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Seagate's fraudulent HDD scandal expands: IronWolf Pro hard drives reportedly also affected
Seagate's Exos HDDs are aimed at enterprises ... dents and scratches on the chassis as well as scratches on their SATA connector, which are clear signs of previous use. Also, the QR codes on ...
'Seagate is investigating these practices': World's largest HDD maker aware of used hard drives being modified to pass as new
The controversy of fraudsters modifying used Seagate hard drives to appear unused despite having been powered on for thousands of hours rages on. Preowned units of the fastest hard drives can appear ...
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Fraudsters seem to target Seagate hard drives in order to pass old, used HDDs as new ones using intricate techniques
Experts suggest that potential buyers can check certain logs - such as Self Test Logs or SATA Phy Event Counters - to determine if a drive has been previously used. Seagate has acknowledged the ...
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SATA-IO Increases Interoperability Features with Revision 3.5 Specification
The SATA specification was first released in February of 2000 through the efforts of APT Technologies, Dell, Intel, Maxtor, and Seagate. Since that time, the SATA-IO has released over nine revisions ...
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Seagate Exos X12 Series
Seagate manufactures hard drives that specifically address ... providing the fastest hard drive data transfers in the datasphere. Hyperscale SATA models are tuned for large data transfers, providing ...