RAID 0 - matching hard drives?

[Wild1]

I have 2 new Raptor drives which I will be setting up in RAID 0 configuration. I have read that the drives should be identical for best results. My 2 Raptors have different firmware versions - 00FLA1 and 00FLA2. Is this an issue? Should I return one of the drives to get both drives with the same firmware version. Does anyone know what issue/benefit the new firmware is providing?

 

[aatf510]

Did you get them at different times?

 

[ribbon13]

I believe you can just update the firmware of the other. I have the utility somewhere... I'll see if I can find it. Poor peeps never think about ripping the newer firmware and flashing it to the older drive->

http://forums.storagereview.net/index.php?showtopic=18879

 

[Wild1]

I bought one from Newegg and then decided to pick up another a week later. The rebate was gone from Newegg so I picked up the second from Outpost.

 

[Wild1]

Ribbon13, thanks for the link to the Storage Review article. (I also found that discussion earlier today in my search) ...one of the post there stated:

"It's very rare for a HDD maker to provide firmware updates to the end-user."
They also talked about exchanging drives to get the same firmware version.

From this, I got the impression that changing the firmware was not possible on the Raptors. If it is and you could provide the utility, that would be great!