On some manufacturer SSDs the manufacturer provides a specific NVMe storage driver to help performance, optimization and facilitate bug fixes. The Samsung line of SSDs is one where this NVMe storage driver does exist. Therefore, it is best to install this driver if you have a Samsung SSD installed for the best performance and experience. In the above screenshot you can see what the standard NVMe driver that Windows installs is.

I updated an Intel drive through windows that just has a Linux install on it. I’d recommend that people do a check for newer firmware on most new drives occasionally for the first couple of years regardless of vendor. And if that option exists, why can’t we use it (it would be great for backup drives, so you can write-protect them).

While PS5 games can’t be played from an external drive, PS4 games can, and loading times are much faster than on a PS4 or PS4 Pro. As is the case with many SSDs running the Phison E18 controller, the PNY XLR8 SSD Gaming Kit isn’t the cheapest Gen 4 drive solution on the market, but it does happen to be one of the best in 2022. XPG may not be one of the most well-known brands on this list, but the Gammix S70 Blade deserves high praise for its affordable price point, integrated heatsink, and stellar sequential performance.

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While SSD firmware isn’t always easy to update, the Samsung Magician tool makes the task about as easy as it gets. Samsung also provides firmware thanhtra.ntt.edu.vn/samsung-firmware/unlock-the-power-of-your-samsung-device-a-step-by/ update tools for those who prefer a bootable USB/CD option as well. The release of the firmware update serves as a reminder of the importance of regularly checking for and applying software updates for all of our technology devices, including SSDs. Select Drive drop box – contains a list of supported storage devices in a system. The list contains models and serial numbers of the devices. Windows 7 and later versions have native support for SSDs.

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The one thing missing from Magician is any form of integrated data migration tool but you can download a separate data migration tool from Samsung’s website. On my stick it was called Samsung (like in your screenshots?). But apart from that, everything looks exactly like you describe, as visible from macOS) only that the boot-manager still fails to detect it. Tried it with GNU dd & BSD dd with disk & rdisk, . The external USB-drive never shows up in the boot menu.

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The test inspects drive’s main electronics, scans small part of drive’s surface and checks sectors from the Pending-list . This test recommended for a quick drive testing. If the second value is not supported be the drive then the fist value will be shown on the Task bar. Report contains information about drive’s performance and “health” described in attributes. Green icon means – attribute values are normal. Yellow icon marks important attributes which may indicate HDD’s malfunction.

Only Samsung 980 PRO and 990 PRO seem to be affected. With an official firmware update available only for Sasmfun 990PRO. “P” indicates that the drive is a consumer or professional-grade product, as opposed to an enterprise-grade product (which would have an “E” instead). Multiple users have reported the issue and some even made warranty requests to Samsung, but the problem remains even after the SSDs were sent back to the manufacturer. The problem is also discussed on Reddit and Twitter, with some users noting a severe drop in the “Health” value even after just a few weeks of use with a high write load.