DEAD: Seagate 1.5TB - $83

[Emo]

I got a CC1H drive from Newegg during their December Paypal promotion deal and it has been working flawlessly. Couldn't resist picking up another one for such a cheap price.

 

[Bl0cks]

Aw missed it. My 500gb is about run out oh noes.

 

[filibusterman]

Originally posted by: metalmania
I don't trust Seagate anymore. Wait for the 2TB price drop.

I don't trust them either and plus I don't have enough Iced Earth to fill up 1.5Tb although all great metal combined does = >1.5Tb.

 

[QTPie]

Thank Dell for being out of stock otherwise, I can't resist

 

[msi1337]

got mine in today from Dell and it was firmware CC1H just like Elopes580's drive. so it should not be affected by the issues.

 

[jjmIII]

My CC1H is nothing but trouble..

 

[sisq0kidd]

Originally posted by: jjmIII
My CC1H is nothing but trouble..

Can you please elaborate? I should be getting my second 1.5tb drive in today and would like to know what to look out for. Thanks!

 

[Blessed]

I know the deal is over, but is buying this drive like rolling a dice. You either get a hd or you get a brick?

 

[jjmIII]

Originally posted by: sisq0kidd

Originally posted by: jjmIII
My CC1H is nothing but trouble..

Can you please elaborate? I should be getting my second 1.5tb drive in today and would like to know what to look out for. Thanks!

My torrent files all had errors, the drive showed errors under "Disk Management", and under "My Computer" it showed as TWO drives. This was my second try too. Waiting to RMA....maybe Seagate will get their heads out of their asses, and fix this drive someday (and I don't just mean another shit firmware update!).

 

[dj2004]

Originally posted by: jjmIII

Originally posted by: sisq0kidd

Originally posted by: jjmIII
My CC1H is nothing but trouble..

Can you please elaborate? I should be getting my second 1.5tb drive in today and would like to know what to look out for. Thanks!

My torrent files all had errors, the drive showed errors under "Disk Management", and under "My Computer" it showed as TWO drives. This was my second try too. Waiting to RMA....maybe Seagate will get their heads out of their asses, and fix this drive someday (and I don't just mean another shit firmware update!).

Did this occur after some usage or were the errors present under Disk Management immediately after connecting it?

 

[jjmIII]

First drive was junk right away.....CC1H did last a few days though.

 

[lazarus000]

make sure you check your firmware before you start loading it up

 

[Keriokie2000]

Originally posted by: Blessed
I know the deal is over, but is buying this drive like rolling a dice. You either get a hd or you get a brick?

My 4 are working great. If I had caught this deal, I would have 4 more.

 

[Cabages]

Mine shipped!

TY OP

 

[ESQ]

Looks like it's dead now.

 

[California Roll]

Ordered yesterday, received it today. /thumbsup.

I have 3 of these drives now, oldest one is about 4 months old. No problems or complaints.

 

[StormSide]

Back in stock at 165.99 - $60 = 105.99 + tax

Not so hot anymore.....

 

[California Roll]

Originally posted by: StormSide
Back in stock at 165.99 - $60 = 105.99 + tax

Not so hot anymore.....

Still hot IMO, just not scorching. This was the price last week and the coupon got maxed out in a couple days. Newegg has it for $130 I believe.

I think Seagate (and Dell) are trying to clear out inventory. I'd wait tho unless you need it right now.

 

[jlee]

Mine shipped- estimated arrival tomorrow. Amazing how fast Dell's shipping is compared to..other retailers!

 

[dj2004]

Just received mine. I'm also amazed at how quickly this was shipped and how long shipping took. Even came on the early UPS truck (12PM). Time to test it out for a week. Firmware is CC1H.

 

[phoenix79]

I've had one since Newegg's black friday $109+free shipping deal and had no problems, even streaming HD video off it. If I had seen this thread yesterday in time I'd have had another...

 

[ViviTheMage]

83$ deal is dead, but

Only $105.99 - 1.5 TB SATA Barracuda Internal Hard Drive after $60 off
Expires Wednesday, February 18, 2009

still good.

 

[buzzsaw13]

Ordered yesterday and is being delivered as I type this. I didn't know Dell had a warehouse in sunnyvale

 

[sPaZzomatic]

105 now plus tax after coupon atleast for me

 

[beergeek]

I'm told mine is sitting at home. So what is the deal - anything other than CC1H firmware is known bad, CC1H is known good, or there are random HW (rather than firmware) problems, and it's the luck of the draw?