Samsung F3, F3EG firmware for P67, SB850 chipsets

[LiamC]

Got a Samsung F3 or F3EG HDD? Hear it "clicking" after connecting to the latest Intel or AMD chipsets? In my case. it was a slow (every second) click like a full seek. Eventually the drive disappears from your OS.

Warning! If you leave a drive unpatched and connected to a chipset that causes the click, the drive could be permanently damaged.

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This patch code is released in order to solve the compatibilty problem between some mainboard (AMD SB850 chipset and Intel P67/H67 chipset) and our HDD (F3 and F3EG model only).
This patch program works only to
F3 (HD323HJ / HD502HJ / HD503HI / HD103SJ / HD105SI)
F3EG (HD153WI / HD203WI)"...​

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http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/faqView.do?b2b_bbs_msg_id=308​

 

[sechs]

Any clue as what the fixed firmware version is?

 

[LiamC]

Give me 24 or so hours and I can tell you. I remember that my original firmware ended in a 4 and the new one ends in a 5

 

[sechs]

I have five disks and four different firmware versions. I'm curious if any need the update.

 

[LiamC]

Apologies for the delay. The fixed firmware is 1AJ100E5. I believe that my original firmware with the problem was 1AJ100E4

 

[sechs]

It it only that firmware revision?

Two of my drives have that firmware, but the others appear to have earlier revisions.