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Samsung HD204UI firmware udpate help

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I recently got a 2tb Samsung HD204UI and I could really use help making a bootable cd or usb thumb drive in order to run the firmware update. I've spent a few hours trying various things and I'm just not getting it at all. The samsung website provides me with a zip file (http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/faqView.do?b...) that contains an .exe file and instructs me to create a bootable cd or usb drive in order to run it. I've tried tinkering with nero/ultrasio/magiciso and I Just can't seem to get it. From all the reading i've done, i'm assuming i have to take the .exe file then somehow make that into a bootable iso file - i've made it into a regular iso file but not bootable - and then create a bootable usb drive with it. But i really can't get past the first step - if that is even the route to go. What do i need to do? What programs do I need? Any help would be appreciated or even a link with pictures of a step by step guide. Thanks in Advance.

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not sure this tells me how to go from an .exe file to bootbale iso. i've made a bootable USB pendrive in the past for a ubuntu live install, i got that part. but where do i begin as far as getting that .exe onto the pen is concerned.

Whoops. I have the exact same question, for the exact same drive. I wish I had noticed your thread before I cluttered up the forum with one of my own.

Here's hoping someone can give us an answer...
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There is no need to create a CD ISO.

Create the bootable USB flash drive, then unZIP the contents of the ZIP file to the root directory of your USB drive.

Reboot from the USB drive and type "FAEG" at the DOS prompt.

BTW, the BIOS must be temporarily reconfigured for legacy IDE mode, not SATA mode.

Thanks for the feedback. I wasn't sure whether X: was the drive letter of a RAM drive. For example, Seagate's CD based firmware updaters create a RAM drive and then extract the firmware files to this RAM drive. I was wondering whether F4EG.EXE (not FAEG -- sorry) operated the same way.

I notice that Samsung's instructions say to "connect Target HDD to Primary / Master". Instead you say that your drive is connected to port 2. Is this SATA port 2 or IDE port 2?

Have you configured your SATA controller for "compatibility" mode in your BIOS setup? This will make your drive look like a PATA drive, not SATA. Samsung's updater is looking for a PATA drive.

It's connected to the 2nd SATA port on the mobo but I say it is port #2 also because I did a scan in SFLASH and that's what it revealed. I did go into BIOS and change it to compatibility mode.

It appears that F4EG is hard coded to update the primary master IDE drive.

AISI, you need to swap the positions of your two drives.

At the moment the WD drive is the primary master (I/O port 0x1F0, IRQ14), and the Samsung is the secondary master (I/O port 0x170, IRQ15).

It finally worked! Thank you, fzabkar!

After several attempts of trying this, I was able to re-flash successfully. I made sure:

-All USB flash drives were disconnected
-No other HDDs were connected except the Samsung
-The Samsung drive was plugged into 'SATA1' on the mobo
-The SATA configuration was set to 'Compatible' in the BIOS

This time the FREEDOS boot menu was actually a little different for me while getting to command prompt than what I was given during the unsuccessful attempts. I knew something was up when I didn't get the usual 'X:\FREEDOS' in command prompt either; all that was there was a 'X:\'. I just typed 'F4EG' and hit Enter and watched it successfully do it's thing. Here is a screen shot:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/Wiznaz/a3b64981....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/Wiznaz/20f9063f....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/Wiznaz/884bbc87....

Thanks,
Mike
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