Helion wrote:there even seemed to exist a consumer port of samsung magician for linux in the past, which unfortunately is not avaiable anymore. I think it's still available; they just hid it in plain site. Look here down the page under DC Toolkit: If you look at the User Guide which is February 2017 update, it certainly looks like the Magician for Linux. My 960 EVO didn't need firmware update, but I did look at the documentation and did find the kit for Linux. Not really sure it supports either of our SSDs. If I needed to update, I was going to use the ISO method.just to be safe. Unless you have a compatibility or performance problem, I'd avoid a firmware update. ![]()
So you would recommend not to update at all? Well, I saw compatibility for AMD chipset and/or SATA 300/3Gbs as issues for that 850 EVO EMT02B6Q firmware update. If testing indicated I had a problem or there were some published known issue that is verified against my intended use. A firmware update to SSD COULD BE A RISK TO DATA on the drive, so back it up first. That's probably the most important reason to consider. The Magician SSD management utility is designed to work with all Samsung SSD products including 470 Series, 750 Series, 830 Series, 840 Series, 850 Series. Sony firmware download. Hello gurus, I have a Samsung 850 EVO SSD, with just the OS installed on it, and games I'm currently playing. I have been using it for a year now with no problems, and never installed Samsung Magician. Should I do this, or it's not really required? Thanks in advance for any advice Edit: Reason I am asking is because everything is working fine without it, but I came across this thread ' SamSung 960 Evo Firmware Update 3B7QCXE7 and 2.3 NVME Drivers' () and am wondering if I'm making a mistake by not having it installed, especially due to any firmware updates. Click to expand.Worth it for the latest firmware at least once after buying a disk, because it can be sitting on warehouse shelves and or not flashed in ages. There's also the saying that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. If you dig around online you can find change-logs usually of what each firmware addresses similar to any other software (often on the company's forums). If there's some serious issue with the drive then I tend to update (such as if there's a writable pattern that can crush the disk, cripple the SSD's controller, or prematurely wear it out [eg, wear leveling bug] ). Yet at the same time, I don't update disk firmwares for performance improvements. ^ Then again you already know my motto from the other thread, good not to forget that the main purpose of any disk is to store data. Speed is just an extra.
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