Re: [Thinkpad] Hard Drive Firmware version 8 has been released

Look at the history. Interesting.
The two files, A55A and A69A were added, subsequently pulled, and updated to
new versions, as of today.

Wonder what the dates on the previous releases were.
Release 6
Newly added

  a.. Version AD4A for IC25NxxxATMR04-0 (HGST)
  b.. Version A55A for HTS5480xxM9AT00 (HGST) ********
  c.. Version A69A for HTS726060M9AT00 (HGST) ********
Release 7
Newly added

  a.. Version A0B1 for DK23FB (Hitachi/HGST)
  b.. Deleted
    a.. Version A55A for HTS5480xxM9AT00 (HGST) *******
    b.. Version A69A for HTS726060M9AT00 (HGST) *******
    c.. FWHD3012 is obsolete diskette file. No need to update.
Release 8
Newly added

  a.. Version A5BA for HTS5480xxM9AT00 (HGST) *******
  b.. Version A6BA for HTS726060M9AT00 (HGST) *******
Makes me glad to be a procrastinator. Lol

----- Original Message -----
From: "Starfire CT" <starfirect@hotmail.com>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 4:33 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] Hard Drive Firmware version 8 has been released

> http://www-306.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-41008
>
> The "this screwed up my drive" A5BA version of the HD firmware is now
listed
> quite publically for both the 5K80 and 7K60 series drives.
>
> I'm still interactively talking to the IBM tech (and forwarded him an
email
> address with someone that HAS the "proper" drive and is still having a
> problem) so I'm completely confused as to what this all means. I mean
they
> could have fixed the problem and just neglected to update the firmware
> version but I doubt that would be the case...
>
> I would test this myself but my formerly mauled 60GB drive is on it's way
to
> an RMA department, and my original 40GB drive has since been reformated to
> be non-predesktop-less, since I was only using it as an external HD for
> backup.
>
> Besides, even if I still had the 60GB drive the regular install would see
> the same version (and tell me I didn't need a reflash) so I would have to
> muck with the FW.PRO file, which still may not have worked.
>
> I'm still perplexed but the mess that this has become.
>
> HTH!
>
>

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