maxtorman, thanks loads! You are the lone ray of sunshine in this otherwise dismal affair. AlanM and the deletion of posts/threads on the Seagate forum board is the absolute low point here. It's the thing that absolutely shakes my confidance the most.
In a moderately early post someone speculated that there's "no way to check for or update firmware through USB." Nothing else was said about USB.
Can a firmware update be made via USB? I have an ES.2 500GB drive in an external USB enclosure. I know that that's an odd combo. Can the drive firmware be updated with that setup?
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I spoke with Seagate support and was informed that SATA drives in USB enclosures are not able to be "firmware flashed."
The drive must be connected to a SATA controller in order for the firmware to be flashed.
maxtorman, thanks loads! You are the lone ray of sunshine in this otherwise dismal affair. AlanM and the deletion of posts/threads on the Seagate forum board is the absolute low point here. It's the thing that absolutely shakes my confidance the most.
In a moderately early post someone speculated that there's "no way to check for or update firmware through USB." Nothing else was said about USB.
Can a firmware update be made via USB? I have an ES.2 500GB drive in an external USB enclosure. I know that that's an odd combo. Can the drive firmware be updated with that setup?