Am I missing someting?  I was checking the firmware levels on all my drives and found a few Seagates that ought to be updated.  (Example: ST32000542AS 2tb - CC34 to be upgraded to CC35 )

 

When I try to look up my Western Digital drives, I can't seem to find anything on the WD website about firmware.

 

yes, they have a listing of the drives, and yes, if I look at the "download" section I see tools, etc... but nothing about firmware...

 

http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?level1=6〈=en

 

I'm hunting to see if I should upgrade these:

 

Western Digital WD10EAVS-00D7B0

Western Digital WD10EAVS-00D7B1

Western Digital WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0

Western Digital WD5000AAJS-00YFA0

Western Digital WD5000AAKS-00TMA0

Why do you think there are firmware updates for WD drives?

Why do you think there are firmware updates for WD drives?

 

My WD MyBook's on other systems have had Firmware Updates.    If the answer is as simple as "there are no firmware updates" then I have fine with that answer.  I just find it quite 'puzzling' if not highly suspicions that there has been no firmware updates on my wide mix of WD drives.   And checking other WD drive models, that I don't even own, on the page I linked to -- also showed no firmware updates.   Very strange to me, that everything I was looking at said no WD drive firmware updates.

 

That lead me to believe I wasn't looking in the right place, etc.

 

I was simply going through a request from an earlier panic failure to double-check I was up to date on firmware -- have been systematically checking everything in my system -- MoBo BIOS, Disk Controllers, and now on to the drives.

It is not particularly common for drive manufacturers to update drive firmware.  A few have in the past where there have been problems (notably Seagate and Samsung), but only for a very limited number of drives. 

 

The trouble with firmware updates from the manufacturer's point of view is that they create opportunities for customers to break things which often don't need fixing, so most drives don't have updates published even if later production units have later firmware installed (and that is often for reasons other than just making the drive work better). 

Why do you think there are firmware updates for WD drives?

 

My WD MyBook's on other systems have had Firmware Updates.    If the answer is as simple as "there are no firmware updates" then I have fine with that answer.  I just find it quite 'puzzling' if not highly suspicions that there has been no firmware updates on my wide mix of WD drives.   And checking other WD drive models, that I don't even own, on the page I linked to -- also showed no firmware updates.   Very strange to me, that everything I was looking at said no WD drive firmware updates.

 

That lead me to believe I wasn't looking in the right place, etc.

 

I was simply going through a request from an earlier panic failure to double-check I was up to date on firmware -- have been systematically checking everything in my system -- MoBo BIOS, Disk Controllers, and now on to the drives.

 

The mybooks firmware updates the *controller* firmware, not the disk firmware

 

You don't need to worry about updating the firmware.

 

As the saying goes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it!

Why do you think there are firmware updates for WD drives?

 

My WD MyBook's on other systems have had Firmware Updates.    If the answer is as simple as "there are no firmware updates" then I have fine with that answer.  I just find it quite 'puzzling' if not highly suspicions that there has been no firmware updates on my wide mix of WD drives.   And checking other WD drive models, that I don't even own, on the page I linked to -- also showed no firmware updates.   Very strange to me, that everything I was looking at said no WD drive firmware updates.

 

That lead me to believe I wasn't looking in the right place, etc.

 

I was simply going through a request from an earlier panic failure to double-check I was up to date on firmware -- have been systematically checking everything in my system -- MoBo BIOS, Disk Controllers, and now on to the drives.

 

The mybooks firmware updates the *controller* firmware, not the disk firmware

 

You don't need to worry about updating the firmware.

 

As the saying goes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it!

 

Makes sense -- the MyBooks updated the controller, not the drive.

 

I'll take the voice of the collective experiences here then.  I'll stop looking for WD firmware

 

Marking this thread [sOLVED]

 

FYI -- http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1348

 

Availability of firmware updates for WD Products

Answer ID 1348   |    Last Updated 02/04/2011

 

 

Note: There are no firmware updates available for our drives unless it is listed in the Downloads Library. If you don't see a firmware update then there is not one available for your drive.

 

Internal Drives

 

EIDE Drives

 

There are no firmware updates for any of our current production drives.

Serial ATA Drives

 

There is a firmware update for WD1600YS, WD2500YS, WD4000YS, and WD5000YS hard drives that resolve a RAID set dropout issue. Please visit our Downloads Library to download the firmware.

External Drives

 

Direct Connection Drives (USB/Firewire/eSATA)

 

There are a few My Book drives that have firmware updates to resolve minor issues. You can check to see if your drive has a firmware update by vising our Downloads Library

Network Drives

 

Currently all of our Network drives have a firmware update to add additional features. The updates are not available on our downloads page. You will need to access the configuration manager of the drive and use the 'Check for Firmware update' that you will find in the interface.

Note: Only the WD NetCenter has a manual update that is available. You can download this from the Downloads Library.

 

Home Entertainment

 

The WD TV Media Player has a firmware update available that will give you additional functionality and features to the WD TV. Please see the Downloads Library to download the update.