Prevent Seagate hard drive possible breaks down!

If your computer was purchased in 2008 and early 2009 and provided with a Seagate hard drive, you should read the next document in support of HP:

Prevent disk errors not system on computers with Seagate drives

Basically, under certain conditions the firmware of the drive can fail. It may work well for some time, but then crash later because certain conditions arise on the PC.

To avoid a possible crash, download and install SP40966 from HP.

Once opened, it will tell you if a player needs updating.

If you have a player who needs the updated firmware, it will prompt for a blank disc.

He then burns a disc that you leave in the drive and restart.

It updates the firmware automatically. On some PCs/versions, you will have to perhaps enter and change SATA to IDE in the BIOS - I have not. I used the update on an IQ506 and the update went well.

My problem has been resolved. I downloaded the update yesterday and installed without any problems. The closure of the issue.

Tags: HP Desktops

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