having the same problem. Drive running very slow, and Negotiated speed of only 1.5 GB on mid 2009 Macbook Pro (details below).
just installed brand new 240 GB 530 SSD. Downloaded and burned the ISO image to a DVD. Booted from DVD, and after many errors, software eventually loads. does not recognize my drive, and says FW is up to date. I know this is not correct since I do not have DC32 FW update.
any way to manually download the DC32 FW update, and bypass the broken Intel FW tool??
SSD Serial Number: BTDA333307DN2403GN
System info below:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,5
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.26 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP55.00AC.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.47f2
Serial Number (system): 34922MN566D
Hardware UUID: CBC59A1A-1633-5684-9D02-54AE510585B1
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
Vendor: NVidia
Product: MCP79 AHCI
Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
Physical Interconnect: SATA
Description: AHCI Version 1.20 Supported
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,5
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.26 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP55.00AC.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.47f2
Serial Number (system): 34922MN566D
Hardware UUID: CBC59A1A-1633-5684-9D02-54AE510585B1
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled