Samsung Magician 5.0.0.790 released

slicendice said:

Hahhah, this new version of magician is a joke. Where did all the old features go? ...or do consumers not need anything else than Rapid mode on/off, benchmark, firmware upgrades and SMART info? Now I am not in control of anything anymore.

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also there is no speed boost under rapid mode in 5.0, so what happen to rapid?

I tried Samsung Magician 5 about a month ago and it promptly told me that my Samsung 840 EVO 250GB drives (all 3 of them with the latest firmware) were UNSUPPORTED DRIVES. Huh? What's up with that?

Needless to say, I'm back with version 4.9.7 and it looks like that's where I'll be staying.

I was so terribly wrong. Everybody please read the release notes for Magician v5 before complaining ( I should have too ).

Anybody who has issues with new Magician, stick with the old one, if that works for you, until you upgrade your hardware to something that must use v5.

Cliff S said:

Fill in your system specs and you might be able to get an answer. Please don't just post them in the thread here, go to: https://www.tenforums.com/profile.php?do=extra

The features you see/get, will depend on which SSD from Samsung you have.
Read their Magician Software Installation Guide at the download page for more info.

i know how to use the software, and under 4.7 my speeds doubled using rapid. there is something wrong with 5.0.

Well, I had another try with Samsung Magician 5 in case something has changed since last month and I still get the same thing.



Still can't figure it out. All 3 of my 840 EVO's are genuine and have the latest firmware. I have a dual boot with Windows 7 and Windows 10 and I get the same thing with both operating systems.

Gone back to 4.9.7 again (with a Macrium Reflect image).

RAPID Mode completely depends on how fast RAM you have. The numbers are correct.

Maybe this can help:

Samsung Documentation said:

General LimitationsOverall

1) Magician Shows only supported features for the connected SSD. Appearingfeatures may vary as (different) SSDs connected.

2) Magician does not work with SSDs connected via the SCSI controller interface.

3) Only MBR and GPT partition types are supported. Magician may not work withother partition types.

4) Magician shows only volumes mounted with letter.

5) Magician will not work on SSDs that are locked with a user password.

6) The user may need to manually refresh for Magician to accurately reflect allconnected/removed disks.

7) RAID on mode in SATA configuration is not supported by Samsung magicianand DOS application.

8) Security mode (Class 0, TCG/Opal or Encrypted Drive) must be disabled(unlocked) before removing and installing onto another PC.

9) If you are using any custom storage driver, then Magician may not workproperly. Please always use the latest storage driver or Microsoft driver.

10)In Windows 7, the Samsung NVMe Driver is required for Magician to fullysupport Samsung’s NVMe device.