Seagate Chirping noise Firmware fix! (Bye Bye random high pitch Chirp sounds)

Started By JazJon, Jul 15 2012 06:41 PM

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#1 JazJon

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Posted 15 July 2012 - 06:41 PM

Example: http://soundcloud.co...p-sound-seagate

My specific Chip fix was for the 3TB Barracuda (1TB/Disk Platform) one listed here:
http://knowledge.sea...US/FAQ/223651en

All drives: http://knowledge.sea...US/FAQ/207931en

http://www.legitrevi...com/news/13250/

"Seagate Releases CC4H Firmware For 1TB/Disk Barracuda Hard Drives - Fixes Chirping
Today, Seagate released a firmware upgrade for the Barracuda (1TB/disk) family of hard drives (models ST3000DM001, ST2500DM001, ST2000DM001 and ST1000DM003). The new firmware download, version CC4H, is recommended to enhance the performance and/or reliability of the drive. Previous versions of firmware with these models and part numbers are CC46, CC47, CC49, CC4C, or CC4G. The upgrade is a free download available here and we are told that this helps with the chirping noises that some users are complaining about."

Edited by JazJon, 15 July 2012 - 06:42 PM.

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#2 ikon

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Posted 15 July 2012 - 08:12 PM

I always thought Seagate drives are for the birds

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#3 ImTheTypeOfGuy

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Posted 16 July 2012 - 06:45 PM

Dang, I have 5 of them to update.

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#4 ikon

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Posted 16 July 2012 - 06:46 PM

Must sound like a chorus of chickadees in your house

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#5 GavinCampbell

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Posted 17 July 2012 - 12:39 PM

Thanks for the heads up. I found once I ran the drive drivedetect tool from seagate it listed the one drive that needed updating in red. The rest were green. When I manually looked it up the red drive was the only one that required updating.

Hopefully this helps others that have multiple drives to check as well.

The update after that was very simple.

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