Comments on: CrunchDeals: Seagate 1.5TB HDD for $129 (no rebates) http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/01/14/crunchdeals-seagate-15tb-hdd-for-129-no-rebates/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:48:40 -0500 hourly 1 By: The_BrutE http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/01/14/crunchdeals-seagate-15tb-hdd-for-129-no-rebates/comment-page-1/#comment-975250 The_BrutE Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:30:14 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=65510#comment-975250 Some people have trouble with these in RAID. ALL other reviews are the unfortunate "DOA" that you get from all electronics. It is a lot of space per $$. even with all the bad against them I am planing on buying 3 for raid 0. If i find that they hang i will just use them with out raid. (Also yes when you format these you do not get the whole 1.5TB but I should hope people know that. It happens with all hard drives but the larger they get the more it appears to be. THIS IS NORMAL.) Some people have trouble with these in RAID. ALL other reviews are the unfortunate “DOA” that you get from all electronics. It is a lot of space per $$. even with all the bad against them I am planing on buying 3 for raid 0. If i find that they hang i will just use them with out raid. (Also yes when you format these you do not get the whole 1.5TB but I should hope people know that. It happens with all hard drives but the larger they get the more it appears to be. THIS IS NORMAL.)

]]> By: Devin Coldewey http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/01/14/crunchdeals-seagate-15tb-hdd-for-129-no-rebates/comment-page-1/#comment-970263 Devin Coldewey Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:43:08 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=65510#comment-970263 Yeah, they're faulty (post going up in a few minutes)... I'd return if I were you, but if you're confident in the firmware update, go for it. Yeah, they’re faulty (post going up in a few minutes)… I’d return if I were you, but if you’re confident in the firmware update, go for it.

]]> By: Anthony http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/01/14/crunchdeals-seagate-15tb-hdd-for-129-no-rebates/comment-page-1/#comment-970182 Anthony Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:41:10 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=65510#comment-970182 Great deal, and I'm seriously running out of disk space, too. From the comments at Newegg, there appears to be some kind of problem with some of these drives randomly freezing up. Apparently there's a firmware fix, so do a search for more info prior to buying. Here's a blog post I found with a detailed description of their particular problem and the solution as provided by Seagate: http://www.tow.com/2008/12/12/updating-seagate-15tb-drive-firmware/ Great deal, and I’m seriously running out of disk space, too.

From the comments at Newegg, there appears to be some kind of problem with some of these drives randomly freezing up. Apparently there’s a firmware fix, so do a search for more info prior to buying. Here’s a blog post I found with a detailed description of their particular problem and the solution as provided by Seagate:

http://www.tow.com/2008/12/12/updating-seagate-15tb-drive-firmware/

]]> By: Steve Jabs http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/01/14/crunchdeals-seagate-15tb-hdd-for-129-no-rebates/comment-page-1/#comment-970101 Steve Jabs Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:51:15 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=65510#comment-970101 Tigerdirect has the same price too. Amazon's shipping was a bit better with $20 next day so I went through them. Tigerdirect has the same price too. Amazon’s shipping was a bit better with $20 next day so I went through them.

]]> By: Dan http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/01/14/crunchdeals-seagate-15tb-hdd-for-129-no-rebates/comment-page-1/#comment-970081 Dan Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:45:50 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=65510#comment-970081 Newegg has been rocking this price for a little while now. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337 Newegg has been rocking this price for a little while now.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337

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