I've a lacie rugged HD. I would like to upgrade the firmware. Now inside i've the version 1.1.117. When I go in menu to upgrade the firmware, the windowover the menu that i see is all black and I don't succed in turn on the process. Why? I conneted the hd whit the hdmi cable.Can you help me? Thank you.

Confirming the firmware version:

1. Turn on the D80
2. Press the MENU button and select Firmware Version from the setup menu. The camera's firmware version will be displayed.
3. Turn off the D80

Basic Upgrade instructions: for detailed instructions, see pdf files below.

1. Download and expand the firmware files
2. Format an approved SD (Secure Digital) memory card in the camera
3. Connect Camera to computer (in MSC USB mode) or use a SD Card Reader
4. Copy to the top level of the card the downloaded "A firmware" file
5. Disconnect camera from computer
6. Update the firmware from the "Setup" menu
7. Follow the camera's on-screen menus
8. Repeat steps 2 through 7 using the "B Firmware"
9. Re-format Card

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Check your current firmware version before beginning:

1. Turn on the camera.
2. Tap the menu tab at the bottom of the monitor to display the setting controls and tap Setup (wrench icon)
3. Tap Firmware Version in the Setup menu(wrench icon)
4. The cameras firmware verison will be displayed.
5. Turn off the camera.

Basic Download and Installation instructions: (New firmware versions contain all previous versions.)
Windows

1. Create a new folder with an appropriate name on your computer's hard disk.
2. Download F-S4300-V12W.exe to the folder created in step 1.
3. Run F-S4300-V12W.exe to create the folder titled S4300Update, containing the following:
   
   
   • firmware: folder containing the firmware.bin file
   • firmware.bin : the firmware located inside the firmware folder.
4. Insert the memory card containing the firmware folder into the camera and turn on the camera.
5. Tap Firmware version in the Setup menu and follow the instructions displayed to upgrade the camera's firmware.
6. After the upgrade is complete, turn the camera off and remove the memory card.
7. Check the Firmware version item in the setup menu to confirm that the camera's firmware has been upgraded.

For detailed instructions, please see the PDF files below.

Macintosh

1. Download F-S4300-V12M.dmg.
2. Double-click the F-S4300-V12M.dmg icon to mount the disk image titled, F-S4300-V12M.
3. A folder titled S4300Update, containing the following files, will be created inside the disk image:
   
   
   • firmware: folder containing the the firmware
   • firmware .bin: the firmware
4. Insert the memory card containing the firmware folder into the camera and turn on the camera.
5. Tap Firmware version in the Setup menu and follow the instructions displayed to upgrade the camera's firmware.
6. After the upgrade is complete, turn the camera off and remove the memory card.
7. Check the Firmware version item in the setup menu to confirm that the camera's firmware has been upgraded.

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If the wrong power adapter was plugged in the electronic circuitry has been damaged. The only option is to replace the whole hard drive system.

Try swapping usb cables if possible. You can also try swapping enclosures but this will void your warranty.

See if it shows up in Windows Disk Management if so then you may have just lost the partition you can try to recover lost partitions with Testdisk its free http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

It may be your best bet is to contact Lacie support. http://www.lacie.com/support/support_manifest.htm?id=10177

Hello, I had similar problem with 2Big Network2 which was freezing the same way. I know the question is old but maybe someone will find this answer useful.

I solved the problem by updating the firmware. It may seem trivial but it took some time to figure out how to do it right.

My firmware was 1.3.7 and I was unable to easily get SSH access.

To upgrade the disk you have to
1. get it recognizable by Lacie Network Assistant. If you have a fixed IP it may not see the disk. To switch your device to DHCP assigned IP you have to reset it to factory settings (without losing data). Procedure from LaCie site works (http://manuals.lacie.com/en/manuals/d2-2big-5big-network2/reset)

1. Make sure the product is turned OFF.
2. Press and hold down the front button. Without releasing the front button, turn the product on by pressing the power switch on the rear of the product.
3. Keep the front button pressed until the front LED becomes solid red, then release it. (The LED should become solid red about 10 seconds after you turn on the product.)
4. The front LED will blink blue. When it becomes static blue, press the front button once within 5 seconds to confirm reset.
5. If any of the steps are omitted, the product will boot normally without resetting.

2. you need the LaCie Network Assistant which you can download from here http://www.lacie.com/support/drivers/driver.htm?id=10138
I used 1.5.15 version for windows
3. Once you have the LNA installed it should recognize the disk. However if it doesn't start and says you are missing bonjour service just go to the installation directory and install bonjour.msi
4. At this point you should be able to start LNA which finds your drive. Now you need firmware (capsule file). You can't just load the newest firmware out there. Given fw version can be applied only to certain previous revisions. To check which version you need you have to check your current release. To get your current release open LNA and go to Configuration tab. The current system version is displayed in the bottom-left corner.
I updated mine to next release (from 1.3.7 to 2.0.5).
5. Now you should now to which release you should update. The question is where to get the firmware from if the LaCie support page (http://www.lacie.com/fi/support/drivers/driver.htm?id=10201) does not contain the one you need ? You can use and ftp service (it's not obvious).
Go to ftp://2bignetwork2-update.lacie.com/ (just put this address in files explorer address field) and login with 2bignetwork2 user and 2bignetwork2 password. Then browse for firmware.
6. now assuming you have successfully downloaded the firmware open LNA go to configuration tab and click "Update your NAS.." button. Authenticate with admin user and admin password then browse for the capsule file and begin updating
7. drive will need couple minutes to finish (blinking blue-red) then it will restart and when the light turns solid blue you should be able to get access to the web administration interface.

As other suggested - if you don't want to risk losing data get disk(s) (if in RAID0) and use some linux box or VM to backup data.

Yes,by upgading the firmware should help,but make sure the version in ur Blu Ray player and the ugragable version are the same just higher.Because software firmware can put in one time only,if upgraded the wrong software firmware version that it.The Blu Ray player it is garbage,so be very careful what u ugrading ok.

Since you have tried connecting the hard drive (HD) into two computers (Win7 and Vista) and both of them had the same problem, you may want to try replacing the cable of the HD.

Another thing, try connecting the HD into a Windows XP computer and see if same thing will happen. If you're hearing a clicking sound while the HD is turned ON, I'm sorry to say but the HD is no longer working. That clicking sound is also called the "Click of Death".

Thank you!

Go to computer Management, change the drive letter from F:\ to any letter.

Has the drive been formatted? Before using a hdd it has to be formatted. In Windows XP you have choices of FAT 32 or NTFS format. Hope this helps.

try to unstull the software and renstull it again