I just installed my new WD Black 2 (Dual) drive on my Sony Viao Laptop running Windows 7 Pro x64.
There were some hiccups in the installation and disc cloning processes, but eventually, I got the drive up and running.
I used the laptop for a few days, and performance/speed of WD Black 2 (Dual) drive was great.
The firmware was 01.01A01.
Then, today, I upgraded firmware to 01.01A02 by following instructions provided by WD.
Message displayed stating that firmware upgrade was successful.
I restarted my system, and now the drive speed/performance runs so slow, it takes almost 10 minutes just to boot up.
Verry annoyed!!
I tried rebooting several times.
Tried running Data Lifeguard diagnostics.
Nothing helped.
Has anyone else experienced similar issue of disk I/O slowing down after firmware update?
Is it possible to downgrade firmware back to 01.01A01?
Does WD Support have any suggestions as to how to fix/solve this issue?
Below is a benchmark test of the SSD drive after performing firmware update to 01.01A02.
(Pathetic)
