Samsung SSD Firmware Warning - Re: Magician Downloads

Tnx but that doesn't show any changes in FW, only drivers. I have both 2.3 drivers ( only v2.2 works in W7 and without it, it's invisible) and Magician 5.2 and that works just fine. There are no fixes for Meltdown because of my AMD system and Spectre is not entirely fixed yet for this variant for AMD.
Performance drop is not particularly visible as it's still at least 4 times faster than my other, SATA SSDs, to say nothing about "spinners". 250GB 960 Evo is actually a "*******" in Samsung's M.2 drives, it uses different memory chips than other ones, even the Pro version.

I "Think" the Firmware was mainly to support eDrive, which is part of Microsoft's Bit-Locker Technology, but most companies don't usually give the full details of Firmware issues , probably because it could open them to legal issues is my thinking or a PR disaster.

From Sandisk:

eDrive is a security storage specification defined by Microsoft for use with BitLocker. It is based on the TCG OPAL and IEEE 1667 specifications.


Typically 128 and 250GB SSDs are slower than 500GB and Up SSDs , something to do with the way they work and needing "space to work" , at one time it was suggested to reserve upto 30% of the SSD for this "working" space, and is likely why they slow when getting full , with the 960 EVO I went to the 500GB model for that reason , always having had the smaller drives previously. My 960 wants 38GB (10% currently) for the "Over Provisioning" space , but I have never used it.

Personally I have only seen a 5%-7% slow down since the Meltdown Patch but my Motherboard (X99) has not had a new Bios yet due to Reboot issues with Intel's Haswell and Broadwell Chipsets.


KB.

jimbo45 said:

Hi there

@CountMike

60 deg C here in Iceland -- !!!!!! I think of all the computer problems you might have - overheating of components isn't likely to be a problem --at least for domestic users !!!.

Down a Volcano testing for gases etc is another matter but for that type of research people tend to use those really rugged computers --SSD speed in these instances isn't important -- "Battleship Build" quality is more important than weight or speed - or even power consumption.
If we ever got near to 60 deg C - people would think it definitely was the end of the World !!!!.

I'd still go by what I said -->"If it ain't broke --don't fix it".

Anyway enjoy rest of the weekend. !!

Cheers
jimbo

Before I installed a cooler on it, it hit higher than 60c in benchmark programs and heavy workload like when doing insider updates so it does matter (in some instances), better safe than sorry.

Thanks Kbird

My Magician now shows that there is an update available but doesn't say which one. If it's updated, does it loose all files on disk ?

CountMike said:

My Magician now shows that there is an update available but doesn't say which one. If it's updated, does it loose all files on disk ?

Never has in the past Mike, but, make a image backup anyhow. :) I'm not going to update mine, as its working just fine. I'll wait and see what happens to the others that do. :)

OldMike65 said:

Never has in the past Mike, but, make a image backup anyhow. :) I'm not going to update mine, as its working just fine. I'll wait and see what happens to the others that do. :)

I make regular backups but still I'm gonna wait to see other's reactions. Just like i', waiting to see whats good with newest BIOS, I'm one version behind.