Firmware update for the Samsung 840 EVO drives out tomorrow

[Havana_UK]

is there any way of doing this without a windows installation? My laptop runs linux, having to run this from a windows install will be a bit of a pain!

A version to support Mac/Linux is being released later this month.

 

[Wizzfizz]

Slightly off topic, but how do people do a secure erase on these drives? I've made a bootable disc but when I restart and it loads up I can't read the screen, as the font is all garbled.

 

[LordBarrass]

OK Samsung have come back to me saying that there software has not supported Raid so you will have to split the drives and then re-build them.

They acknowledge that the update does write some data to the drive and they are going to get back to me on how this will affect it if it does and how often it will do it.

Will update when I know more.

 

[Havana_UK]

They acknowledge that the update does write some data to the drive and they are going to get back to me on how this will affect it if it does and how often it will do it.

Will update when I know more.

That bit makes me nervous...the implication being that the firmware update prevents the slow-down recurring by persistently re-writing older data.

 

[~Mike~]

That bit makes me nervous...the implication being that the firmware update prevents the slow-down recurring by persistently re-writing older data.

It doesn't sound great long term. I'm actually looking to replace mine as my 256GB is to small, think I might go back to Crucial.

 

[Tom B]

it depends how frequently it actually does it. If it is once a month or so if the slowdown takes 1-2 months to kick in, then it's not going to drastically reduce the lifespan of the drive.

 

[maklabouhlel]

My evo has two partitions. Will I have any issues?

 

[Tom B]

Someone may prove me wrong but this affects a level way lower than partitions and filesystems so they shouldn't be affected.

 

[tipes]

Someone may prove me wrong but this affects a level way lower than partitions and filesystems so they shouldn't be affected.

AFAIK the update is done at DOS level - so no - in theory it should not affect partitions etc.

Mark

 

[Tombo]

Didn't notice any speed issues but my access time was about 5 seconds so I don't know if that's related but I'm running it anyway.

 

[Yaka]

is there any way of doing this without a windows installation? My laptop runs linux, having to run this from a windows install will be a bit of a pain!

nope its win only atm i was lucky as i handnt installed the drives

 

[Tombo]

well it fixed my access time!

 

[wrenaudrey]

Just updated mine.
Took <20min for a drive with 50GB/250GB used.

And after i restarted the whole computer, i do notice an improvement.

 

[dholdi]

That bit makes me nervous...the implication being that the firmware update prevents the slow-down recurring by persistently re-writing older data.

Me too, that's what I was alluding to in my earlier post.

 

[V F]

Just updated mine.
Took <20min for a drive with 50GB/250GB used.

And after i restarted the whole computer, i do notice an improvement.

Stage 3 took the longest. 15 to 20 minutes and there was nothing on my drive.

 

[droyden]

lol

can you spot where the data is?

 

[khemist]

Here is my 500GB, took 1h10mins and had 300GB free.

 

[Arthur17]

AFAIK the update is done at DOS level

The updater doesn't use DOS at all.

 

[andy_taximan]

Run it , all ok and think it should be runner better now

 

[Roady]

Run it , all ok and think it should be runner better now

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