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    Quote Originally Posted by Neo View Post
    Did you buy a Seagate 7200rpm laptop HDD?
    Indeed I did... i think, not sure of the rpm but i'm pretty sure that might be it.

    Google basically told me to update my RAID and SATA drivers in the device manager, which i've done now, so we'll see.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Terak View Post
    Indeed I did... i think, not sure of the rpm but i'm pretty sure that might be it.

    Google basically told me to update my RAID and SATA drivers in the device manager, which i've done now, so we'll see.
    If you bought the 7200rpm drive you're going to be peeved because there is a known issue with the drive where it basically "hangs" every few minutes. I hope for your part it's not the same drive.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Neo View Post
    If you bought the 7200rpm drive you're going to be peeved because there is a known issue with the drive where it basically "hangs" every few minutes. I hope for your part it's not the same drive.
    Aaaah ffs that would suck balls! Well so far since updating the drivers it seems to working fine. Where did you find that out?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Terak View Post
    Aaaah ffs that would suck balls! Well so far since updating the drivers it seems to working fine. Where did you find that out?
    I recently bought a 320GB 7200rpm Seagate 2.5" HDD to replace the 40GB HDD that was in my PS3 and after purchasing it I just went online and read up on it a bit, that's when I came across these people (a few of them) complaining about the drive "hanging" every now and then causing chaos on their laptops. I have to admit that I haven't noticed anything strange on my PS3. They also complained that it was a very "loud" drive after a week or two of usage.
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    Ah interesting. Well so far i'm lucky havent had any problems, I upgraded the motherboard drivers for Sata Harddrives and hasnt frozen yet. But seriously, how can they release a product on the market like that if they havent fully tested it. I mean FFS its Seagate...
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    That's what I thought! In my mind I always thought Seagate was a top-notch brand! Apparently they've gone down in quality a lot lately. Oh well, such is life. I'm glad to hear that you're problem is subsiding a bit! That's very good news.
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    Yeah thats very strange. Well lets just hope it keeps strong and doesnt happen again .
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    Neo, it seems that updating my nForce SATA drives did the trick. You should share this news with the guys who you said it wasnt working for
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    I had a desktop Seagate 7200rpm drive and it had exactly the same problem, every 30mins-1 hour it would hang the PC while the drive would spin up again. It was obvious it was the drive though since you could clearly hear the drive spinning up. I sent mine back on warranty.

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