[Nottingham] SSD firmware upgrade

[Jason Irwin]

A UPS....yo assume you have the resources of a minor USAian protectorate. :)

It seems that Samsung have found an issue that effects all models of their
"Evo" drives. Long story short, write leads to exponential hdegradation of
the drive.

Seems I'll just have to bite the bullet.....after checking if the drive is
still under warranty (it's less than a year old).

On 2 December 2014 at 22:42, Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk> wrote:

> On 02/12/14 19:55, Jason Irwin wrote:
> > I have never done one of these. I have never needed to, spinning rust is
> > just far too dumb!
> >
> > My SSD is a Samsung EVOs and they have an upgrade out to deal with
> > performance degradation.
> >
> > Beyond the usual caveats of "Back-up, back-up, back-up!" is there
> > anything I need to worry about?
> > I already know to use the server version of their "Magician" disc
> > software to create the correct style of boot disc from their [broken]
> ISO.
> >
> > This SSD was serious wedge to me, so I am understandably twitchy about
> > bricking it!
>
> Now that's something I've so far never been moved to do...
>
>
> Same caveats as for BIOS updates:
>
> Do you really need to do it?
>
> Follow all instructions exactly;
>
> Use a UPS just in case of that 1-in-million power glitch that happens to
> be guaranteed at just the most inopportune time...
>
> Report back the results and if any difference noticed.
>
> And good luck.
>
>
> :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
>
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