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R206231 Seagate HD Firmware: DEA2

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by proxybox, Dec 19, 2008.

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  1. proxybox

    proxybox Notebook Enthusiast

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    I tried installing the R206231 Firmware update from Dell for the Seagate drives listed on the support site and it would not complete. I get an error. I noticed that my firmware is DEA2. Is this a newer firmware than the fix is trying to update to? I noticed that the software is trying to upgrade to DE16.

    I own a ST9250421ASG in a E6400.
     
    proxybox, Dec 19, 2008
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    I just saw the same update. I have the same drive in my E6500, and will attempt the update later tonight, since it seems finding a CD-R to use is the easiest way to apply this. I'll reply back with how it worked for me.
     
    ziesemer, Dec 19, 2008
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    Update: It looks like Dell released another version today. The new file is R206837. I'll try that later.
     
    proxybox, Dec 19, 2008
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    I got a black screen after reboot from DVD. Nothing happened, I waited for 10 minutes.
     
    codx, Dec 19, 2008
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    Success!!! Use the new version. It was posted today 12/19. It works flawlessly.
     
    proxybox, Dec 20, 2008
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    How do I use the new file? All I get when I run the self-extracter is a folder with a CD image of 1Mb which doesn't seem to do much when i burnt it onto CD and an executable file that doesn't seem to do much.
     
    tanalasta, Dec 26, 2008
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    yeah still same here. The provided .iso file doesn't even contain any files. Whether i check by mounting it with daemon tools or burning it as image the discs are empty. Also just extracting the iso provides a empty folder. The option to create a bootable USB stick doesn't work either because the autoexec.bat file mentioned in the install instructions isn't found anywhere....did Dell just put a wrong file up or what?
     
    LPTP-LVR, Jan 4, 2009
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    Hi.

    You need to disable AHCI in the BIOS and then the HDD will be detected, but dont boot into your OS until you have turned AHCI back on.

    Regards

    John.

     
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    I haven't actually performed this update yet, though I hope to soon. However, I'm definitely not seeing the same issues as you. After running R206837.exe, I had 2 folders created under C:\Dell\Drivers\R206837: "Files" and "CD Image".

    Files contains "DE16.BAT", "DE16.lod", and "SF.EXE".

    "CD Image" contains a "Seagate Utility.iso". Opening it with 7-Zip shows a "[BOOT]" folder, which contains a "Bootable_1.44M.img" file, which when also opened with 7-Zip contains the same above 3 files.

    I don't see anything mentioned about the "autoexec.bat" file, but these images definitely aren't empty. Are you using the R206837 updated file?
     
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    Upgrade complete. I had been trying to make and use a bootable USB flash drive so I wouldn't have to waste a CD-R, but found a CD-RW to use instead.
     
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