Samsung Releases SSD 840 EVO Firmware Update - Solves Slow Reads Issue

#4937773

Clawedge

2014-10-15 09:47

i am glad to see manufactures acknowledging problems and fixing them. good work sammy

#4937779

Inquisitor

2014-10-15 09:55

Update not appearing in Magician yet

#4937780

BrainDedd

2014-10-15 09:57

Update not appearing in Magician yet

For me either ... Hopefully by the end of today.

#4937788

k3vst3r

2014-10-15 10:12

Very quick on the fix here

#4937798

fantaskarsef

2014-10-15 10:31

Does it delete my SSD? Got two of them, both as system disks... and IÄm not even sure I got the tools to properly back up my system disk! Gotta check if the software that came with the desktop upgrade kit with the 840 can help me there... ?

#4937815

kakarot

2014-10-15 10:53

You have to use the performance restoration app available here. It updates the firmware and does the restoration. Going to run it now, wish me luck lol Edit- Was smooth and fairly quick with no issues. Windows integrity and check disk show no issues so a big thumbs up to samsung

#4937860

fantaskarsef

2014-10-15 12:03

You have to use the performance restoration app available here. It updates the firmware and does the restoration. Going to run it now, wish me luck lol Edit- Was smooth and fairly quick with no issues. Windows integrity and check disk show no issues so a big thumbs up to samsung

So I guess your disk wasn't deleted, right? 😀

#4937867

Primey0

2014-10-15 12:21

Does it delete my SSD? Got two of them, both as system disks... and IÄm not even sure I got the tools to properly back up my system disk! Gotta check if the software that came with the desktop upgrade kit with the 840 can help me there... ?

I guess you mean does it delete the contents of your SSD. No it doesn't but it's alway safe to backup your important stuff JUST in case but you should be ok, it's not designed to delete all of your stuff but if things go wrong it might hence the warning.

#4937869

fantaskarsef

2014-10-15 12:24

I guess you mean does it delete the contents of your SSD. No it doesn't but it's alway safe to backup your important stuff JUST in case but you should be ok, it's not designed to delete all of your stuff but if things go wrong it might hence the warning.

Yeah, that's what I wanted to know. I was anyway planning to back things up, but my question was if I'd need to set up windows new alltogether because it's the system discs, and the answer seems to be no. Back in the days of the first SSDs I do remember those firmware updates to delete your disc, that's why I was asking 😉

#4937888

kakarot

2014-10-15 12:51

Nah it doesn't delete anything. The warning is always there when updating firmware to cover their rears -as with any drive/manufacturer- but I'd be amazed if it did on these newer drives. It's basically a firmware update and data rewrite I guess

#4937903

stat1cx

2014-10-15 13:26

Im running the restoration tool right now, firmware update went smooth, nothing was lost by the looks of it, now its doing the restoration part, looks like it will take a long time. My windows install is about 7 monts old, so i gues there are quite a bunch of effected files, that needs rewriting.

#4937925

Angantyr

2014-10-15 13:58

Ran smooth and without any trouble, thanks for the fix.

#4937980

BrainDedd

2014-10-15 15:08

Ran restoration tool and things seem good and snappy 🙂

#4938003

clawhamer

2014-10-15 15:30

Anyone do before and after benchies to see if it corrected the issue ? There's an active thread over in SSD section about the 840 Evo performance problems.

#4938008

Calmmo

2014-10-15 15:36

Oh finally, this week i got to rewriting my entire skyrim folder since I was finding my self waiting for up to 30 secs on load screens.. Hope this fix doesn't reduce the lifespan of the drive however.. (tho im pretty sure it will, it's inevitable)

#4938011

stat1cx

2014-10-15 15:39

Oh finally, this week i got to rewriting my entire skyrim folder since I was finding my self waiting for up to 30 secs on load screens.. Hope this fix doesn't reduce the lifespan of the drive however.. (tho im pretty sure it will, it's inevitable)

Im sure there is no need to worry about SSD's lifespan today, you wil have upgraded to new SSD, long before this one dies anyways.

#4938025

Corrupt^

2014-10-15 15:53

Im sure there is no need to worry about SSD's lifespan today, you wil have upgraded to new SSD, long before this one dies anyways.

Unless they improve this, it might become an issue in the future though as prices decrease and sizes increase (and the need for a mechanical HDD inside a PC becomes more and more obsolete).

#4938032

Calmmo

2014-10-15 15:59