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- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Z390 I AORUS PRO WIFI
- CPU
- i9-9900K
- Graphics
- RX 580
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
The two Samsung 840 EVO SSDs in my Mini-ITX Hackintosh presently have firmware version EXT0BB6Q, same as when purchased. For some time, Samsung has provided an update (EXT0DB6Q) which purports to prevent a performance degradation of this model (i.e. provides a "performance restoration" for the 840 EVO). But I have found that actually applying this update with the SSDs installed in my computer is not possible. The problem (for me) is that the Samsung-supplied firmware update software cannot be run either from my internal DVD writer or from a USB drive.
The issue is that I cannot make a "bootable" USB which can run the software. If I partition a USB drive as "GUID" as required to boot an Intel Mac, and install the Samsung software, the USB drive is not recognized as a boot device. If I partition it as an "MBR" drive such as is required by Unibeast, and drop "pkg" files from the "Install OS X Yosemite" onto the USB Drive, it still is not recognized. I have read several Internet articles which claim to do the job on a Mac, but in all cases they fail, as has also been reported by responders to those articles.
Is there any chance that the wizards at tonymacx86.com could write a program similar to Unibeast that would make it possible to install Samsung's updated firmware on these SSDs, while in my Hackintosh?
The issue is that I cannot make a "bootable" USB which can run the software. If I partition a USB drive as "GUID" as required to boot an Intel Mac, and install the Samsung software, the USB drive is not recognized as a boot device. If I partition it as an "MBR" drive such as is required by Unibeast, and drop "pkg" files from the "Install OS X Yosemite" onto the USB Drive, it still is not recognized. I have read several Internet articles which claim to do the job on a Mac, but in all cases they fail, as has also been reported by responders to those articles.
Is there any chance that the wizards at tonymacx86.com could write a program similar to Unibeast that would make it possible to install Samsung's updated firmware on these SSDs, while in my Hackintosh?