Downgrade of Firmware

Any drive will work - but you have to make sure that its physical configuration matches your pc and that you reformat the drive since the format used for dvr use is not compatible .

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The SATA RAID interface needs to be compatible with SATA revision V2.0. Check the drives with the Seagate diagnostic tool (download it from Seagate) for correct operation. This will also check / test the SATA interface. Connect the drives directly to a PC with SATA interface to do this. If proven OK then use the RAID board.

Possibly there's a way to downgrade to SATA-1 using a Seagate tool.

as of my knowledge, there is no driver need for External HDD connecting thru USB...

http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/support/downloads/firmware/ http://atulchitnis.net/files/seagate.pdf

http://atulchitnis.net/files/seagate.pdf http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/support/downloads/firmware

You need to access the drive controller and reset it using an RS232 to CMOS convertor and hyperterminal. The problem is caused by the firmware on the controller software going into an infinite loop.
If bios is not seeing it then none of the software tools available will allow access.
Once the hard drive is reset, the disk is fully useable again. A firmware upgrade is possible at this point, but usually we just image the disk and load it onto a more reliable replacement as most customers do not want to experience that sort of fright again.
I have fixed a few of these and have the equipment to do it, but it is not really a task for the amateur.

the firmware is damaged,sir,nothing can do.you should go to the dr company to repair your hdd first by using HD Doctor or other tools,it is a typical bug for 7200.11,seagate's big bug

http://atulchitnis.net/files/seagate.pdf http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/support/downloads/firmware/

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