Seagate Constellation.2 ST91000640NS 1TB HDD Review

Manufacturer Seagate
Article number ST91000640NS
Capacity 1TB
Interface SATA3 6GB/s
Cache 64MB
Rotation speed 7200 rpm
Flash Type
Size 2.5″ (100.45 x 70.10 x 15.00mm)
Weight 200 gramm
Speed Read up to 115 MB/s
Seek Time 4.16ms
Power Consumption 2.95 Watt idle / 3.84 Watt average in operation
MTBF 1.4 million hours
Other

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Here is a Snipping screenshot of the CrystalDiskInfo 4.3.0 HDD and SDD information software:

HDD firmware update …

At the review date, the company Seagate provided the firmware version SN02 for the constellation has. 2 hard drives, which has been updated before the test. The update of Seagate firmware can be done quite simply, because the firmware download is an ISO file with a tool for creating an USB boot stick. However, when you get an “undefined video mode number: 310” error message during upgrade, confirm it with space, then select firmware download (!?!) and then automatically starts the update for all possible drives. In the current review, we have updated the latest firmware SN02 to the drive, which was delivered with the firmware SN01.