This utility is designed to update the firmware of the following hard drives. Following this one simple rule, allows firmware or device driver upgrades to work with both new and old versions of the chips register. This update is only for products that originally shipped with wd smartware and will not function on previous generations of products. Oct 21, 2012 if you bought your wd mybooklive few months ago there is a big possibility that newer version of firmware is already available for your mybooklive. I unplugged the usb from my computer as usual yesterday after doing the back up and when i plugged it in this morning to check on some of the content, it will not come up on the computer, the laptop.
It is essential to activate usb debugging on your nextbook ares 8a. Im moving your thread to the e fun tablets forum for you, where more people familiar with that tablet are likely to join the discussion and try to help you. For windows, go to the start menu and select windows update. My book world edition network storage driver download software manual installation guide zip my book world edition network storage driver download software drivercategory list one of the most difficult jobs in keeping an up graded driver database on your hard drive or laptop is trying to find each individual driver on the web. It is essential to download twrp recovery, boot img and supersu v2. They provide the highest level of service, including product training, presales services, and ongoing support.
Wd offers no solution to change this, no software, no firmware. My book studio edition ii update for wd drive manager. I check my about the phone section and it says the firmware version is 2. How to downgrade the my book world edition firmware from 1. Microprocessors are controlled by firmware that enables the device to do the job it was purchased for. Hello, before installing mac os mavericks i wanted to upgrade the firmware of my about 3 years old my book studio edition ii drives. One of my favorite recommendations from the book is to provide a chip version register that uniquely identifies the chip revision or fpga programming p. I have just bought a my book studio edition 500gb, with the slip about the firmware update for leopard except the firmware update no longer seems to be available. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Also tried the hardware id in window, no such firmware infor. Hope this is the right place for mybook studio thread as i cannot find mybook studio in the main folder. My book duo western digital speichern western digital store. My book and windows 10 external drives for pc wd community. For highest performance and reliability, alwa ys install the latest software update and service pack sp.
Before updating to the latest firmware, it is recommended that youve installed the latest updates and service pack on your computer. It is now a valuable resource for people who want to make the most of their mobile devices, from customizing the look and feel to adding new functionality. The main reason why you should update your mybooklive firmware is because it will fix existing bugs or add new features to the device. Understand essential hardware details, walk through an embedded system startup, build an extensible development platform, prebuilt g n u xtools for 21 platforms. The my book duo drive comes with raidoptimized wd red drives inside to deliver highspeed, quality storage to rely on. My book studio edition ii 6 to wdh2q60000 my book studio usb 2. Filter by product, my passport wireless, my passport wireless pro, my passport wireless ssd, my cloud home, my cloud. Upgrading wd my book studio ii 20100911 29 comments in technology by kam. The wd quick view will not work with older wd network drives such as the my book world edition blue rings. The my book live duo features a builtin dlnacompliant media server that can broadcast digital content to a networked media player, such as a wd tv live player, a bluray player, a playstation. Nov, 2014 hi cocohoma, congratulations on your nextbook 7 and welcome to the forum. If your webbrowser indicates a page not found error, wait a few minutes and then manually refresh the page to see the status of the firmware upgrade. May 10, 2008 this blog shows how i fixed my western digital mybook after a dodgy firmware update.
Western digital releases new firmware that makes the devices web interface more responsive and intuitive but doesnt do much to improve the remote. Cannot even find out what is the firmware version in that mybook. Need firmware for nextbook nxa8qc116b android development. Jan 02, 2018 hi i havent posted in a while but thought a few could use this. This download is an executable file that contains a firmware updater utility for the my book studio edition hard drive. Download wd my book world edition i and ii firmware 01. You can confirm the firmware release for your drive here on wds site. I was wondering if any of you guys out there find it for me or have the. The drive does not work at all properly through firewire, but it does seem to work through usb. Jul 23, 2014 e fun, a consumer electronics designer and manufacturer of fun, easytouse lifestyle products, announces the availability of an android 4. Firmware upgrade my book studio edition ii failed external drives. If your product is not listed above, please visit the product page. Software that facilitates automatic and continuous backup of all your files.
