1yr. or 5yr. warranty on Seagate Barracudas?

CDsDontBurn · Jan 21, 2005, 06:07 AM

Well, i just bought myself a pair of 80Gb SATA Seagate Barracuda HDDs from my work earlier today. I for the longest time thought that Barracudas had a 5yr. warranty (newegg says 5yr. warranty). I check my work's website, and it says 1yr. warranty on the Barracudas. Now i'm a little confused as to the extent of the warranty is

. I checked Seagate's website for the model numbers of the two HDDs, and it only brought me up the HDD specifications/statistics, but nothing on the warranty. Does anybody know how long the warranty actually is on these HDDs?

The model number on the HDDs are:
1. ST380817AS
2. ST380013AS

mike2h · Jan 21, 2005, 06:13 AM

as far as i know all 'cudas carry 3yr warranty. even though those drives may (i doubt it) have been manafactured when they were only doing 1yr, it is the date of purchase that matters.
i believe the raptor is the only non-scsi drive besides maxtors maxline2 series to offer 5yrs.
of course i could be completly wrong. again.
fyi my 160 cuda has 3yrs, my 74 raptor has 5yrs.

i was wrong. again.

. all seagate drives purchased through legitimate retail sources have 5 yr warranty. dates back to mid 2004.

CDsDontBurn · Jan 21, 2005, 06:25 AM

hehehe.....where did you find out that info on the 5yr. warranty? I just wanna know cuz now i'm utterly confused about their warranty.

Vampyromaniac · Jan 21, 2005, 06:59 AM

I posted a link once, I think you specifically replied to it, too.
Any way, you can go to their site and do a warranty check with your serial numbers if you want to be sure.

CDsDontBurn · Jan 21, 2005, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vampyromaniac

I posted a link once, I think you specifically replied to it, too.
Any way, you can go to their site and do a warranty check with your serial numbers if you want to be sure.

i've replied to so many threads......i don't remember which one specifically it was. But yea, i'll check out their website again.

It was a pain in the @$$ to install those two drives too. I had to remove one of my two intake fans in order for the HDDs not to get in the way of my 6800GT. That card is so damn big

!. I was barely able to make them fit.

CDsDontBurn · Jan 21, 2005, 09:15 AM

sweet! i just verified the warranty period on my new HDDs on Seagate's website, and they both have the 5yr. warranty

.

Vampyromaniac · Jan 21, 2005, 09:15 AM

Thankfully I have elephant memory

here's the link:
http://info.seagate.com/mk/get/AMER_WARRANTY_0704_JUMP

And here's where you can check your warranty for your specific drives:
http://support.seagate.com/customer/...validation.jsp

CDsDontBurn · Jan 21, 2005, 09:20 AM

heheeh.....thanx vampy, but i beat you to it. I finally got off my lazy arse and did the research myself. I'm glad i posted the model numbers to my drives too because my drives are already installed and being formatted to NTFS as i'm posting this. The serial numbers i got off my reciept

. I am now 1337 like you vampy cuz Seagate drives rock

.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jan 21, 2005, 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

hehehe.....where did you find out that info on the 5yr. warranty? I just wanna know cuz now i'm utterly confused about their warranty.

on the 7200.7 120GB i just bought it say 5 years on the box....
on thier website it says 3 years

I assume the box is correct
I'm pretty sure you get 3 or 5 years....

unless you bought OEM and alot of makers only offer / offerd 1 year.....

I don't worry about stuff like that much
I pobubly won't own it over a year with
my upgrade cycle anyways

CDsDontBurn · Jan 21, 2005, 04:36 PM

check out the two links that vampy provided. Fill in the blanks, and it will tell you exactly how long the warranty is on your seagates.

Vampyromaniac · Jan 22, 2005, 07:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

Seagate drives rock

.

Lol, must've beat me by a few seconds

Yep, I'm very impressed by my Seagate drive, too. It's very quiet, and surprisingly fast!
(I had thought Seagates traded some performance to be so quiet, but not this current line of drives!)

CDsDontBurn · Jan 22, 2005, 11:16 AM

i don't know if they're as quiet as everybody says they are. My two seagates i'd say can be as noisy as my raptor, especially when defraging

.

Is there a benchmarking program out there specifically for HDDs? I want to compare my raptor vs. my seagates vs. my 60Gb WD 8Mb.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jan 22, 2005, 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

i don't know if they're as quiet as everybody says they are. My two seagates i'd say can be as noisy as my raptor, especially when defraging

.

Is there a benchmarking program out there specifically for HDDs? I want to compare my raptor vs. my seagates vs. my 60Gb WD 8Mb.

