Seagate and I: Broken up for Good

Dear Seagate,
What a love-hate relationship we have had. It has been 10 years, and while I have enjoyed much of it, I have suffered enough heartbreak. I think it is finally time to say goodbye.
Drive after drive has died on me (5 of them to be exact). Your firmware release to fix [...]





Another Seagate Drive Bites the Dust

Yet another Seagate drive I own bit the dust a few days ago.  The current victim is a Barracuda 7200.11 500 GB drive.  I can’t quite recall when I bought it, but it is still under warranty for quite some time.
Before anyone asks – yes, I updated the firmware.  No, not the original “fix” put [...]

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Do You Do Icons?

I’m looking for an “artist” self-proclaimed or otherwise to do a small bit of icon creation for an application I am working on. The position is non-paying (it’s a free application), though you will be credited accordingly. Enticing, I’m sure.
If you are interested, drop me an email at drnathan (at) teamhackaday (dotcom).
 

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Things I Like – Xbox 360 Messenger Kit

It’s nothing new, but it is quite a convenience. If you have ever been stuck typing a message on Xbox Live letter by letter with the controller, you know how frustrating it is and how long it takes.
Enter the Xbox 360 Messenger Kit:
This kit has been around awhile, but I just picked it up [...]

Things I Like – Kaz, Stash Tea, Verbatim

In a new feature that I hope will become a weekly fixture on the site, I present “Things I Like”. Each week I will pick out one, if not several things that have come across my radar that I like. I am not a shill for anyone (like they would pay me…), I [...]

Seagate…is on my list

Another week, another opportunity for Seagate to disappoint.
I have to start by saying that the turnaround time for my RMA has been pretty quick. I had a shipping notification the same afternoon they received my dead drive.
That being said, the replacement should arrive at my house today. I really hope I get it. [...]

Seagate’s RMA Program Sucks

I prefer Seagate drives over most others because I typically don’t have many issues with the drives, if at all. Recently though, a relatively new (6 mos. old) drive died on me, and I went to Seagate’s site to submit an RMA.
Normally the process is pretty simple. I have RMA-d quite a few [...]