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seagate momentus xt firmware SD-28 is out

Has anyone had any issues with their battery when using SD28 with Lion (10.7.2) on a MBP 13" with 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo? After I updated to SD28 I now receive a "Service Battery" warning. Has anyone else experienced this?!?!

Kinda bummed I really enjoy the speed of the HD, but not sure if it's worth it if I only get 2hr of battery life.
 
Perhaps your battery is just dying? Have you tried with another harddrive after you got the message?
 
Yes, I've tested with my factory HD and did not see the "Service Battery" warning. This is my 2nd Seagate Momentus XT 500GB HD SD28 tested on my system. Before I requested another HD from seagate I took my system to the Apple Genius Bar to get the battery tested, no issues were found with the battery. Seagate told me I would have to use their Momentus 750GB HD if I can't resolved the issue. :-(
 
I have the Xt as my scratch disk in the optibay slot. Is there any way I can upgrade without using an optical drive?
 
Im sorry if this is a dumb question, i'm not too knowledgeable in this department. I just installed a new seagate momentus xt 750gb, will i need to upgrade to the latest firmware or does it already have it?
 
Giroux said:
Im sorry if this is a dumb question, i'm not too knowledgeable in this department. I just installed a new seagate momentus xt 750gb, will i need to upgrade to the latest firmware or does it already have it?
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Not a dumb question at all.
I just put in that same drive and it appears to have its own firmware, SM12.
 
I've just installed my Momentus XT in my early 09 17" MBP.

It came with SD26 installed. I'm getting decent XBench results. I'll probably upgrade to SD28 to try and reclaim some battery life. It's gone down quite a bit for me...

Results 91.17

System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.7.2 (11C74)
Physical RAM 8192 MB
Model MacBookPro5,2
Drive Type ST93205620AS

Disk Test 59.19
Sequential 135.37
Uncached Write 172.10 105.67 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 161.33 91.28 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 80.93 23.68 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 192.95 96.98 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 37.87
Uncached Write 11.62 1.23 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 263.76 84.44 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 101.38 0.72 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 170.24 31.59 MB/sec [256K blocks]
 
Prodo123 said:
Any way to install without using CDs or Windows? Restoring to USB drive keeps failing :p
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This is what Seagate customer support told me - looks like CD is what you need:

"
Thank you for choosing Seagate.

In regard to your question about updating the firmware on your Momentus XT ST95005620AS internal drive, on the web site where you got the firmware update, there is specific link there for non-Windows based computers, which includes Mac, that allows you to download the firmware for the drive in a bootable ISO format. You can download the ISO, burn the ISO to CD, boot to the CD, and update the firmware from there.

The directions for applying the firmware are included in the ISO download, but here is a link to our web site that will have the instructions you need.

http://support.seagate.com/firmware/firmware_update_procedure_mac.html


If your Mac uses an Intel-based processor, you will be able to update the firmware on this Momentus drive, from the CD. If your Mac is not an Intel-based Mac, then you will need to connect the drive internally, to a Windows PC, and run the update from there.
"
 
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