Updating Seagate Firmware on a working Hard drive from SD15 to SD1A

Updating Seagate Firmware Hardrive from SD15 to SD1A.
Starting from the reboot, I already had the CD with the updated firmware on the CD drive.
Important parts:
3:25: Finished Reading pressed ESC
3:51 Checking My Drive Model and Firmware
4:15 Confirming it is a ST3500320AS
4:31 Pressing A to install corresponding firmware
5:09 Finished installing firmware and power cycling
7:00 All my partions were conserved
7:27 Confirmed, SD1A is installed (couldn't focus, trust me)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Update
• Seagate
• Firmware
• Hard
• drive
• SD15
• SD1A
• software

[venelin26]

Hello Elfoman i watch your video witch you successful upgrade you hard drive! I want ask you if you can help me,my hard drive is the same like your,and i wanted to upgrade to sd1a with the exe program from seagate site but when i start the program cant see any device and i still have the effected firmware can you help me somehow ?

[elfoman]

@venelin26 Sorry, I only tried the method shown in this video.

[lowcost]

Could be really helpful to change the tittle of your video for "Updating Seagate Firmware 'on a working' Hard drive from SD15 to SD1A". Many people is wrongly here looking for a solution for the BSY error on 7200.11 'nonworking' Seagate disks. Greetings.

[elfoman]

@lowcost Done. Greetings.

[ra1apm]

Will there be any other way?. I tried changing the sata port, most often able to recover the partitions and now update the firmware of my ST3500410AS 500.1 GB, I change the order of the power cords trying to be direct connection seems to be working well so far. Will continue to test.

[CubeComputerChannel]

Are a lot of people with the 750GB 7200.11s having issues with bad sectors after updating to the SD1A FW? I unbricked mine from the BSY state using hyperterminal and a Nokia CA-42 cable. It was working fine after the unbricking, then I decide to upgrade the disk to SD1A and a week later, I can no longer load Windows on the disk, even after reinstalls. I have looked up this issue before, and I have heard of others having the same problem with the sectors... SMART status on the drive is fine.

[gotzolones]

How to form bios of badge asus to update raid mode and raid native mode disabled?

[RandomCivillian]

@elfoman already have, and they don't reply quickly at all, this is week 4 of me trying to get information from them on how to send it in for repairs, which is why im looking for home remedy's

[elfoman]

@RandomCivillian Well I don't know if you could fix it since that wasn't my case. Try looking for more information on Seagate website, or email them (they answer somewhat quickly).

[RandomCivillian]

@elfoman ah, well that means im still boned, mine has already locked up into the "bsy" error