Windows 10 installed, problem with Samsung Magician not recognising the OS

TonyTurbo78 · 29 Jul 2015 at 17:39

Hi guys.

Just upgraded and done a clean install today, everything gone brilliantly apart from a couple little things. I seem to be having an issue with Samsung Magician and my EVO SSD's. Basically, I cant enable Rapid mode, I think because underneath where it shows you the criteria, where it shows the OS, Samsung Magician can't obtain info about the OS.

Anyone else having this issue?

XysteR · 29 Jul 2015 at 17:41

I would guess that maybe Samsung Magician needs to be updated for Windows 10

russell664 · 29 Jul 2015 at 17:46

^ As above, the features seem to work ok though.

TonyTurbo78 · 29 Jul 2015 at 17:47

yes maybe, here's a pic

varkanoid · 29 Jul 2015 at 22:02

XysteR said:
I would guess that maybe Samsung Magician needs to be updated for Windows 10

That is a point too. I have 4.5 and when you click Magician Info it says I have the latest version yet when I go here its 4.6

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

Also 4.5 says I am on the latest firmware but on the above page there is a later firmware released so 4.5 is telling porkies.

ED209 · 29 Jul 2015 at 22:13

magician software 4.6 was aimed at the 840 evo issues to upgrade them to the latest firmware.

I'm on 4.6 and still states a X next to the OS in rapid mode. to be honest I cant tell any performance increase with it enabled or not so I leave it disabled

varkanoid · 29 Jul 2015 at 22:22

Thing is if you are on 4.5 it doesnt tell you there is 4.6 !

Just wondering whether having Rapid installed is the cause of my Win 10 install failing.

OLDPHART · 20 Aug 2015 at 09:09

Hi, click on system summary on the botton of Magician 4.6 it tells what OS your using, mine says Win 10.

It could be a bug in Magician, apart from that its working fine.

ED209 · 20 Aug 2015 at 09:31

rapid mode doesn't support W10 as I get the same on my OS as well and im using 4.6

braveheart · 25 Aug 2015 at 21:47

It work fine in my pc as it support under win 10... No software or hardwares problems when I bought USB stick for cheaper price and installed then activated full after clean install prefect working all way.. Try uninstall and reinstall and see if it work

OLDPHART · 26 Aug 2015 at 06:40

ED209 said:
rapid mode doesn't support W10 as I get the same on my OS as well and im using 4.6

Re-install Samsung Magician 4.4, rapide mode now works.

ED209 · 26 Aug 2015 at 06:52

OLDPHART said:
Re-install Samsung Magician 4.4, rapide mode now works.

strange how a older version of the software works but their latest doesn't lol

varkanoid · 26 Aug 2015 at 19:25

Mine boots as fast now as it did with rapid mode enabled. Perhaps its disabled because its no longer needed with Win 10

bledd · 26 Aug 2015 at 20:11

varkanoid said:
Thing is if you are on 4.5 it doesnt tell you there is 4.6 !

Just wondering whether having Rapid installed is the cause of my Win 10 install failing.

Install 4.6, if you have an Evo 840, you need it for the newer firmware.

Jinxter · 26 Aug 2015 at 21:00

OLDPHART said:
Re-install Samsung Magician 4.4, rapide mode now works.

Agreed! I did this and I too get rapid mode in Win10, keep it at 4.4 until they fix it in newer version

Also note I did a clean UEFI installation of Win10 and it does help with boot speed and most definitely shuts down quicker.

TNA · 26 Aug 2015 at 21:04

Jinxter said:
Agreed! I did this and I too get rapid mode in Win10, keep it at 4.4 until they fix it in newer version

Also note I did a clean UEFI installation of Win10 and it does help with boot speed and most definitely shuts down quicker.

Did you find having rapid mode on made any diference for you? I have the same issue as others, just not sure if it is worth installing an older version of magician to get rapid mode working.

Jinxter · 26 Aug 2015 at 21:08

TNA said:
Did you find having rapid mode on made any diference for you? I have the same issue as others, just not sure if it is worth installing an older version of magician to get rapid mode working.

Yes I would say it is more responsive, I purposely researched why it wasn't working in newer versions and the general consensus was to rollback to 4.4

As far as I'm aware it uses your spare RAM to further increase speeds.

I think it's just that the 4.6 software doesn't recognise the new OS although 4.4 works fine with Win10.

I did manage to get the new firmware first via 4.6 for my 840 before rolling back to 4.4

TNA · 27 Aug 2015 at 08:55

Jinxter said:
Yes I would say it is more responsive, I purposely researched why it wasn't working in newer versions and the general consensus was to rollback to 4.4

As far as I'm aware it uses your spare RAM to further increase speeds.

I think it's just that the 4.6 software doesn't recognise the new OS although 4.4 works fine with Win10.

I did manage to get the new firmware first via 4.6 for my 840 before rolling back to 4.4

Thank, will give it a go

TNA · 30 Aug 2015 at 03:37

Jinxter said:
Yes I would say it is more responsive, I purposely researched why it wasn't working in newer versions and the general consensus was to rollback to 4.4

As far as I'm aware it uses your spare RAM to further increase speeds.

I think it's just that the 4.6 software doesn't recognise the new OS although 4.4 works fine with Win10.

I did manage to get the new firmware first via 4.6 for my 840 before rolling back to 4.4

Did not work for me. I have a 850 Evo and 4.4 does not even recognise my ssd. Decided to just wait.

braveheart · 31 Aug 2015 at 23:36

New v4.7 just now