Alot of these drives have acoustic management....
but useing it to get a much quiter drive= less read / write perf

mike2h · Jan 22, 2005, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

i don't know if they're as quiet as everybody says they are. My two seagates i'd say can be as noisy as my raptor, especially when defraging

.

Is there a benchmarking program out there specifically for HDDs? I want to compare my raptor vs. my seagates vs. my 60Gb WD 8Mb.

http://www.storagereview.com/ this site should give you all the info you need.
i agree. considering the speed of the raptor it is amazingly quite. though my 'cuda is quieter. i never hear it.
then again i have 7 case fans(not counting the 2 in 1 ps & the 1 fan in the other ps). they are not all going at once but it still can be fairly loud

thk god i have a really good souind setup

CDsDontBurn · Jan 23, 2005, 04:25 AM

I checked out the site

well, i have 3 case fans, and two tornados in my system. quietness it totally not a factor in my purchase of my seagates. I got them, cuz i got an awsome deal on them and they're one of my two favorite HDD manufacturers

.

Jan 21, 2005, 06:07 AM	#1
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,779 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	1yr. or 5yr. warranty on Seagate Barracudas? Well, i just bought myself a pair of 80Gb SATA Seagate Barracuda HDDs from my work earlier today. I for the longest time thought that Barracudas had a 5yr. warranty (newegg says 5yr. warranty). I check my work's website, and it says 1yr. warranty on the Barracudas. Now i'm a little confused as to the extent of the warranty is . I checked Seagate's website for the model numbers of the two HDDs, and it only brought me up the HDD specifications/statistics, but nothing on the warranty. Does anybody know how long the warranty actually is on these HDDs? The model number on the HDDs are: 1. ST380817AS 2. ST380013AS __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Jan 21, 2005, 06:13 AM	#2
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	as far as i know all 'cudas carry 3yr warranty. even though those drives may (i doubt it) have been manafactured when they were only doing 1yr, it is the date of purchase that matters. i believe the raptor is the only non-scsi drive besides maxtors maxline2 series to offer 5yrs. of course i could be completly wrong. again. fyi my 160 cuda has 3yrs, my 74 raptor has 5yrs. i was wrong. again. . all seagate drives purchased through legitimate retail sources have 5 yr warranty. dates back to mid 2004. __________________ Last edited by mike2h; Jan 21, 2005 at 06:20 AM.

Jan 21, 2005, 06:25 AM	Thread Starter #3
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,779 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	hehehe.....where did you find out that info on the 5yr. warranty? I just wanna know cuz now i'm utterly confused about their warranty. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Jan 21, 2005, 09:15 AM	Thread Starter #6
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,779 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	sweet! i just verified the warranty period on my new HDDs on Seagate's website, and they both have the 5yr. warranty . __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Jan 21, 2005, 09:15 AM	#7
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	Thankfully I have elephant memory here's the link: http://info.seagate.com/mk/get/AMER_WARRANTY_0704_JUMP And here's where you can check your warranty for your specific drives: http://support.seagate.com/customer/...validation.jsp __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

Jan 21, 2005, 06:59 AM	#4
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	I posted a link once, I think you specifically replied to it, too. Any way, you can go to their site and do a warranty check with your serial numbers if you want to be sure.

Jan 21, 2005, 09:20 AM	Thread Starter #8
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,779 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	heheeh.....thanx vampy, but i beat you to it. I finally got off my lazy arse and did the research myself. I'm glad i posted the model numbers to my drives too because my drives are already installed and being formatted to NTFS as i'm posting this. The serial numbers i got off my reciept . I am now 1337 like you vampy cuz Seagate drives rock . __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Jan 21, 2005, 04:36 PM	Thread Starter #10
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,779 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	check out the two links that vampy provided. Fill in the blanks, and it will tell you exactly how long the warranty is on your seagates. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Jan 22, 2005, 11:16 AM	Thread Starter #12
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,779 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	i don't know if they're as quiet as everybody says they are. My two seagates i'd say can be as noisy as my raptor, especially when defraging . Is there a benchmarking program out there specifically for HDDs? I want to compare my raptor vs. my seagates vs. my 60Gb WD 8Mb. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Jan 23, 2005, 04:25 AM	Thread Starter #15
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,779 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	I checked out the site well, i have 3 case fans, and two tornados in my system. quietness it totally not a factor in my purchase of my seagates. I got them, cuz i got an awsome deal on them and they're one of my two favorite HDD manufacturers . __________________ Her First Day \| A year later