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  • read this if you still have an IBM Deskstar 75GXP or 60GXP hdd

    In January this year, IBM made available a firmware fix for their infamous "Deathstar" (Deskstar 75GXP and 60GXP) series of hard drives that supposedly significantly enhances the reliability of these drives by moving the heads around when they idle.

    The link to the firmware update is here


    Anyone who has one of those drives should download the firmware update immediately to reduce the risk of hard drive failure and data loss.
    Last edited by ayoub_ibrahim; 1 September 2003, 08:50.

  • #2
    That's a nice info !!!

    Errr it seems there is a pb with the URL you provided :

    "The document you requested does not exist on this server or cannot be served.

    Please double check the URL or use the search function on this page to find what you are looking for.

    If you know you have the correct URL but are encountering an error, please let our Webmaster know at http://www.ibm.com/contact/query. Thank you.

    404 Not Found"
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    • #3
      What a shame I don't have any.
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      • #4
        Thanks Ayoub - vigilant as ever!

        The link got a little truncated...here's the full version:



        T.
        FT.

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        • #5
          Shame, my RAID (consisting of two of those awful drives) gave up a few weeks ago, becaus of of them is making the typical noises (rtsch rtsch rtsch,....) at startup.
          But we named the *dog* Indiana...
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          • #6
            thanks for the "correction" Fat Tone.

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            • #7
              Thanks, I still got one IBM. People don't forget to backup your data, you never know what could happen .
              Main: Dual Xeon LV2.4Ghz@3.1Ghz | 3X21" | NVidia 6800 | 2Gb DDR | SCSI
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              Third: Apple G4 450Mhz | 21" Monitor | Radeon 8500 | 1,5Gb SDRAM | SCSI

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              • #8
                The util says both need updating:

                2003/09/01 21:17,STEVESPC,Firmware Update to ER4OA45A Required,IC35L040AVER07-0,SXPTXR24689,ER4OA46A,
                2003/09/01 21:17,STEVESPC,Firmware Update to ER2OA45A Required,IC35L020AVER07-0,SVPTV0C0620,ER2OA44A,
                But when I boot off the a45a boot disk it tells me no drives need updating - help!

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                • #9
                  Can you try them one drive at a time?
                  Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by SteveC
                    The util says both need updating:



                    But when I boot off the a45a boot disk it tells me no drives need updating - help!

                    Sounds like a typical balls up.
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                    • #11
                      If Oonly I had known about this in january, I'd not have a 120 gig drive now...

                      AZ
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by az
                        If Oonly I had known about this in january, I'd not have a 120 gig drive now...

                        AZ
                        Poor you...
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by SteveC
                          The util says both need updating:



                          But when I boot off the a45a boot disk it tells me no drives need updating - help!
                          Do you have the drives connected to the plain original motherboard EIDE controler, not as raid?

                          I need htis update too, so I'll be experimenting tonight.
                          chuck
                          Chuck
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                          • #14
                            Plain IDE controller here - not SATA or RAID... Maybe I'll try sticking in to an older Compaq Deskpro I have here as that's all Intel and more basic. Never know - it could be the IDE controller or something (I have an Abit NF7-S)

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                            • #15
                              I still have one that just started clicking. Could this firmware flash save the disk? Well, off I go to try it...
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