Yes. A buddy of mine here upgraded all of his drives in Nov-Dec 2008, with several 750GB, 1TB, and a couple of 1.5TB drives.

Three of them (one of each type) suffered the firmware breakdown (dead drive) bug, and got RMA'd for replacements. And for good measure, he sent the others back as well, after receiving the replacements for the first three.

Ugh. Avoid Seagate everything like the plague, for at least a year folks. They're behaving just like they did in the stiction days, because that's how to maximize profit in the face of a major would-be recall.

-ml