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...
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Tag: Firmware
Samsung Magician 4.9.7 and Samsung 840 DXT0AB0Q Firmware Tested, Read Speed Issues Finally Addressed
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…
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GIGABYTE Adds Thunderbolt 3 Support to Existing Z170 Motherboards
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...
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Samsung 840 EVO mSATA Gets Long Awaited EXT43B6Q Firmware, Fixes Read Speed Issue
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....
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BenQ XL2730Z 40-144Hz FreeSync Display V002 Firmware Tested – Overdrive Fixed
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...
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Samsung Magician 4.6 and 840 EVO EXT0DB6Q Firmware Review – Finally Fixed
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...
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Samsung 840 EVO Performance Restoring Firmware Only Partially Effective
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...
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All may not be well in Samsung-ville, some EVOs are slowing down again
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...
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Samsung Germany acknowledges ‘840 Basic’ performance slow down, promises fix
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…
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Samsung updates 840 EVO Performance Restoration Tool
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...
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Samsung 840 EVO Performance Restoration Tool preview – Getting EVOs back up to speed
** 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...
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Intel Pushes New SSD Toolbox, Updates 335 Series Firmware MWI Bug
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...
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OCZ Updates Vertex 4 Enthusiasts to 1.4 Release Candidate Firmware
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"....
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OCZ’s new Sandforce SF2281 firmware update tested
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…
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SandForce finally patches elusive 2200 series SSD controller bug. OCZ issues firmware, others soon to follow.
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...
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Intel reproduces ‘8MB bug’, fix coming soon.
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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