In bootcamp, it reboots and you can't tell if the firmware is the new one. Then one drive disappeared. Back in Mac it showed up again after restarting the power to the external drive. Anyway, the Samsung app seems iffy at best.
Anyone know if the Samsung Magician stuff would work with Windows XP in bootcamp?
You can see it under your system information.
Will Magician method work in VMware Fusion (windows 8)?
How do I do this with these criterion:
No disk drive
No windows
What are my options?
Can a disk be sent back to samsung, are there any option for this?
also read this:
"7) Performance Restoration supports only the NTFS file system."
I updated the firmware on my 500GB 840 EVO yesterday using Magician Software in Windows 7 BootCamp and it worked perfectly.
I am using the SSD in a Delock 42490 Thunderbolt enclosure.
Before that I tried using the ISO from an external optical drive but it would hang at SCANNING every time.
Of course, I completely backed up all the data on the SSD before attempting any firmware flashing.
My EVO firmware is; EXT0CB6Q. As far as I can tell that does not need updating. Is that correct?
Also, has anyone here managed to boot a 6g drive from the optical bay?
A utility that cannot be launched from OSX or from a direct-attached drive is -not- Mac compatible.
AFAIK, it's not Samsung's fault, Apple hold the key (software) which makes Samsung unable to make the firmware utility under OSX.
SaSaSushi, Can you please mention if your 840 EVO mSata connected with the Delock 42490 Thunderbolt enclosure is seen as a SCSI device in the device manager in Windows via Bootcamp?
I have my 1TB 840 EVO mSata connected via the MyDigitalSSD Bullet Proof USB 3.0 mSATA SSD Enclosure and the Magician 4.5 software does not recognize it. It shows up in the device manager as a SCSI drive.
Could you perhaps recommend any other type of enclosure (perhaps something slightly on the less expensive side than $100) that would work with the Magician software and Samsung 840 EVO drives in Bootcamp to update the firmware with the method that you have described?
Also, I actually need to do a backwards firmware flash from the new factory installed EXT42B6Q to EXT41B6Q, can you check if that could be done?
The Delock 42509 is an mSata enclosure and it is readily available with quick shipping in California