Samsung Magician false alarm?

Are you running the latest Magician v7.0.0? Do you have the latest SSD FW according to their website?

Too funny I had reason to reboot just now and got popup the you described, but Magician says my FW is up to date. I have a different model non-m.2 SATA SSD BTW

I have a Samsung SSD. I tried Samsung Magician software... I got rid of it.
If there's a firmware update for my SSD, I'm sure I'll hear about it.

larc919 said:

When I started my computers with Samsung Magician installed today, a notice popped up on each saying my 970 EVO NVMe drives needed firmware updates...

steve108 said:

Too funny I had reason to reboot just now and got popup the you described, but Magician says my FW is up to date. I have a different model non-m.2 SATA SSD BTW

I think you are both misinterpreting that notification. I got it too, but to me it reads as being a just a 'helpful tip' notification, not a notification that my firmware actually needs updating (it doesn't).

Bree said:

I think you are both misinterpreting that notification. I got it too, but to me it reads as a just a helpful 'tip' notification, not a notification that my firmware actually needs updating (it doesn't).

That DOES look like a tip. I'd expect firmware version numbers if it really needed updated.

Thanks for the tips guys I hope other software vendors don't follow suit. Just tell me when there's an update to install.

larc919 said:

When I started my computers with Samsung Magician installed today, a notice popped up on each saying my 970 EVO NVMe drives needed firmware updates. But when I opened Magician and checked the updates tab, it said I'm running the latest f/w. Also, there was no new firmware available at Samsung. Strange.

I actually got the same thing; however, all of my SSDs/NVMe drives and their firmware are up to date... according to the same app telling me to update

Bree said:

I think you are both misinterpreting that notification. I got it too, but to me it reads as being a just a 'helpful tip' notification, not a notification that my firmware actually needs updating (it doesn't).

Helpful tips/notification/nag-ware, whatever you call it, the annoyance is the popups!