Assistance - Calling all Samsung EVO owners

[atheos]

Thankfully I bought mine from the rainforest so I should be able to get a refund quite easily once I explain all of this, won't do it for a few weeks though.

100% confirmed that I won't be getting another Samsung SSD, very poor show.

I will give Samsung the benefit of the doubt and wait for the second fix.

I will give it a month after the fix is released and if joy it is going back to the forest also

 

[Dervious]

I hope OCUK will take mine back.

 

[bigjimmyauk]

sorry CBA to read 17 pages, does this problem affect the 850 evo's namely this one https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-192-SA and this one https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-193-SA&groupid=1657&catid=2101&subcat=2896

 

[bledd]

No. Only the 840 Evo. No other drives.

 

[HACO]

No. Only the 840 Evo. No other drives.

And the original 840.

 

[.:SAmSuNG:.]

Still no fix yet then?

 

[ED209]

Still no fix yet then?

still waiting for them to release their second fix for the 840s which is overdue

 

[bledd]

4.6 is now listed on here..

http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/SSD/global/html/support/downloads.html

http://ssd.samsungsemi.com/ecomobile/ssd/update1.do?fname=/Samsung_Magician_Setup_v46.zip

I assume the new firmware is part of the software.

 

[Terrier_Jimlad]

Yup, 4.6 installed and it's now offering a new firmware - EXT0DB6Q

Bagsy not trying it first!

 

[ED209]

Yup, 4.6 installed and it's now offering a new firmware - EXT0DB6Q

Bagsy not trying it first!

lol if I had the 840 evo still I would have installed it

 

[ED209]

there will be a few people on here that hopefully will try it as they are having some real slow downs on their SSDs

 

[Deleted member 138126]

I installed it this morning, and it didn't wipe my drive (always a good thing)! I haven't benchmarked it, so no idea if the problem is fixed.

 

[bledd]

I'll do it tonight, with before and afters..

 

[darael]

Typical, I'd just ran a Performance Optimisation last night. So any results I post will probably be meaningless.

Well I just tried to download the new Samsung Magician and....

 

[bledd]

This is the one I just had from them when I created that post earlier..

https://mega.co.nz/#!iAQzESgD!Aps6u95EsbiUsqu4KdTZpZVFi4Y6Rt738PytbdUl7Fs

 

[Terrier_Jimlad]

Firmware upgraded on the work's 120GB, went through fine. Don't think I'll be able to tell any difference for a few months, I did a diskfresh not so long ago.

 

[Dervious]

This is the one I just had from them when I created that post earlier..

https://mega.co.nz/#!iAQzESgD!Aps6u95EsbiUsqu4KdTZpZVFi4Y6Rt738PytbdUl7Fs

Thanks.

Downloaded and updated.

Benchmark wasn't too bad before the update, due to a fairly recent Diskfresh.

Did someone say this wouldn't be avbailable until May ?

Now, who thinks it will finally fix the issue ?

 

[Terrier_Jimlad]

Given the amount of work that would be involved in accepting all of the 840 Evo's back if this 2nd fix didn't work, I would assume they're reasonably confident it will resolve the issue - they have after all, spent a lot of time prepping this.

 

[Deleted member 138126]

Given the amount of work that would be involved in accepting all of the 840 Evo's back if this 2nd fix didn't work, I would assume they're reasonably confident it will resolve the issue - they have after all, spent a lot of time prepping this.

Agreed. Fingers crossed!!!

 

[MadMatty]

I downloaded the Magician software from another source since its unavailable from Samsung site for a while. http://www.techspot.com/downloads/5345-samsung-ssd-magician.html

For reference, here is my posting from back at the end of January so you can see its fallen apart over the last couple of months. http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=27554598&postcount=736

Here is the HDTune test before updating the firmware on my 1TB 840 Evo.



The firmware updated in 2-3 seconds an was not destructive. I am running the 'Advanced Perfomance Optimisation' option now so back in an hour to show if it helped or not.

EDIT: Optimisation done and It certainly looks better than before but will have to retest in a month or so to see if the update has any positive effect.