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Update Samsung 840 pro firmware on MBP 2012
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Download the ISO and instructions for the Mac at the bottom of this page:
http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/samsungssd/downloads.html
Then make sure the CD drive is the one built into the Mac when you apply the update. Any external CD drive will not allow this work.
As far as I know, no, a USB will not work. Only Cd and DVD's. I've only done it with a CD, but I've heard of others having success with DVD's.
Are you dragging the ISO into Disk Utility's left-hand pane and then clicking on it and then clicking the burn button to make the disc?
I recently installed an 840 pro in a mid 2012 mbp. Tried burning the updat cd/DVD countless times but it would never boot. It would just say 'no bootable drive found, please insert boot disk and press any key to continue'.
I ended up having to install windows via boot camp and upgraded the firmware from there. It was pretty damn easy whilst bottled from windows.
I ended up having to install windows via boot camp and upgraded the firmware from there. It was pretty damn easy whilst bottled from windows.
I only did it as a last resort. You can easily delete the bootcamp partition afterwards if you want.
No idea why burning the cd didn't work. Others seem to have had succes with it, others not.
Maybe I have a bad memory but I'm pretty sure the Windows version of the firmware is more recent than the version available on the DIY osx cd.
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If nothing is working for you, and you have a copy of Windows, I would just install it in BootCamp, run Samsung Magician and update it that way. When it's done delete the BootCamp partition and be done with it.
It won't mess it up at all. I've done it many times for various reasons and deleted the installations. It nas never negatively affected OS X or the SSD/HDD.