Comments on: Read Lag Problems on Seagate Freeagent 1.5TB External Hard Drive on Mac OS X

By: Harald Walker

Harald Walker — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:28:21 +0000

My FreeAgent Mac 1.5 TB shows a similar behavior. Sometimes (usually when streaming audio or playing video) it just stops responding. I am also suspecting overheating as the drive feels rather hot. I was pleased that the drive is very quiet but obviously the downside of not having a fan inside is the possible overheating. I guess I should drill some holes into that cheapo plastic enclosure.

@Adam: when I was looking for external fw800 drives with at least 1 TB of storage there wasn’t much choice (many alternative products were not available when I needed it). I already have negative experience with LaCie, so they are excluded.

By: JR

JR — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:48:25 +0000

Great Post! I’m still not sold on this drive, but good to know heat has such an impact on it. Thanks for sharing.

By: unknown

unknown — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:33:01 +0000

Thanks Adam. I just bought the same ext. HD too in white (2.0 USB connection only). It took me a really long time to find an external HD that is big to meet todays standard to keep all the necessary data in one place. I will keep your solutions in mind.

Again, thanks for your awesome highly specified post.

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:02:33 +0000

I had to update the firmware on my 1.5TB hard drives a few weeks ago. In my case, the tech support people at Seagate were aware of my problem and sent me download instructions for an ISO disc image with the new firmware update. I just learned of a firmware issue with the older 1TB hard drives, of which I have many

Maybe it’s time to switch to another hard drive manufacturer.