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    Is there any way to obtain HP firmware for a Seagate HP OEM drive (7200.4)?

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by landsome, Mar 13, 2012.

  1. landsome

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    There is no official firmware on HP's website for the drive I am interested in: ST9500420AS (Momentus 7200.4 500GB).

    The original firmware was 0006HPM1 and I would like to apply it again to the drive. An older version, 0003HPM1, would also be of interest.

    0006HPM1 had an extremely annoying clicking noise so it was replaced with a firmware provided by Dell and apparently functioning on retail Seagate drives as well (indeed, it seems it is a Seagate firmware).

    On the HP OEM, the smart values went haywire with the Dell f/w, but at least the drive is not clicking anymore. Nonetheless, for testing purposes, I would be interested in reverting temporarily to one of the two HP f/w's above (I will eventually return to the Dell software).

    So - any idea if this is possible at all?

    (This being said, it is a bit of a shame that, unlike Dell, HP did not provide a remedy for this infuriating and infuriatingly common problem of the 7200.4...)
     
    landsome, Mar 13, 2012
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