Samsung Magician 4.3 doesn't recognize SSD 840 EVO 750 GB
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To start I would uninstall Magician, download a new copy and reinstall it. If it still is a problem, then just download 4.21 from HERE just hit the red download link upper left corner and it will be 4.21.
Off topic: And while this is not related to your issue, SATA III SSDs generally perform better on one of the native Intel SATA II controllers than on the Marvell SATA III -- the only thing you lose is a little sequential read and write, but you gain a lot in random read and write which is much more important for overall performance. I would estimate that about 99% of the members who work a lot with SSDs would agree with that idea.
- Dec 12, 2013
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Thanks for suggestions.
I did exatly what you wrote before reading your message and now I am using version 4.21. 4.3 refuses to recognize the SSD even if it installed on 8.1, uninstalling any previous version of Samsung Magician.
The strange thing is that magician 4.3 shows the 840 EVO in the disks list and enumerates also its proprties.
About off topic, I agree if you are speaking about Marvel 9128, that is very poor, although SATA III.
My MB has 9182 that is using 2 PCIe lanes and has similar performances than Intel native SATA III controller.
In my case going back to SATA II Intel controller would be a severe draw back.
I did exatly what you wrote before reading your message and now I am using version 4.21. 4.3 refuses to recognize the SSD even if it installed on 8.1, uninstalling any previous version of Samsung Magician.
The strange thing is that magician 4.3 shows the 840 EVO in the disks list and enumerates also its proprties.
About off topic, I agree if you are speaking about Marvel 9128, that is very poor, although SATA III.
My MB has 9182 that is using 2 PCIe lanes and has similar performances than Intel native SATA III controller.
In my case going back to SATA II Intel controller would be a severe draw back.
Palorim12
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RealBeast :
Okay -- 9182 you are good. I would drop an email to Samsung Support to put the issue on their radar, not that they will jump on it, but they will fix it eventually. 
We usually tell cx's to stick with the Intel port even if it is SATA 2. And when you tell us an issue like that, we have to send it to the guys in korea that make the program and they usually say for us to tell the cx to use the Intel port instead of the Marvell because of the known performance issues.
I just called Samsung Support (1-800-SAMSUNG) about this issue. First, Magician 4.3 definitely supports Win 8.1, so no problem there. The tech said that the problem is the Marvell controller and that Magician does not work well with the Marvell drivers. He advised using the Intel ports.
Are you able to enable Rapid Mode with ver. 4.21?
Yogi
Are you able to enable Rapid Mode with ver. 4.21?
Yogi
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And in the future start a new thread as you have a different issue, the old threads tend not to get as much attention, particularly when it is a slightly different problem. Thanks.
Yes, the controller is (and always was) in RAID-mode. (with single 840 EVO boot-SSD)
My motherboard is ASUS P8H77-V LE
and as I already wrote, I use the onboard Intel controller.
Never had a problem in the past until Magician 4.3.
Regards - helmi007
My motherboard is ASUS P8H77-V LE
and as I already wrote, I use the onboard Intel controller.
Never had a problem in the past until Magician 4.3.
Regards - helmi007
brianlmerritt
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I went around these problems a lot of times, trying different cables, boxes and bios configurations.
In the end, I found that http://www.easeus.com/backup-software/tb-free.html fixed the problem - just ignore the Samsung software until it works again.
I did a sector by sector copy (may not have been necessary, but I wanted to make sure it worked).
For Windows 10, I found that in addition to this I had to make sure my BIOS was set to force AHCI mode - just making it optional didn't work.
So far this has worked on Samsung Chronus and Sony Vaio laptops (mine and my wife's).
ps - I have absolutely nothing to do with this company, I just got fed up with waiting for a version of Magician or Data Migration that worked all of the time (and the above software works free, although I suspect the paid version might be quicker)
In the end, I found that http://www.easeus.com/backup-software/tb-free.html fixed the problem - just ignore the Samsung software until it works again.
I did a sector by sector copy (may not have been necessary, but I wanted to make sure it worked).
For Windows 10, I found that in addition to this I had to make sure my BIOS was set to force AHCI mode - just making it optional didn't work.
So far this has worked on Samsung Chronus and Sony Vaio laptops (mine and my wife's).
ps - I have absolutely nothing to do with this company, I just got fed up with waiting for a version of Magician or Data Migration that worked all of the time (and the above software works free, although I suspect the paid version might be quicker)
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