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Braxton619 · Jun 09, 2010, 05:33 PM // 17:33

So it seems that my HDD has a new firmware available. However should I update it? The risk is that if the update gets interrupted... my HDD may be dead forever. I am currently not having any HDD issues. I just wonder the new firmware will make it worker better or faster.

BTW the update is ran in DOS by a CD.

Thanks!!!

BlueAngel · Jun 09, 2010, 06:09 PM // 18:09

I have never updated my hard-drives firmware, unless this new update has performance improvements or something along those lines I wouldn't bother.

Sir Baddock · Jun 09, 2010, 06:59 PM // 18:59

I only upgrade firmwares if the firmware I have is causing issues, if it isn't causing any issues upgrading it has the potential to make a stable working piece of hardware unstable and unusable.

Quaker · Jun 09, 2010, 07:59 PM // 19:59

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Originally Posted by Braxton619

I just wonder the new firmware will make it worker better or faster.

We can't say what the update would do - there's no universal result from updating the firmware. It could make it faster, it could make it more reliable, it could make it sing Happy Birthday. The best thing to do is to go to the manufacturers website and see if they explain what the update is for and/or what it does, and then decide if it's worth it.
If you do decide to update it, you should probably backup anything important first.

Ghost Dog · Jun 09, 2010, 08:01 PM // 20:01

Don't bother, clearly yours is working as intended.

I wouldn't bother unless I was unable to run a raid configuration without it or something that drastic.

R666 · Jun 09, 2010, 09:31 PM // 21:31

If its a solid state drive then update cause some of the older drives lack a fuction in the firmeware that is very usefull for performance but if it a normal magnetic hard drive don't bother

Snograt · Jun 10, 2010, 06:26 AM // 06:26

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Originally Posted by Quaker

... it could make it sing Happy Birthday.

[offtopic]Heh, do you remember the old boot sector viruses that made your floppy drive sing by stepping the speed of the motor?

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[ontopic]If it ain't broke, don't fix it.[/ontopic]

Tomkatt · Jun 10, 2010, 02:27 PM // 14:27

only update firmware if you have a known issue or there is a performance increase.

BIOS, HDD, Optical drives - these should only be updated if needed for security reasons or problems. If it's working, leave it be (particularly since HDD units are mostly plug and play, and usually don't even need special drivers these days).

Tarun · Jun 10, 2010, 08:43 PM // 20:43

Unless it's a Seagate drive that had issues not so long ago, don't bother updating it.

Kammy Leet · Jun 11, 2010, 01:03 AM // 01:03

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Originally Posted by Snograt

[offtopic]Heh, do you remember the old boot sector viruses that made your floppy drive sing by stepping the speed of the motor?

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Lul ya that was good one... Makes me want to get a USB floppy and start playin w/scripts.

It's impossible for us to say what the firmware does, call the manufacture or e-mail and ask what is included in the update, if they have not released a debug update report in pdf or txt.

Speed nay, I can't see how updating the chip on the hdd itself makes IDE 133 anything other than IDE133 or whatever your running. If it's a chipset update it might handle info better and generally process things to the cpu with less latency, but it's not.