[WLUG] Does Hard Drive's Firmware need to be transfered?

[gordon webb]

Hello Ethan, and Alison


The new hard drive came.  With the " No Problem no need to transferring firmware" I installed the new Hard Drive.  Same problem as the first hard drive when trying to install Ubuntu 13.10.  The first 2 screens come up then it goes to a reverse video message something about chash and a bunch of numbers.  When I used the SATA test cables with the new hard drive I get the same ticking sound as the origional.  Some one thought it might be the power supply but its a battery powered laptop.  Back to trouble shooting or may be its time to replace this 5 year old HP G-60t-200.


Gordon




On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 11:53 AM, Ethan Allen <lodis4 at gmail.com> wrote:
 
I have replaced hundreds of hard drives over the years and none have ever given me trouble. There are some specific security setups that read disk/device serial number, however, if you were in such a situation: 1. transferring firmware would not help resolve the serial number change and 2. I doubt you would have presented this question to the group as you would be aware of the answer already.

In most cases, especially running Linux, you can pop in a new drive
    and start installing new software immediately.

As an aside, at the enterprise level I have updated disk firmware on
    HP hardware for various reasons, mostly due to poor performance or
    increased visibility and reporting on hardware health.

Hope this helps. 


On 2/10/2014 11:06 PM, gordon webb wrote:

Hello All
>
>Just got a new Hard Drive for my HP G60t-200 Lap top. Will the
          new Hard Drive's Firmware need to be transfered? The new Hard
          Drive model number is: WD1600-BEVT- 60ZCT10. Same Model as
          origional Hard Drive
>
>Gordon
>
>
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