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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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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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.