HP UPDATE FIRMWARE update problem?

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GreatNate

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HP-Update FIRMWARE update problem?
I got some critical update for my Seagate 320 gb hard drive’s firmware. I went to download an process the update, later it asked me to insert a blank disk. Well I don’t have a blank disk but I hit bootable cd anyway thinking it would create some file on the hard drive. Well obviously that’s not what it had in mind because my disk drive opened, I shut the disk drive and it started saying writing data to disk. HOW could it do that with no disk. I couldn’t close it. It then said installation succesfull. What the heck. I restarted my computer to see if I had screwed up my system and it seams to be running fine. Have I screwed up my hard drive? Did the dang update install? Can I delete these firmware updte files lying around on my desktop? Please help me????
 

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    AMD Athlon X2 4400
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    N-Vidia GeForce 6150 SE
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GreatNate said:
HP-Update FIRMWARE update problem?
I got some critical update for my Seagate 320 gb hard drive’s firmware. I went to download an process the update, later it asked me to insert a blank disk. Well I don’t have a blank disk but I hit bootable cd anyway thinking it would create some file on the hard drive. Well obviously that’s not what it had in mind because my disk drive opened, I shut the disk drive and it started saying writing data to disk. HOW could it do that with no disk. I couldn’t close it. It then said installation succesfull. What the heck. I restarted my computer to see if I had screwed up my system and it seams to be running fine. Have I screwed up my hard drive? Did the dang update install? Can I delete these firmware updte files lying around on my desktop? Please help me????
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It is ok.

I dont know what happened, but You HAVE to burn the bootable disk, and then boot into it after a restart in order to update the firmware.
 

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  • CPU
    T7600G Core2Duo 2.66 Ghz
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    Intel 945PM + ICH7 Chipset
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Mobility Radeon x1900 256MB
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    WUXGA 17"
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    Hard Drives
    640GB 7200RPM SATA/RAID 0 (2x320GB) and 320GB 7200RPM External
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    Wireless Microsoft 3000
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    10 mbps/2 mbps
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    Optical Drive: Panasonic UJ-220 DL BD-RE (Blu-Ray)
the update is to prevent some error code on start up, for certian affected hard drives. Is it something I HAVE to do? My computer runs fine?
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Compaq SR5612f
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    AMD Athlon X2 4400
    Graphics card(s)
    N-Vidia GeForce 6150 SE
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Compaq W17Q
Is the hard drive in RAID? You need to usually break the RAID to put firmware on the hard drive. Backup before doing it. It can crash your OS.
 

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  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
I dont know how to do any of this. Its a basic compaq computer with a seagate 320 gig hard drive.
 

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    AMD Athlon X2 4400
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    N-Vidia GeForce 6150 SE
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Compaq W17Q
Call them for help. You do it wrong, it can damage your hard drive. Before doing it, backup everything.
 

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    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
According to your specs it only shipped with one (1) sata 320GB HDD. Thus no RAID.
http://www.shopping.com/xPF-Compaq-Compaq-Presario-SR5612F-B-Desktop-PC-Monitor-BUNDLE

Simply burn the bootable disk, insert it into the drive, restart and hit any key at prompt to boot into it. (you may have to go into the BIOS and change the boot order to CD-ROM, if it is set to boot first off the HDD (recovery partition)
note- I would still use Vista's File Backup Utility before upgrading the firmware.
 

My Computer

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  • CPU
    T7600G Core2Duo 2.66 Ghz
    Motherboard
    Intel 945PM + ICH7 Chipset
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Mobility Radeon x1900 256MB
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    WUXGA 17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    640GB 7200RPM SATA/RAID 0 (2x320GB) and 320GB 7200RPM External
    Mouse
    Wireless Microsoft 3000
    Internet Speed
    10 mbps/2 mbps
    Other Info
    Optical Drive: Panasonic UJ-220 DL BD-RE (Blu-Ray)
Some manufacturers configure one disk as RAID 0. I don't know why.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
SCSIraidGURU said:
Some manufacturers configure one disk as RAID 0. I don't know why.
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What like a software RAID with two partitions?
I suspect HP has a C: Drive and a D: Drive recovery partition.
 

