READ THIS | If your model 7200.11 Seagate Barracuda drive ST3500620AS has stopped working.

HP has finally released a firmware update for the 7200.11 Seagate Barracuda drive (affected model ST3500620AS).
If your computer has been freezing, or if your hard drive has all of a sudden stopped showing up in BIOS (BIOSHD-2 error), this firmware update might unbrick your drive and give you access to your data again.
Find it here: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=US&swItem=vc-681...
I am going to try it on my bricked drive tonight and will let you know how it goes.
cheers,
doon
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So, after much heartache, many trials and moments of desperation I have succeeded in doing what every HP support person told me was impossible:
I have unbricked my drive AND have recovered ALL of my data!!!
How did I do it, you might ask? First let me tell you what happened before my joyous moment:
I have been researching the Seagate firmware issue since Decemeber and read a lot about the issues people were having and the causes for these problems. Seems like what this firmware bug does is cause one of two problems: either the drive shows up in BIOS but shows 0 capacity, or it doesn't show up in BIOS at all. It seems that the OEM drives we all have in our TouchSmarts were affeced by the latter issue (hard drive no longer showing up).  This is due to the drive getting stuck in a mode (google BSY error and you'll find the issue) which does not allow it to respond back; it is, in effect, eternally busy.
As a result of this BSY error, I could not run the newly posted HP firmware update for our Seagate drives. This is when the heartache began. After countless hours of research and digging, I came across the following forum which became my El Dorado.
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=128807
If the link above gets scrubbed, simply search for the title of the posting: "The Solution for Seagate 7200.11 HDDs"
This fine gentleman from Chile, South America worked it all out. I bought the parts he suggested, read the post to see if any modifications were made and decided to try what he suggested in a last ditch effort to save my data. The revised post is here:
Read this one for the step by step solution: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=128807&st=100
Basically, the tutorial walks you through the steps needed to "hack" into your hard drive's board and "talk to it directly" via Hyper Terminal (I ended up using a USB data cable for my old Siemens mobile phone, though). It took me two goes at it and a lot of patience and careful reading, but my drive came back to life! 
So again, here are my details and issues for you in summary:
Hardware: 
- HP TouchSmart IQ506
- Seagate Barracuda drive: 500GB, ST3500620AS, model series 7200.11, HP firmware version HP24 
Problem Description: 
- The drive just stopped working
- Booted my PC and the drive was no longer showing up in BIOS
- Hard drive light was continuously lit
- Hard drive made no funny clicking noises
- The drive was not responsive to the new firmware fix (HP13 Rev. A from 6 Feb 2009)
I hope this helps someone out there. If you need any help, please contact me and I will try my best to help!
Best Regards,
Doon
EDIT: Of course, after I had access to the drive, I ran the new firmware update. You can get that here:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=pv-68339-1&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&...
Message Edited by doon on 02-16-2009 01:14 AM
cheers,
doon

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