I'd like to update the firmware but it looks like the drive is end of life and no longer supported by Sony. Any suggestions?
750888
Guess my question back is; if your drive is happily doing its CD & DVD thing, why would you want to go to the trouble of updating the firmware? Good words to live by are "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
750889
I use these on my Mac Pro. They are not a perfectly Apple compliant drives. If I want to boot off of the drive, I have to boot up holding the option key and then manually select the optical disk. The drive won't let me boot off of it holding the C key. Even so, they still work great on my Mac and I don't expect any firmware update to make the C key work for booting off this optical drive.I would imagine that Sony engineered these drives for Windows boxes and not for the Mac or the Xbox.
750890
I have not tried updating the firmware recently and can't remember if I had after purchasing the drive and installing it.
866542
You can download the updated firmware from the link below. It works fine for me.https://www.dropbox.com/s/lwswhirzv3hb1vz/V3-20120501.zip
1965888
I have not had the need for a firmware update, so don't know. This model has been around for several years, so it may not need an update.
2156638
well, it happened to me about 3 months ago. Totally bricked and useless. I looked it up here and all over the net... and it's just a bad unit and everybody's broke. I gave up and got my 20 year old Onyko unit out of the garage. Doesn't do much and there are limitations, but it sounds better. I don't have the $$ to fix it. Such a drag. At least it's not a SONY it might have broken sooner! :-)
1673201
Lester, I am sorry but I don't know. I updated the firmware couple of months ago and didn't make a notation of either the original firmware version or the latest version downloaded. I have found there is frequently a more recent of firmware than the one loaded at new. Makers sometimes suggest doing a firmware update when making the original setup which I think is a great idea since there maybe something to do with security in the latest version.
1180455
Great question! There is a firmware update that just came out for this. Also make sure you never defrag an SSD it will turn it into a paper weight.
1673636
I installed an internal 3tb drive with no problems, all 3 tb useable. Firmware Version 1.0.1.52 will support 4tb external, but I'm not sure about internal. I would think it would.
546992
From what I've read, chances are you didn't download the right file from the Sony website. There are at least two different files. One of them is around 300MB-400MB (307MB to be exact), and there is another that is 859MB. You MUST download the 859MB file in order reinitialize the drive when you first install it into the PS4. This allows you to not only install the 1.51 update, but it also has system files, etc. for reinstalling the system software on a blank hard drive. If you download the smaller file, it would be like trying to download updates from Windows update and then installing them on a drive that doesn't have a copy of Windows installed. Even if those were the most recent updates, it obviously wouldn't work. Something else that may be happening is that your USB drive is not being recognized. This happens periodically with USB drives, and considering the extremely flawed design and placement of the USB ports on the PS4, this could be the issue as well. The last thing, which is probably the first thing you thought of, is the hard drive is defective. I was getting constant lockups and have just sent in an RMA for a replacement of this drive. DOA items aren't anything new, so I just figured that, instead of getting discouraged, I would try this drive again. The RMA process has also been smooth so far, so I recommend exchanging it if you can't get it to work otherwise. Good luck.
894823
Hi Jose, This unit has a firmware update. You can update it via internet or you can also download the update to a USB drive and plug it in this system to update. -Anthony
904592
I don't know, but is possible because the unit is Excellent. And is possible update the firmware.
1423698
I never have such a problem with my player. The Stephen`suggestion is one of the possible causes. Other alternatives are, update the firmware of the player by internet or if your player cannot access internet, download the update file to a pen drive in a computer connected to internet then update from the pen drive. Finally if the issue still persits, contact the Sony Support.
583316
Good points. It's still relatively new, and I wonder especially how the hard drive model has held up. My new one arrived DOA, and now I'm really struggling over whether to ask Amazon for a refund or an exchange. This baby may be intended to be Solid State all the way, which means the hard drive models will be unwanted period pieces in another year or two.
1296385
This is one of the big failures of this device. The file system is a Linux virtual volume group. I've been able to read it on Linux but once read, if put back in the ix-2 it hangs. Firmware is very sensitive to any changes. I would not want to trust my data to it.
1465306
This link works just tested it.http://poweredbymushkin.com/support/ssd-firmware-updates
1294298
The only time I was able to upgrade the firmware was during the initial setup, since then, I think it checks on it's on and "alerts" you an upgrade is available. Mine updated once on its own after I said it was allowed. Hope this may help you.
1786853
Oh, and here is a link that will take you straight to the firmware updater so you can download the latest updates to your player: http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/156/kw/firmware/r_id/101834
570494
Very strange indeed. I update firmware directly via internet without problems. Plus, Toshiba sends me a firmware update disk within a couple of weeks of every firmware release. Did you register your product? I think that is how Toshiba knows to send me the CD! I hate to suggest that perhaps you tried to burn the zip file rather than the extracted ISO file by mistake. I just tried to burn the ISO image and it, too, worked like a charm.