* Posts by James Hayes

4 publicly visible posts • joined 19 Jan 2009

MySpace confirms 427m hack

James Hayes

I can't believe it. Totally impossible. Absolutely crazy. Would never have believed it in a million years. MySpace is still a thing?

BT broadband packs up again - second big outage in a fortnight

James Hayes
FAIL

Don't bother calling support...

...you'll likely end up speaking to the guy i dealt with yesterday - although that was about a failed order. To say he had "limited" information at his disposal is an understatement.

The chat transcript is quite amusing for anyone who has any experience of tech support lines: http://www.hitcl.com/2012/07/bt-below-terrible/ if you want to take a look.

Intel replicates 'bricked SSD' bug, pledges fix

James Hayes
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Fingers crossed...

Intel are promising an update by month end... http://www.intel.com/support/ssdc/hpssd/sb/CS-031021.htm

Seagate isolates 'potential' Barracuda flaw

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Updated firmware released

I had the same problem with failing upgrades on the ST31000340AS drives.

Checking Seagate's site an updated install package has been released at 22:15 UK time which appears to have done the job.