500GB 7200RPM HD - Can't install "Hard Drive Firmware Update 2.0"

I installed a 500 GB - 7200 RPM HD and put a fresh install of 10.5.8 and am having the issues described in:
http://www.macrumors.com/2009/08/19/apple-releases-fix-for-macbook-pro-hard-driv e-issues/
The main issue is the periodic freezing. About every 20 minutes (sometimes as often as every 5 min) my computer completely freezes. I get the beach ball and the freezing lasts for anywhere from 10 seconds to a minute. My mouse usually responds, but I am unable to perform any task.
I downloaded the Hard Drive Firmware Update 2.0 ( http://support.apple.com/downloads/HardDrive_Firmware_Update_20 ) which looks like it would fix the problem, but when I try to install it - I immediately get an alert of "This computer does not need this update."
I'm guessing that the update checks for a Macbook Pro (which the model I have was later renamed to) - but my computer is reporting itself as a Macbook - so the update doesn't think my computer needs the update.
Has anyone had the same issue - and if so, is there any way I can install this update?

If your hard drive came with its own anti-shock protection, as, for example, Western Digital drives do, then it may well be interfering with Apple's SMS motion-protection system.
More information about the SMS here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1934
If you disable the SMS and the freezes stop, then you know that was the culprit.

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