one" to buy at the time, 5yr warranty). Shortly after, to find out that these are the ones with the bad firmware that can cause a failure on reboot.

All I can say is I'm glad I set up the RAID 5, I've had 3 of the drives fail over the past 3 years and when I got home from school yesterday, found that #4 went for a permanent vacation. New drive on its way under priority replacement.

02-09-2012, 08:17 AM	#1
HAL9000 "Normal" again....?? Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 17,600	There goes #4! Built my desktop computer about 3 years ago and when I did, I put in 4x Seagate 500GB drives in RAID 5 (those being "the one" to buy at the time, 5yr warranty). Shortly after, to find out that these are the ones with the bad firmware that can cause a failure on reboot. All I can say is I'm glad I set up the RAID 5, I've had 3 of the drives fail over the past 3 years and when I got home from school yesterday, found that #4 went for a permanent vacation. New drive on its way under priority replacement. __________________ -At Ford, quality is job #1, job #2 is making them explode. ~Norm MacDonald, SNL News -Switching to Glide..Balancing in my head..inside of me... taking the glide path instead.