#Samsung ssd 840 evo firmware update update#I then selected Firmware update in the Magician software and it did the firmware update (EXT0DB6Q) in just a few seconds.no drama.no read & rewrite of the entire drive like the Oct 14 release. I was running Magician Ver 4.5 and it did not sense the Magician 4.6 update.so I downloaded/installed the Magician 4.6 update directly form the Samsung support web page at this link. The Magician software is really a nice piece of software. ![]() If you use the Samsung Magician software which does a variety to things like drive optimization, Rapid Mode setup, encryption, firmware update, SMART readout, etc., the next time you fire-up Magician it may or may not sense there is an update and ask you if you want to. That release which came out a few days ago is talked about at this webpage link. Here's a webpage link to the story about the Oct 14 release.īut on to the latest Apr 15 release. I saw HD Tach mentioned as one of those speedtest software programs that will just check read performance by reading current data (no writing of fresh test file first).but I've never used it. Instead you need software that will just read current data installed.data/software that has been installed for a while. Personally I hadn't noticed any degradation in performance and you can't spot any performance degradation with typical speed testing software that "writes test files and then immediately rereads the test files" like Crytstal Disk Mark because you are writing/reading fresh data.the performance degradation issue some folks were having dealt with " old" data. That firmware update/performance restoration is no longer available/on the Samsung support website.the new firmware update software has replaced it. ![]() I didn't read about the issue until Feb 15 and then installed the update. I remember back them I was nervous the whole time the read & rewrite process was underway hoping everything went OK and it did. The firmware update occurred in just a few seconds but the read & rewrite portion took a while. #Samsung ssd 840 evo firmware update full#This latest firmware release is actually a followup to an Oct 14 firmware/performance restoration release which updated the firmware and then read & rewrote all data on the drive to restore full performance.took about an hour or two to complete. ![]() Well, by slow I mean significantly below its rated, new drive speed.slower speeds which are still many times faster than a regular hard disk drive. For any of you using a Samsung 840EVO SSD (like me.I have their 512GB model), Samsung has just released (a few days ago) new firmware to fix slow read/write issues some owners may have experienced.
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