Yatti420
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Hello,
Yesterday was browsing around with putty from my netbook.. Hit smartctl on my drives and noticed that smart database indicated could be a potential firmware upgrade on my Seagate drives.. These drives have 1TB platters (2tb disks).. Upon checking the seagate website (http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/223651en) it looked like I needed to upgrade from CC4B to CC4H.. I haven't had any issues with noise from the drives (one of the greens have a weird chirping sound on startup imo).. I downloaded the .ISO for CD/DOS updating..
** NOTE: USE AT YOUR OWN RISK - ALWAYS BACK-UP YOUR DATA ALWAYS! **
Legit Reviews has an info post here..
I didn't want to burn a disk so I used YUMI and a spare USB.. Select your USB Drive Letter (D:/ E:/ etc) Point YUMI to your .ISO download (Barracuda-ALL-GRCC4H.ISO).. Use "Try An Unlisted Image Option" in the dropdown menu.. You will need a clean formatted drive fat32/fat - if hasn't been done already check that.. Warning: This erases everything from your USB.. Don't use your Freenas USB!..
When YUMI is done creating.. Select "No" to add any more operating systems and reboot your PC..
To test that the USB will boot up I like to do a quick test in the quick pop-up boot menu using F8/F12 .. This isn't a permanent change.. If YUMI boots up - shutdown the pc..
Open the side panel and remove SATA and power cables from any hard drives not affected by the updated.. Western Digitals.. Remove Optical SATA/power if your using USB.. Leave cover and screws etc to the side..
For SATA/RAID Card - I would only attempt this with connections directly to the motherboard instead of attempting firmware updates with raid cards / sata cards..
Power on the computer again..Enter the BIOS. Change SATA from AHCI (Enhanced) to IDE (Compatible). ** Disable any overclock or special settings **
Change boot option to your new USB drive *Optional if you use manual boot selection on start-up.. This varies by motherboard..I'm still figuring out UEFI.. It hasn't been working for me.. I select the USB versus the UEFI:USB.. etc.. Find your bios boot options and change to the appropriate USB..
Save and exit bios.. Your computer will now restart and you should see a YUMI boot menu.. If memory serves correctly you will see "Boot Off Main Drive" and "Try Unlisted .ISO file".. Select "Unlisted .ISO" and you will now see the Barracuda-ALL-GRCC4H.ISO. Hit enter and wait for Seagate SeaFlash to load..
Seagate Seaflash is pretty simple.. Read the readme you are presented with.. Hit escape.. You will now be allowed to use the app.. Use S to scan your drives first.. Should only see the Seagates.. Hit D to flash with the new CC4H firmware.. You will hear a beep.. and see a big SUCCESS if successful.. Once completed go to SeaFlash main menu and re-scan the drives to ensure correct firmware... Your drives are now flashed with updated firmware..
** SHUTDOWN (HARD POWER OFF) COMPUTER.. CTRL-ALT-DELETE NOT SUFFICIENT! **
Shutdown & Plug-in your drives to their original SATA cables.. .... Power on and return bios settings (IDE>AHCI) and boot options to your appropriate USB.. I don't overclock my file server and you shouldn't either! :)
Easiest way to upgrade Seagate firmware..
See ya,
Yesterday was browsing around with putty from my netbook.. Hit smartctl on my drives and noticed that smart database indicated could be a potential firmware upgrade on my Seagate drives.. These drives have 1TB platters (2tb disks).. Upon checking the seagate website (http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/223651en) it looked like I needed to upgrade from CC4B to CC4H.. I haven't had any issues with noise from the drives (one of the greens have a weird chirping sound on startup imo).. I downloaded the .ISO for CD/DOS updating..
** NOTE: USE AT YOUR OWN RISK - ALWAYS BACK-UP YOUR DATA ALWAYS! **
**Looks like seagate missed CC4B - All seagate firmware updates here.Model NumberPart NumberCapacityFirmware Downloads
See Document ID: 004989 for instructions on updating your firmware in Windows using this .isofile.
ST3000DM0019YN1663TB
ST2500DM001 9YN16L 2.5TB
ST2000DM001 9YN164 2TB
ST1000DM003 9YN162 1TB
Previous versions of firmware with these models and part numbers are CC46, CC47, CC49, CC4C, or CC4G.
Legit Reviews has an info post here..
I didn't want to burn a disk so I used YUMI and a spare USB.. Select your USB Drive Letter (D:/ E:/ etc) Point YUMI to your .ISO download (Barracuda-ALL-GRCC4H.ISO).. Use "Try An Unlisted Image Option" in the dropdown menu.. You will need a clean formatted drive fat32/fat - if hasn't been done already check that.. Warning: This erases everything from your USB.. Don't use your Freenas USB!..
When YUMI is done creating.. Select "No" to add any more operating systems and reboot your PC..
To test that the USB will boot up I like to do a quick test in the quick pop-up boot menu using F8/F12 .. This isn't a permanent change.. If YUMI boots up - shutdown the pc..
Open the side panel and remove SATA and power cables from any hard drives not affected by the updated.. Western Digitals.. Remove Optical SATA/power if your using USB.. Leave cover and screws etc to the side..
For SATA/RAID Card - I would only attempt this with connections directly to the motherboard instead of attempting firmware updates with raid cards / sata cards..
Power on the computer again..Enter the BIOS. Change SATA from AHCI (Enhanced) to IDE (Compatible). ** Disable any overclock or special settings **
Change boot option to your new USB drive *Optional if you use manual boot selection on start-up.. This varies by motherboard..I'm still figuring out UEFI.. It hasn't been working for me.. I select the USB versus the UEFI:USB.. etc.. Find your bios boot options and change to the appropriate USB..
Save and exit bios.. Your computer will now restart and you should see a YUMI boot menu.. If memory serves correctly you will see "Boot Off Main Drive" and "Try Unlisted .ISO file".. Select "Unlisted .ISO" and you will now see the Barracuda-ALL-GRCC4H.ISO. Hit enter and wait for Seagate SeaFlash to load..
Seagate Seaflash is pretty simple.. Read the readme you are presented with.. Hit escape.. You will now be allowed to use the app.. Use S to scan your drives first.. Should only see the Seagates.. Hit D to flash with the new CC4H firmware.. You will hear a beep.. and see a big SUCCESS if successful.. Once completed go to SeaFlash main menu and re-scan the drives to ensure correct firmware... Your drives are now flashed with updated firmware..
** SHUTDOWN (HARD POWER OFF) COMPUTER.. CTRL-ALT-DELETE NOT SUFFICIENT! **
Shutdown & Plug-in your drives to their original SATA cables.. .... Power on and return bios settings (IDE>AHCI) and boot options to your appropriate USB.. I don't overclock my file server and you shouldn't either! :)
Easiest way to upgrade Seagate firmware..
Code:
[root@NAS] ~# camcontrol devlist <ST2000DM001-9YN164 CC4H> at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (ada0,pass0) <ST2000DM001-9YN164 CC4H> at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 (ada1,pass1) <WDC WD20EARS-00MVWB0 51.0AB51> at scbus2 target 0 lun 0 (ada2,pass2) <WDC WD20EARX-008FB0 51.0AB51> at scbus4 target 0 lun 0 (ada3,pass3) <Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 PMAP> at scbus6 target 0 lun 0 (pass4,da0)
See ya,