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Samsung 840 EVO SSD update

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October 15, 2014 8:29:57 AM

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone has any further information regarding the firmware update which is meant to be out today for the 840 EVO to fix the speed issues.

Could anyone point me in the right direction as I cannot find anything. It all seems to have gone quiet.

Cheers.

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October 15, 2014 8:49:26 AM

http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/sa...

its after the section for fw updates for windows users. its called the samsung performance restoration tool. for now its only for windows, theyll be releasing a bootable dos version for Mac by the end of the month. note, the tool can take up to an hour to complete.
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October 15, 2014 9:30:56 AM

I have a Samsung 840 EVO 256GB ssd with just a little over 100GB of free space. I shut down all applications, utilities & anti-virus; turned off rapid mode; and made a backup before running the performance restoration tool. I did not time it but the restoration only took about 10 or 15 minutes. The time to complete the restoration varies for each pc configuration. It could take much longer to complete.

NOTA BENE - There is a Samsung Performance Restoration Installation Guide in PDF format that goes with the restoration tool. Read it before doing the performance restoration. There are restrictions users need to know about.

PC Perspective published a review of the performance restoration which was applied to 5 Samsung 840 EVO ssd's. The review is quite extensive. Here is the link:

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Storage/Samsung-840-EVO-Pe...

The problem was not with the TLC flash memory. Instead the problem was an error in the flash management software algorithm.
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13 minutes ago

Thank you both for your helpful responses. I shall look at applying the fix tonight.

Much appreciated.
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