Seagate ST31500341AS 1.5TB

I just did a chat with Seagate, FYI:

Jared J.: At this time we currently don't have a firmwareware update for the drives we have a pending update that should be available next week
darwin: ok
darwin: as far as I've heard, there have been updates
darwin: but is the pending one actually supposed to fix the problems?
Jared J.: correct
darwin: so the SD1A and CC1J don't actually fix the problems these drives have?
Jared J.: no they fix the drive as well but we don't have that firmware to send out til next week
darwin: ok, that's odd, someone a few days ago sent me the link for those, but that doesn't help the other 2 drives
Jared J.: i understand but we don't have access to the firmware anymore because of the pending update
darwin: ok
darwin: thanks
Jared J.: have a good day
darwin: but it will be coming out next week?
Jared J.: thank you for contacting seagate
Jared J.: yes
darwin: ok, I'd rather not have to send the drives back :)
darwin: thank you