My Samsung 830 is due to be delivered today. I have a MBP & iMac, with an old (6yrs) HP NW8000 portable workstation laptop. I heard that I can call Samsung and based on the serial number of the drive, they can confirm which Firmware rev. it is at. If I need to update to the most recent rev.....
Would using the supplied SATA - USB cable, the usb end plugged into my laptop, with the Samsung software installed, update the firmware through this connection?____________ or does it have to be SATA TO SATA to do?____
If so, this sucks!
Does the SSD need to have Lion installed on it prior to upgrading the firmware?_____ If not... can I run over to a neighbor, rip their Windows desktop system apart, plug my SSD in, install the software and update my firmware?_____ ... not kidding, because I have no means of updating it if the above will not work... no windows on my MBP or iMac.
Always something...