New Release - Firmware Version 1.02.04 for My Book World Edition I & II (8/16/10)

Tens weeks since intitial release - and still not fixed?

Think I’ll let my fingers do the talking.

Optware and Linux - here I come!

Ftp over http seems not to work any more. Has anyone gained access to his MBW with a URL like
##ftp://user>:<passwd>@192.168.x.x ?

Not sure if others have reported similar in this thread but for those with the ‘inaccessible after short use’ problem on 1.02.04 firmware - I can confirm that Vlado’s first suggestions (not the expert steps) in his post → here ← successfully resolved the issue (at least in my case anyway with a 4TB MBWEII).

Where I was consistently unable to connect to the drive after 6-12hrs I have now been able to connect reliably for 2-3 weeks straight and everything is still running without hitch.

Hope this helps someone keep their hair in place… at least until WD release another monumentally disastrous new firmware.

I have firmware version FW 01.01.18 on my WDMBWE 1TB purchased from UK PC World 9th October 2010.

The update checker says this is up to date. Is this right?

Rgds., Roy

Yup - WD released an update (1.02.04) then pulled it due to “unforseen” problems.

The issue now, is that that was over ten weeks ago - and its been two weeks since any official reponse in this thread.

I bought WD for two reasons - 1) Affordability 2) WD’s reputation.

Looks like I got 1) right.

Hey, what do I care - I’ve got Twonky 6 running - and if WD want to discuss warranty issues I’ll be happy to discuss lack of customer support.

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Is there any real risk to change FW number through SSH and then do WD auto update to get the older FW that is published now?

I mean, if there wasn’t WD-techs should already have provided this soloution…

I just cant stand waiting 5-6 minutes between each picture in the web-ui and almost 10 full minutes to reboot the NAS…

Hmm …

  1. I had tried such way - changed version using SSH and manual updated firmware to the older. NAS said SUCCESS, GO TO REBOOT and never return back.

  2. Slow WEB access and slow boot. Using SSH type command ‘top’ and try to find process ‘ksoftirqd/0’. If it takes 80-99% of cpu time, you just have hdd corrupted. In my case i have 600+ uncorrectable sectors and 10000+ sectors with access time >1 second. These sectors are the main reason why the NAS works so slow.

I have firmware version 1.02.04 running on my world book.

iTunes is not able to access the worldbook. 

I gather a fix for this is being worked on- in the form of a firmware update?

Can this please confirmed - along with an ETA for the update?

Thanks

GandalfGreyhelm wrote:

Yup - WD released an update (1.02.04) then pulled it due to “unforseen” problems.

 

The issue now, is that that was over ten weeks ago - and its been two weeks since any official reponse in this thread.

 

I bought WD for two reasons - 1) Affordability 2) WD’s reputation.

 

Looks like I got 1) right.

 

Hey, what do I care - I’ve got Twonky 6 running - and if WD want to discuss warranty issues I’ll be happy to discuss lack of customer support.

How did you get Twonky 6 installed?  I got my World Book a couple of weeks ago and it came with Twonky 5.1.  What’s new in Twonky 6 compared to Twonky 5.1?

thanks

I have a bricked MBWE 1TB edition after only one days use.  It would appear that some of those that managed to upgrade to 1.02.04 have lived to regret it, see this link:

http://community.wdc.com/t5/My-Book-World-Edition/Firmware-update-gt-Unit-unresponsive/td-p/45564/highlight/true/page/2

I assume that my new unit had 1.02.04 already on it and hence i now have a dead NAS.

After a call to WD support I gave up and sent the unit back for a replacement.  This arrived complete with 1.02.04 and I have installed it and it is working perfectly together with my WD TV Live.

Anyone care to try this version…

http://download.wdc.com/nas/wdhxnc-01.02.05.img

(Found on another site)

No offence - but if you have to ask how to install it - then I really shouldn’t tell you :slight_smile: - Google “Optware”.

As regards the difference - my Samsung Wave smartphone can now communicate with the MBWE - with Twonky 5.1 the server could see the phone - but the phone couldn’t see the server.

Since one of the main objectives in purchasing a NAs was to be able to stream to my phone - I had no alternative but to upgrade Twonky myself.

Hi, I have tried that firmware 01.02.05 and it works fine for me. The problem with unaccessibility has gone. Solved my problem.

Thanks.

Interesting (and brave :))

As a point of interest - what version of Twonky does that firmware have?

Twonky server 5.1.4-1

The MBWE has an option to check for new firmware.  When I tried using this to check for 01.02.05 Firmware, the MBWE failed to find 01.02.05 and instead told me that my current firmware was up to date.

Are new firmware versions typically available to installed directly using the HTML interface on the MBWE, or do you typically need to download them to your computer from the WD site and then upload them to the MBWE?

Or is my MBWE not dowloading 01.02.05 because it’s not yet officially available?

I upgraded to the latest firmware (1.02.05).

The NAS now seems to be “rock solid”, but Twonkymedia has a huge problem: it won’t recognize mkv files as video files.

I hope that WD will soon release a new firmware that corrects this problem, or that someone can tell us how to fix Twonkymedia…

I tried to rename mkv file to wmv but my sitecom MD-270s won’t read them.

Where you guys got that firmware? Is it for MBWE? Checked with the web config and it does’nt see that version. On tge download section, the latest still seems to be 1.01.16??? What am I missing? Thanks

Yes, it’s for the MBWE (I installed it on a MBWE II)

This is the file, but if you use Twonkyserver I don’t suggest you this firmware.

anyway, if you want to upgrade it, you have to do it manually

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