[Nottingham] SSD firmware upgrade

[Michael Simms]

I had to do that once, on an SSD I'd just bought and it wasn't 
compatible somehow with the machine I was installing it onto. It was 
trivially simple, and I just had to download an exe, run it, and it took 
sub a second to run. After that, the drive worked without a hitch.

Obviously YMMV, but I think if it's a patch that's been out for a couple 
of days at least, and nobody else has complained it bricked them, 
chances are you'll be fine.

Michael Simms

On 12/02/2014 11:37 PM, Jason Irwin wrote:
> I shall share. It'll be a fully backed-up drive, done on a lappy with a
> 9-cell battery and a good power supply. If stuff goes wrong here,
> Samsung will have SoGA so hard in their face....
> 
> On 2 December 2014 at 23:14, Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk
> <mailto:martin at ml1.co.uk>> wrote:
> 
>     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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