Put HDD3 back into NAS Removed HDD4 from NAS Connected HDD4 from NAS to internal SATA4 on my PC Booted off Firmware upgrade CD - Pressed ESC at info screen and then D to download to supported drives - this upgraded firmware on SATA4 in about 8 seconds - then press any key to shutdown.
Put HDD2 back into NAS Removed HDD3 from NAS Connected HDD3 from NAS to internal SATA4 on my PC Booted off Firmware upgrade CD - Pressed ESC at info screen and then D to download to supported drives - this upgraded firmware on SATA4 in about 8 seconds - then press any key to shutdown. Put HDD1 back into NAS and powered NAS on - checked drive firmware and operation and RAID status - performed quick SMART test OK on HDD1 Powered off NAS and removed HDD2 Connected HDD2 from NAS to internal SATA4 on my PC Booted off Firmware upgrade CD - Pressed ESC at info screen and then D to download to supported drives - this upgraded firmware on SATA4 in about 8 seconds - then press any key to shutdown. Put Hot Spare back into NAS and powered NAS on - checked drive firmware and operation and RAID status - performed quick SMART test OK on Hot Spare Powered off NAS and removed HDD1 Connected HDD1 from NAS to internal SATA4 on my PC Booted off Firmware upgrade CD - Pressed ESC at info screen and then D to download to supported drives - this upgraded firmware on SATA4 in about 8 seconds - then press any key to shutdown. Connected Hot Spare from NAS to internal SATA4 on my PC (SATA1 / SATA2 = WD Drives in RAID0 - SATA3 = Blu-Ray drive - all left connected during the firmware upgrade) - tried using External SATA but drive not seen by firmware upgrade run from bootCD Booted off Firmware upgrade CD - Pressed ESC at info screen and then D to download to supported drives - this upgraded firmware on SATA4 in about 8 seconds - then press any key to shutdown. Detail Drives are Configured as RAID5 with Hot Spare Powered off NAS and removed Hot Spare Created Firmware upgrade CD using ISO from Seagate link - you can also upgrade in windows but I decided in my setup the bootable CD was best. Summary - all drives upgraded without issue, so far, - no raid rebuild required - now monitoring.
As I looked into this firmware and read about other peoples experiences with these LP drives I decided, as I had also experienced some noisy clicking activity and as I had some time on my hands, to upgrade the firmware on my 5 x Seagate ST31500541AS from firmware CC34 to firmware CC35.
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