Hello guys,
I've Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB SSD.
Since now I had it working on more or less properly with my Asus Rampage III Extreme motherboard and BIOS 1401 in AHCI mode.
Yesterday Samsung Magician notified me that a new firmware update was available:
DXM05B0Q firmware.
I updated and all went correct. A few minutes later after rebooting Windows 7 x64 shuts down (like if you remove power cable like a hard reset).
I tried updating my bios, maybe it had something to do with the old and bad Marvel SATA3 Marvell controllers Asus offers for this motherboard. Updated from 1401 to 1501 with same result. I even tried a modified and custom user bios (1601) with no success. I then reverted all changes and came back to the old 1401 that was working for me.
After all of this i decided to format SSD and reinstall Windows 7 on it. Maybe it was more than a driver issue than a firmware.
Surprise.. when Windows reboots to complete install and is "Completing installation" hard reset again. Tried to set SSD on both AHCI and IDE mode and both with same result.
I then changed driver device priority and used my old Win7 300GB sata2 drive to boot from it. It boots correctly but randomly crashes (hard reset again). So I'm pretty sure it's an issue with Samsung firmware.
I've the old DXM04B0Q firmware on my computer, but Samsung Magician doesn't let me "update" firmware to the old version. I can't downgrade it. I've also tried with USB tool and result it's the same. It won't downgrade firmware.
I'm really scared about this. If anyone has an idea on how to downgrade Samsung firmware or what's the correct Asus Rampage III extreme bios setup for that SSD/firmware I would really appreciate.
My computer is totally useless at this moment.
Thank you.
I've Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB SSD.
Since now I had it working on more or less properly with my Asus Rampage III Extreme motherboard and BIOS 1401 in AHCI mode.
Yesterday Samsung Magician notified me that a new firmware update was available:
DXM05B0Q firmware.
I updated and all went correct. A few minutes later after rebooting Windows 7 x64 shuts down (like if you remove power cable like a hard reset).
I tried updating my bios, maybe it had something to do with the old and bad Marvel SATA3 Marvell controllers Asus offers for this motherboard. Updated from 1401 to 1501 with same result. I even tried a modified and custom user bios (1601) with no success. I then reverted all changes and came back to the old 1401 that was working for me.
After all of this i decided to format SSD and reinstall Windows 7 on it. Maybe it was more than a driver issue than a firmware.
Surprise.. when Windows reboots to complete install and is "Completing installation" hard reset again. Tried to set SSD on both AHCI and IDE mode and both with same result.
I then changed driver device priority and used my old Win7 300GB sata2 drive to boot from it. It boots correctly but randomly crashes (hard reset again). So I'm pretty sure it's an issue with Samsung firmware.
I've the old DXM04B0Q firmware on my computer, but Samsung Magician doesn't let me "update" firmware to the old version. I can't downgrade it. I've also tried with USB tool and result it's the same. It won't downgrade firmware.
I'm really scared about this. If anyone has an idea on how to downgrade Samsung firmware or what's the correct Asus Rampage III extreme bios setup for that SSD/firmware I would really appreciate.
My computer is totally useless at this moment.
Thank you.
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