How to force firmware update on HTS541616J9AT00 HDD ?

[frankiepankie]

Hi guys,

I ripped an HTS541616J9AT00 out of an Apple TV 1st Generation 160GB.

It works fine, but i would like to upgrade it with the Lenovo fwhd56.iso

The current firmware is SB4AA77H which is a Apple firmware (the drive also has an Apple logo on it).

If i boot the CD with the iso on it, it states that no update is needed.

How can i force it to update to the latest Lenovo firmware, instead of this Apple firmware?

I really would like to upgrade it to another firmware, because it would make the 2010 error disappear, and i also think that the Apple firmware has some things like spindown / standby disabled (the AppleTV doesn't have any standby features, and the drive is constantly running)

[Harryc]

I've never seen anyone flash a non-Lenovo/IBM FRU drive with Lenovo/IBM firmware. Which machine is throwing a 2010 error with this drive?

[frankiepankie]

Haven´t tried it yet, but i am planning it to use on a TR52 (T42 with R52 mainboard)

[Harryc]

There are some new BIOS's floating around to avoid the 2010 error. I don't know if the BIOS engineer has gotten around to R52's yet, but I recall seeing T43 and X41 BIOS's.

[RealBlackStuff]

Yes, those NO-2010/Slic BIOSes by TTAV134 work great on R52 with Intel GPU as well.

[jerdobi]

The bootable ISO will not update this firmware from the menus. To get it to work, exit the tool and then press CTRL-C and get to the prompt and execute the commands below. I got them from following the instructions for the Hitachi 80Gb drive at http://forums.thinkpads.com/~thinkpad/f ... &start=510 and worked like a charm with the 160gb drive.

1) COPY SB2IA79H.BDR SB2OA79H.BDR
2) HFUI1704 OA79H -pm SB2IA79H.BDR /F SRBA79HB.TBL
-> Typed U in the tool -> error
3) HFUI1704 IA79H -pm SB2OA79H.BDR /F SRBA79HB.TBL
-> Typed U in the tool -> PASS

[frankiepankie]

Thanks, but i sold the disk yesterday so the topic can be closed