AMD Radeon VII UEFI Update and Pro Driver Support
After reports first surfaced regarding the lack of UEFI support from the new Radeon VII graphics card (with an ASRock BIOS update the first to address the issue), AMD...
Read Moreby Sebastian Peak | Feb 12, 2019 | Graphics Cards | 2
After reports first surfaced regarding the lack of UEFI support from the new Radeon VII graphics card (with an ASRock BIOS update the first to address the issue), AMD...
Read Moreby Allyn Malventano | Jun 30, 2016 | Storage | 30
Samsung launched their 840 Series SSDs back in May of 2013, which is over three years ago as of this writing. They were well-received as a budget unit…
Read Moreby Sebastian Peak | Oct 29, 2015 | Motherboards | 3
GIGABYTE has announced support for Intel Thunderbolt 3 for three existing Z170 motherboards after receiving certification from Intel. The motherboards include the GIGABYTE GA-Z170X-Gaming G1, GA-Z170X-Gaming GT, and GA-Z170X-Gaming 7. How...
Read Moreby Allyn Malventano | Oct 1, 2015 | Storage | 11
It took them a while to get it right, but Samsung did manage to fix their read degradation issue in many of their TLC equipped 840 Series SSDs....
Read Moreby Allyn Malventano | Jul 23, 2015 | Displays | 37
We have been tracking the differences between AMD’s FreeSync and Nvidia’s G-Sync for some time now. The launch of FreeSync-capable displays started out a bit shaky, as some features...
Read Moreby Allyn Malventano | Apr 14, 2015 | Storage | 99
The tale of the Samsung 840 EVO is a long and winding one, with many hitches along the way. Launched at the Samsung 2013 Global SSD Sumit, the 840...
Read Moreby Allyn Malventano | Jan 29, 2015 | Storage | 71
Well here we are again with this Samsung 840 EVO slow down issue cropping up here, there, and everywhere. The story for this one is so long and convoluted that...
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Jan 26, 2015 | Storage | 44
In the fall it was confirmed by Samsung that stale data on some 840 EVO drives would suffer performance degradation and released a tool to mitigate the issue which...
Read Moreby Allyn Malventano | Oct 29, 2014 | Storage | 14
If you own a Samsung 840 SSD, it appears that after much repeated and vocal pressure, Samsung has acknowledged the slow down also affects your drive. We're not talking about the EVO or the…
Read Moreby Allyn Malventano | Oct 27, 2014 | Storage | 17
Over the weekend Samsung silently updated their 840 EVO Performance Restoration Tool. The incremental update improved support for some system configurations that were previously not recognizing an installed 840 EVO. Samsung...
Read Moreby Allyn Malventano | Oct 14, 2014 | Storage | 144
** Edit ** The tool is now available for download from Samsung here. Another note is that they intend to release an ISO / DOS version of the tool at...
Read Moreby Allyn Malventano | Nov 29, 2012 | Storage | 0
A quick note to users of Intel SSDs - specifically for owners of the 335 Series. Intel has updated their SSD Toolbox app to v3.1.2. This app is used for...
Read Moreby Allyn Malventano | May 7, 2012 | Storage | 12
This morning, OCZ pushed out a new firmware, dubbed 1.4RC. This is a release candidate of the upcoming performance-boosting firmware, and is meant for "enthusiasts who like to tinker with their hardware"....
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Nov 4, 2011 | Storage | 1
The Tech Report has been investigating the OCZ 2.15 firmware update for their Sandforce SF2281 based SSDs. The firmware was released to fix several specific issues that users were encountering which caused…
Read Moreby Allyn Malventano | Oct 18, 2011 | Storage | 6
Over the past few months, we had noted a seemingly disproportionate surge of negative reports from users of SandForce-2200 based SSD's. These include OCZ's Vertex and Agility 3, Corsair's Force...
Read Moreby Allyn Malventano | Jul 25, 2011 | Storage | 1
We've seen some recent mumblings about a corner case where inadvertent or improper power loss to an Intel 320 Series SSD would result in the drive getting stuch in...
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