Re: ide drive dying?

From: jbradford@dial.pipex.com
Date: Sat Sep 07 2002 - 17:00:31 EST


> On Sat, 2002-09-07 at 21:19, Daniel Egger wrote:
> > Am Sam, 2002-09-07 um 17.02 schrieb jbradford@dial.pipex.com:
> >
> > > No, but you've upgraded the firmware, right?
> >
> > Not exactly. According to IBM technical support there is no such thing
> > as a new firmware. The drives are alright, the OS is broken.
>
> The IBM technical support I dealt with not only confirmed there was new
> firmware, the tools updated it and said they had 8)

Here is the URL:

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-39082

it expressly states that the firmware is intended for the DTLA-307060.

The page mentions that is it enhances stability and SMART data collection.

John.
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