Users report bricked Samsung 850 Pro after latest firmware update

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#5020110
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What the Frak? It's not like a video driver, you don't need to upgrade your hard drive bios unless for example, they are adding a feature like support for a special chipset option on the particular motherboard you have or TRIM is being added or something important like that. Otherwise, you update and it goes bad on you, not sympathy, you were asking for it, go cry somewhere else.
You don't get it do you? You don't have to search for Win 8.1 64 bit 15.2 Mantle 78.321 driver, then download it, and then decide whether you gonna install it. Clicking that suddenly available, Update button in Magician IS ALL IT TAKES
#5020112
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http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=397200 as i posted already my friend has the same problem.... so whats next šŸ˜€?
Contact Samsung, or just wait for further instructions. Apparently he's not alone.
you update and it goes bad on you, not sympathy, you were asking for it, go cry somewhere else
I see discussion here and few smileys. You're the only one crying here
#5020130
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There's no reason to update SSD firmware if you're not experiencing an issue that the firmware was intended to correct.
That is the problem right there - the old rules of "if it ain't broke don't fix it" don't apply anymore. You might not know what problem is actually being corrected because no major reputable manufacturer releases complete transparent release notes. Your drive might be fine now but in two months a problem you don't even know about might manifest and that fix is buried in the update.
#5020140
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of all the components in the system if my harddrive fails I will lost all my on-going programming software , which will be a disaster ...
#5020146
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of all the components in the system if my harddrive fails I will lost all my on-going programming software , which will be a disaster ...
External HDD or NAS + Acronis Scheduled Clone backups = WIN
#5020185
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Maybe I dodged a bullet? I have an 830. No problems were reported that I'm aware. Then because of the new chips in the 850 series and because of the 840 issue I went with an 850 Evo only a few days ago. Now it seems there are issues with the 850 Pro! I hope it stop there. Hope they get fixes for all you guys.
#5020209
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I was just thinking about buying an Samsung 850 Pro, I might still but I would not update the firmware untill the firmware is fixed. By the way I hope Samsung replaces the bricked SSD's for free (even the return postage).
#5020253
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I flashed mine the bootable usb stick way, and aside from the 1.0 really underdeveloped flash program that scared me at the end, it worked successfully and flashed. They have removed it from the 850 pro firmware download page. The drive is working and I noticed like a 10 point score bump with asssd vs 1b.
#5020263
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So this means that the most reliable SSDĀ“s are the ones from Intel???
Well lets see, my old 830 pro that's years old is still going strong that I sold to a mate & the 840 pro & evo drives I have in my current pc are also working fine so in my own experience I'd say nope, intel aint the only reliable ssd's to choose from. Samsung aren't the only ssd manufacturer to have firmware issues, happens to all makes of ssd & I certainly wont be put off from buying Samsung ssd drives in the future.
#5020311
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Well lets see, my old 830 pro that's years old is still going strong that I sold to a mate & the 840 pro & evo drives I have in my current pc are also working fine so in my own experience I'd say nope, intel aint the only reliable ssd's to choose from. Samsung aren't the only ssd manufacturer to have firmware issues, happens to all makes of ssd & I certainly wont be put off from buying Samsung ssd drives in the future.
So all these problems with SamsungĀ“s SSD are just a question of (bad) luck and generally they are reliable? IĀ“m asking this because sooner or later iĀ“m gonna buy one or two SSDs for my PC and iĀ“m trying to find out what brands are worth buying.
#5020313
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Wow that sounds really bad, I updated my firmware when the software told me there was new firmware and without hesitation I updated mine and its still working correctly knock on wood.
#5020369
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I'm sitting on 4 SSD's atm. An Intel 530 Series 120GB (my boot SSD), 2x 250GB Sammy 840 EVO's, and a 500GB 850 EVO. While I have never experienced any issues with any of my SSD's, as of yet, this news is making me think twice about doing any future firmware updates to my Samsung SSD's. And then there was this bit of news a few days ago about the slowdowns of the 840 EVO's.. again. (http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/samsung-investigating-840-evo-slowdowns.html) Which there was already an issues with months back and had a firmware update to fix. Another firmware update incoming for this new issue that some are experiencing? Probably so.. I have not seen any slowdown on my 840 EVO's personally with 'older' data on the drive. Guess I'll consider myself lucky, for now, as all of my Sammy SSD's have been performing very nicely. And, even with the recent news of the Samsung 840 EVO and 850 Pro having issues, I'm pretty sure it'll get ironed out. As for my Intel 530 Series SSD.. No issues out of this SSD yet. Thankfully. I also own a Intel 520 Series 240GB SSD which is in my other rig. The 520 Series SSD is going on 3 years of service for me without an issue.
#5020371
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Ah! too late already updated my, and still working. Although it isn't the SO drive, yet, that's on a 840 evo.
#5020384
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External HDD or NAS + Acronis Scheduled Clone backups = WIN
Sounds like my setup šŸ˜€ Separate spare HDD on disabled SATA port, gets a clone off my OS SSD once a week. Create backup to NAS once every day and one off-shore backup every week. All with Acronis of course šŸ˜‰
#5020487
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So all these problems with SamsungĀ“s SSD are just a question of (bad) luck and generally they are reliable? IĀ“m asking this because sooner or later iĀ“m gonna buy one or two SSDs for my PC and iĀ“m trying to find out what brands are worth buying.
Imho, all modern SSDs will do just fine in normal use, even if some are of course better. http://techreport.com/review/24841/introducing-the-ssd-endurance-experiment/5
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So all these problems with SamsungĀ“s SSD are just a question of (bad) luck and generally they are reliable? IĀ“m asking this because sooner or later iĀ“m gonna buy one or two SSDs for my PC and iĀ“m trying to find out what brands are worth buying.
intel is one of the most reliable imo (i personally always use intelssd on my system) the price is higher than most available ssds at the market but if u care of ur data, then few bucks pricier means nothing considering getting pro 2500series that intend for more reliability or get DC/enterprise series if considering ur data that critical/sensitive other than that curcial also good (i never use it though), plextor,toshiba seems works okay too toshiba might not the best in terms performance, but as they producing their own nand, so they can pick good grade to use on their ssd, well their ssd seems more seen in oem but even with all that, like every electronics, it can fail without any reason so always backup
#5020943
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All I can say is I feel sorry for those affected. In today's world it's hard to make the right choice. Samsung is a great company and their SSDs have been praised in all the reviews and now this. I hope a permanent solution is found soon.
#5021122
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That is the problem right there - the old rules of "if it ain't broke don't fix it" don't apply anymore. You might not know what problem is actually being corrected because no major reputable manufacturer releases complete transparent release notes. Your drive might be fine now but in two months a problem you don't even know about might manifest and that fix is buried in the update.
I agree. We don't live in a cave do we? Firmware upgrade/update has become almost as common as driver updates. And if you're technician or a little bit in to electronics world, you should know, that chips has been made for 10000 reflashes and more, and almost every time is oems fault by failing those processes. Their crappy software is guilty. I have 50/50 luck in flashing bioses and 100% luck in flashing other hardware firmware. But i've made few programmers to overcome that issue if something goes wrong, because it goes too many times. If chip fails to write data, it means that it's faulty chip and has to be replaced which is rare, because i've had one bad SPI chip in my life. Firmware update is 99% safe if you are using good software. But they provide 50% of the time bad software. So i fully understand the frustration of these people, and just a friendly suggestion: always make a backup of your sensitive data, you never know when oem will screw you. And update your firmware all the time as update become available, just be prepared for fail.

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