[Nottingham] SSD firmware upgrade

[Martin]

Jason,

On 02/12/14 23:05, Jason Irwin wrote:
> A UPS....yo assume you have the resources of a minor USAian protectorate. :)

I've been glitched out too many times not to always use such things...

Also, Terry Pratchett has written some very apt hilarity on the
supposedly mythical "one-inna-million" chance...!

Can do you a good deal on new batteries ;-)


> 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).

[insert whatever cussing for wasted user time for the sake of
manufacturer over-hasty rush to market]

I'm bound to have some of those in the collective :-(

Care to share the details please?

Cheers,
Martin


> On 2 December 2014 at 22:42, Martin 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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