Samsung
Samsung has launched a firmware replace for its latest 990 Professional SSDs right now. Whereas the corporate did not present official launch notes, Tom’s {Hardware} studies that the replace is probably going meant to repair a problem that precipitated the drives to report that they had been sporting out and failing at an accelerated price.
Samsung’s previous-generation 980 Professional SSD additionally acquired a firmware replace for an unrelated reliability situation in January. Boutique PC-maker Puget Techniques referred to as consideration to the issues lately when it introduced it could be utilizing different producers’ SSDs in its high-end workstation PCs going ahead.
The draw back of the 990 Professional firmware replace (model quantity 1B2QJXD7) is that it doesn’t reset the damage proportion counter on any SSD that has been affected by the bug; for those who’ve acquired a drive that is reporting 72 p.c put on, the firmware repair will hold that quantity from persevering with to rise quicker than it ought to, however it received’t make the quantity return down. This may very well be as a result of the bug was inflicting the drives to degrade at an accelerated price, or as a result of the drive merely can’t inform the distinction between actual put on on the drive brought on by regular utilization and synthetic “put on” brought on by the firmware bug.
If in case you have a 990 Professional SSD that’s reporting an abnormally excessive quantity of damage or in case your drive has already stopped working, it might be that one other firmware replace sooner or later may repair your downside, however the most secure guess is to contact Samsung’s buyer help and try to get the drive repaired or changed underneath guarantee.
The simplest method for many Home windows customers to put in Samsung’s firmware updates is to make use of the Samsung Magician SSD software program. For folks utilizing Linux or one other working system, those that do not wish to set up the Magician software program, or folks with many drives to replace, the corporate additionally affords ISO photos that can be utilized to make bootable USB set up drives.
