I republished my initial impressions of the Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid Hard drive below. It’s a significant advance in mass storage, with a 500GB traditional spinning platter system and 4GB of SSD cache to speed up everyday operations. I did notice that mine was operating a little warmer than I’d like it to, but then came across an article touting the benefits of the latest firmware upgrade for the drive, available here.
Users report that it brings increased speed, better battery life, and lower heat output making the upgrade a no brainer for me. To install the upgrade burn the firmware to a CD, then start up off the CD into a basic DOS console and follow the instructions. The upgrade took me about 5 minutes, but I did take the time to make sure I had a complete and operational backup before I upgraded.
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