So did the firmware update fix the 7200rpm drive noise/stalls?

Apple releases MacBook Pro hard drive firmware update
A new firmware fix for some MacBook Pro hard drives aims to stop random noises, perhaps bringing relief to some who have been plagued by clicking and beeping internal drives.
Hard Drive Firmware Update 2.0 was released Wednesday for some 7200rpm drives. It is intended for June 2009 model MacBook Pro systems. The 3.71MB update requires Mac OS X 10.5.7 and will update the drive firmware to 0007APM2. It can be downloaded direct from Apple.
Apple says the update "reduces certain infrequent noises" made by the drives. Last week, the Mac maker officially acknowledged noisy hard drives that have been plaguing some MacBook Pro owners for months. Prior to the public confirmation, some AppleCare representatives had told individual customers that the company was working on a fix.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/19/applereleases_macbook_pro_hard_drive_firmwareupdate.html

I was able to start the MacBook Pro in Target Mode. Tried to run Disc Utility from my other machine on the MacBook Pro and got the following message:
Verifying volume "Macintosh HD"
Invalid node structure
Volume check failed
ERROR: Filesystem verify or repair failed.
This machine is less than 30 days old. I did the check and the updater informed me the Firmware was required. Will call Apple in the AM and get the scoop. I would NOT recommend installing the Firmware Update at this time.

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ok a lot of people have had issues with installing
the update via the software update option in mac os x
tiger now let me explain something first it is not
apples fault they did not expect that tons of people
would be downloading this update at once which caused
problems
Since Apple know exactly how many systems are out there, have experienced download demands from previous update releases, they very clearly know the kind of demand there will be when a new update for MacOS is released. The issues with Software Update are nothing to do with this - and indeed, historically there have always appeared to be a small proportion of systems that have not functioned correctly with a MacOS update - a quick perusal of MacFixit going back some years would evidence the fact.
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some of the issues people have run into are
1.the cd rom after the update the superdrive or
regular super drive will not read cds
2.your photoshop application stops working or any
adobe product stops working
There are many reasons users may suffer these, and similar (and very DISsimilar) issues, not just from the update itself, but prebinding, permissions, system caches, font files, plists....
now the simple fix is this
go online to apple.com select the download section in
the support area of this web page once this is done
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update manually this will correct any issues with the
update including cd rom drive errors and even adobe
product errors
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Finally, what about the Mifi 4510 L firmware update? I have yet to see any notification about this firmware update, either through normal e-mail channels or even through my Mifi configuration site
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So did the firmware update fix the 7200rpm drive noise/stalls?

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