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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Yep this is another reason I will never
buy Seagate again.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I was surprised to learn that they ship
different hardware under the same model number.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>In my case I purchased 7 drives from the
same vendor (including a thecus n7700 so they new it was going to be used for
raid), and they shipped me two model sets – fine except they aren’t
compatible and cause issues when used together as a raid.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>At least with western digital they
announce new models when they change hardware.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Eg. I could be really screwed if in 6
months I wanted to add another drive – as it seems its pot luck what you
actually end up with.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>There are currently 3 different hardware
revisions in the 1.5tb model range !!! this is ludicrous.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:black'>Regards,</span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Dean Collins<br>
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font-family:Arial;color:black'>Cognation Inc<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Steve Hodge<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, March 27, 2009 1:04
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Discussion
about mythtv</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [mythtv-users]
Seagate 1.5TB for 109.99</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 5:57 AM, Lee Koloszyc <<a
href="mailto:pantslessape@gmail.com">pantslessape@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On 3/26/2009 12:02 PM, John Drescher wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>For the medical research system that I am using this drive since<br>
November I did not mess with the firmware either. Its a windows XP SP3<br>
box and the drive is not used in a raid however.<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I picked up one of these drives (newer firmware line CC I think, not
SD) at Microcenter for 109.99 too and have yet to have a problem with it.
Though I am using it in my <st1:place w:st="on">Vista</st1:place>
game/main machine (that dual-boots OSX for iphone development) and have yet to
have a problem after 3 months. It is not raided and I haven't really
streamed any videos off of it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
I bought one locally last week and it has CC1H firmware. From what I
gather it depends on the specific part number as to whether or not you get CCxx
firmware or SDxx firmware. I've only had it a week but have had no problems so
far.<br>
<br>
Steve<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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