On 19 Dec 2022 at 19:32, Tom Horsley wrote: Date sent: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 19:32:12 -0500 From: Tom Horsley <horsley1953@xxxxxxxxx> To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: OT: Can Fedora upgrade firmware on WD SSD drives? Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On Tue, 20 Dec 2022 10:51:01 +1030 > Tim via users wrote: > > > Generally speaking, when things work, don't fiddle with them. Firmware > > is much more tricky than configuration files. It's harder to undo, if > > you can at all, if it goes haywire. > > I had a motherboard once that wasn't operating properly and all > the advice I could find on the internet about the problem said > a firmware upgrade would fix it. So I very carefully with minute > attention to all the details in the update instructions tried to > update the firmware. There was no power failure, no obvious > problems, but the motherboard was now a brick. I was able to > order a pre-flashed replacement eprom chip, and it did indeed > fix the original problem, but I always leave "update the firmware" > as my last resort desperation fix :-). Thanks to all that have responded. Lots of info. For some reason, WD doesn't seem to show any info on what the difference firmwares do or what the updates fix or even file names. Just point to the Windows only program would be nice it they listed the firmwares and what they fix... Know my brother use to build machines, and once had a user that wanted a new system with the largest drive available. Unfortunately, at the time. That motherboard wouldn't even see hard drive, since it exceeded what its bios would support. Fortunately, there wa a new bios of machine, and flashing it got the machine to see drive, but it actually listed that as one of things the newer bios was meant to fix. Thanks again. Will probable just leave it alone. Brother has 3 windows machines with WD SSD drives, but haps will see what it does when run?? > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue +------------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor (Retired) mailto:mikes@xxxxxxxx mailto:msetzerii@xxxxxxxxx Guam - Where America's Day Begins G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ +------------------------------------------------------------+ _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
