Are there freezing issues with the Seagate Barracuda ST31500341AS anymore?

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Published on 2009-05-22T20:57:42Z Indexed on 2010/05/18 19:40 UTC
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I found this hard drive on NewEgg:

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (bare drive) - OEM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337

And there are quite a few substantial bad reviews about the drive freezing periodically. If you search for a bit, you can find several forums with people having problems, but of course forums don't get updated when resolutions to those problems are found.

I'm just wondering, does anyone know what the final verdict regarding the freezing issue with these hard drives is?

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