Firmware fix for Death/Deskstar

Red Dawn · Post by **Red Dawn** » Tue Sep 02, 2003 11:11 am

Storage Review discusss fix and proivdes link to the Firmware.

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Tue Sep 02, 2003 2:29 pm

Thanks Red for the link, as I have one of those Death Stars in my system, but I've never had a problem with it. The 60GXP 40 gig drive is 20 months old and has never missed a beat. After reading the link, I'm glad I installed a HD cooler to the drive underneath. It's a dual fan setup. I've had this drive running even for days downloading while at work. I guess it was OK since the heads were always moving and not at idel.

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Tue Sep 02, 2003 5:39 pm

i have been lucky the last 3 years . my ibm dtla 307045 45 gig has been running like a dream !

Hipnotic_Tranz · Post by **Hipnotic_Tranz** » Tue Sep 02, 2003 6:30 pm

Lucky here too....I have two 15gig versions, forget the model numbers now (I just use one as a misc drive in my main rig, dates back to my 700MHz rig tho) Both have worked fine ever since I bought 'em.

Red Dawn · Post by **Red Dawn** » Tue Sep 02, 2003 7:03 pm

I had a 60GXP bomb on me with 20 gigs of MP3's on it. Luckily I had them all backed up on another system

dadx2mj · Post by **dadx2mj** » Tue Sep 02, 2003 7:10 pm

Guys I had a 20 gig 75GXP that hummed along for over two years not a problem and then inexplicably started acting weird on me two days later it was dead. Just my two cents but if I had one of the Deathstars still I would be upgrading the firmware even if it was working good now because who knows what tomorrow might bring. On a side note I have read that cooling the drives helps a lot but then again mine had a 80mm fan in the hdd cage blowing air across the top and bottom of drive.

Hipnotic_Tranz · Post by **Hipnotic_Tranz** » Tue Sep 02, 2003 7:12 pm

I looked into it and it says:

Links to download appropriate firmware update
Click here if the firmware level indicated by the identification utility is IA6AA.

Click here if the firmware level indicated by the identification utility is OA6AA.

Click here if the firmware level indicated by the identification utility is A45A.

Mine is OA5AA. Dunno if I should bother since it's not giving the right identification.