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  • CPU
    T7600G Core2Duo 2.66 Ghz
    Motherboard
    Intel 945PM + ICH7 Chipset
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Mobility Radeon x1900 256MB
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    WUXGA 17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    640GB 7200RPM SATA/RAID 0 (2x320GB) and 320GB 7200RPM External
    Mouse
    Wireless Microsoft 3000
    Internet Speed
    10 mbps/2 mbps
    Other Info
    Optical Drive: Panasonic UJ-220 DL BD-RE (Blu-Ray)
Do you think I really need to do it?, only a small number of hard drives have the problem
 

My Computer

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Compaq SR5612f
    CPU
    AMD Athlon X2 4400
    Graphics card(s)
    N-Vidia GeForce 6150 SE
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Compaq W17Q

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    T7600G Core2Duo 2.66 Ghz
    Motherboard
    Intel 945PM + ICH7 Chipset
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Mobility Radeon x1900 256MB
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    WUXGA 17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    640GB 7200RPM SATA/RAID 0 (2x320GB) and 320GB 7200RPM External
    Mouse
    Wireless Microsoft 3000
    Internet Speed
    10 mbps/2 mbps
    Other Info
    Optical Drive: Panasonic UJ-220 DL BD-RE (Blu-Ray)
I barely have any important files on here. But do you think id be ok if I skipped the firmware update?
 

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    Compaq SR5612f
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    AMD Athlon X2 4400
    Graphics card(s)
    N-Vidia GeForce 6150 SE
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Compaq W17Q
GreatNate said:
I barely have any important files on here. But do you think id be ok if I skipped the firmware update?
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it up to you. Skip It if you want I do not know the particulars of the issues involved, or why HP is offering the firmware.

If you do not notice any issues, and have no diagnostic issues. Then dont worry about it.

What does diskcheck, and system health say?
 
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My Computer

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  • CPU
    T7600G Core2Duo 2.66 Ghz
    Motherboard
    Intel 945PM + ICH7 Chipset
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Mobility Radeon x1900 256MB
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    WUXGA 17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    640GB 7200RPM SATA/RAID 0 (2x320GB) and 320GB 7200RPM External
    Mouse
    Wireless Microsoft 3000
    Internet Speed
    10 mbps/2 mbps
    Other Info
    Optical Drive: Panasonic UJ-220 DL BD-RE (Blu-Ray)
Do you have the issue? I usually upgrade the firmware on my SAS drives when I reinstall the OS. It requires me to break the SAS RAID.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
I dont have the issue and I have NEVER backed up the hard drive. I think disk check runs routinly by itself in the backround. I have not gotten any notices.
 

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    Compaq SR5612f
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    AMD Athlon X2 4400
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    N-Vidia GeForce 6150 SE
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Compaq W17Q
I would backup your data at least once a week. Anything you can't loose.
 

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    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
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    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
GreatNate said:
I dont have the issue and I have NEVER backed up the hard drive. I think disk check runs routinly by itself in the backround. I have not gotten any notices.
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No it doesnt.

Start>Computer>Right Click "C" drive>Click Properties>Tools>Error Checking-Click "Check Now">Under Check Disk Options click "Automatically fix file system errors" and "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors"> Restart Computer

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My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    T7600G Core2Duo 2.66 Ghz
    Motherboard
    Intel 945PM + ICH7 Chipset
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Mobility Radeon x1900 256MB
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    WUXGA 17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    640GB 7200RPM SATA/RAID 0 (2x320GB) and 320GB 7200RPM External
    Mouse
    Wireless Microsoft 3000
    Internet Speed
    10 mbps/2 mbps
    Other Info
    Optical Drive: Panasonic UJ-220 DL BD-RE (Blu-Ray)
But you can confidentaly say I can delete the firmware file, and I didnt do any damage to my system when I did not insert the disk?
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Compaq SR5612f
    CPU
    AMD Athlon X2 4400
    Graphics card(s)
    N-Vidia GeForce 6150 SE
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Compaq W17Q
GreatNate said:
But you can confidentaly say I can delete the firmware file, and I didnt do any damage to my system when I did not insert the disk?
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yes-

you are are ok on that. Its a bootable firmware update- not a flash, or .exe

I assume it is an .iso image (which requires an ISO burner)BURNCDCC
 
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My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    T7600G Core2Duo 2.66 Ghz
    Motherboard
    Intel 945PM + ICH7 Chipset
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Mobility Radeon x1900 256MB
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    WUXGA 17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    640GB 7200RPM SATA/RAID 0 (2x320GB) and 320GB 7200RPM External
    Mouse
    Wireless Microsoft 3000
    Internet Speed
    10 mbps/2 mbps
    Other Info
    Optical Drive: Panasonic UJ-220 DL BD-RE (Blu-Ray)
And you think ill beok if I dont install it?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Compaq SR5612f
    CPU
    AMD Athlon X2 4400
    Graphics card(s)
    N-Vidia GeForce 6150 SE
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Compaq W17Q
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