HP Seagate ST980411AS HDD Firmware HP87 Rev.A

This package contains a firmware upgrade for the 80-GB Seagate Hard Drive (Model Number ST980411AS) in the supported desktop models running a supported operating system.

ENHANCEMENTS

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N/A

FIXES

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- Disables the Aggressive Off-Line Scan (AOS) feature to fix intermittent performance issues.

PREREQUISITES

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- 80-GB Seagate hard drive having Model Number ST980411AS must be installed in the desktop.

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
WARNING: DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR ATTEMPT TO REBOOT THE COMPUTER DURING THE UPDATE PROCESS!

NOTE: It is STRONGLY recommended that you perform a system backup prior to installing this update.

1. Download the file by clicking the "Download" or "Obtain Software" button and saving the file to a folder on your hard drive (make a note of the folder where the downloaded file is saved).

2. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions.

3. Navigate to the folder that contains the extracted SoftPaq files (the default location is C:SWSetupSP44676).

4. Copy all the files that are found in the FILES folder to the bootable media (for example, ZIP disk or bootable Disk On Key).

5. Restart (boot) the desktop or workstation from the bootable media, and run the UPDATE.BAT file. The UPDATE.BAT file launches the utility to update the firmware on the hard drive, if appropriate.

For more information, see the README file, which was extracted to the location specified in Step 2 (the default location is C:SWSetupSP44676).