The bad the my book studio edition ii doesnt support usb 3. I unplugged the usb from my computer as usual yesterday after doing the back up and when i plugged it in this morning to check on some of the content, it will not come up on the computer, the laptop, or either of the wdtv units. Compatibility can vary, depending on hardware configuration and operating system. Software and firmware downloads wd support western digital. Jan 26, 2017 this firmware is for sunvell t95z plus tv box with amlogic s912 as cpu. Its true this book is not a comprehensive guide to developing firmware from conception to delivery. Build embedded microcontrollerbased systems from the ground up. Firmware western digital universal firmware updater 4. Hi, i use a my book studio edition ii, configured as raid 1 mirrored with my macbook pro. I tried to open a support request, the guy answering has no idea about i. Btw, y ou can now buy sunvell t95z plus android tv box from for only 64. Before you download the update, read the specific information on the available firmware versions. How to root nextbook ares 8a nx16a8116 easily simple steps. How to root nextbook ares 8a nx16a8116 easily simple steps 1.
In this tutorial i will show you how safely you can update your mybooklive firmware directly from your web browser. Oct 15, 2015 dude, theres no firmware update for your drive, the 6tb studio 2 came out much more later than the last firmware release for the studio 2, which dates from july 2009, so you already have it its not the same firmware than the studio and studio lx with smartware. It is, however, a practical guide to several aspects of the firmware development processespecially if you work on a large team or for a big company. Firmware update mybook studio edition ii 6tb external. During the firmware upgrade process, the wd my book world edition hard drive will reboot itself twice. Equipped with wd backup software for windows and apple time machine compatibility for mac, the my book desktop hard drive can back up your photos, videos. Aug 27, 2007 this firmware resolves an issue with the firewire unique identifier. That firmware update does not recognizes our mybook studio drives. Nextbook nxa8qc116 stock firmware full guides for download.
Wd mybook studio new leopard firmware macrumors forums. In order to properly update the firmware, you need to install the communication drivers and follow the installation procedure. This update does not work on my book for mac, my passport for mac or my book studio. The intel me firmware update released on the hp download zbook studio g3 section was not compatible with these laptops and was causing the laptop to not boot. When connecting multiple mybook premium or my book pro hard drives to a computer, the system will not recognize these devices due to a duplicated hardware identifier. Western digital my book studio hard drives firmware 1.
Tutorial how to update your wd mybooklive firmware the. I dont know about coupling it with mac but im using win764bit on a powerful workstation and. In this process, access to the shared storage manager utility will be unavailable. New release my book studio firmware update for mac 52010. I dont know how this guy figured it out but he is a genius. The drives rather buggy firmware might turn many users away, however. Firmware western digital universal firmware updater 3. Your my book studio drive and the wd security and wd drive utilities software are compatible with the following operating systems. A 2tb device provides 1tb of storage when it is in raid 1 mode mirrored and i quickly approach running out of room with raw files being part of what i keep. Anyone else having this issue or know how i can fix this. Though the hard drives are easily replaceable, as mentioned above the my book only works. For mac, go to the apple menu and select software update. When i connect the wd my book to the laptop, it was shown in the list of my devices but there is no drive detected. Select the flag that corresponds to the language chosen for voice announcements.
Jul 19, 20 wd my passport wireless storage firmware 1. Ever since i got the wd my book studio ii, i keep all my photos in it as it is a raid device. Mybook studio update latest firmware external drives. Oct 15, 2015 i updated 4 my book studio 2tb each and 1 my passport studio 500gb using the last firmware and smartware updates, with success, in both pc and mac. Jul 10, 2011 also, when i click on software update it says no firmware. Dude, theres no firmware update for your drive, the 6tb studio 2 came out much more later than the last firmware release for the studio 2, which dates from july 2009, so you already have it its not the same firmware than the studio and studio lx with smartware. Jun 20, 2009 forum forum my book world edition white light manual firmware upgrade. Western digital my book studio edition 1tb firewire 400 800. The only issue i had is that 2 of the my book studio in pc was keeping saying drive was busy probably some software in my pc trying to readwrite on them, but when i plugged them to my mac. Press the pushbutton install firmware update and continue with the update. Since the last update of mac os x mojave, i regularly have a message that tells me that my wd drive manager 32 bit app will not work anymore with the next update of the os 64 bits only. Select the menu firmware update and see if there is a firmware update available. Wondering whether i should update the firmware on mybook studio. It is essential to install usb driver on desktop for your nextbook ares 8a nx16a8116.