Samsung 840 EVO Users - New Firmware Release (and question)

[killacam7478]

I have had issues with my 840 EVO ever since I bought it to replace my Samsung 830. The write speeds drop considerably after about 30 seconds. I e-mailed Samsung yesterday, and they wrote me back and told me of a new firmware release yesterday:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9196/samsung-releases-second-840-evo-fix

In case any one has similar issues, they might want to try it. I guess I had a question though. Since you have to install this firmware using Windows, can I clone my current drive to a random HDD drive I have, then boot using the HDD, then reformat the SSD for Windows? Once I do that and go into Windows 7 (I have a dual-boot on separate drives), and update the firmware, if I again reformat it for Mac, do I still keep the updated firmware? Hopefully that makes sense. Any help is appreciated.

 

[kentval]

There is Mac software do the update. You get an ISO image; burn it to an CD; reboot into it, and follow the instructions. Took me about 5 minutes in total. Worked just fine.

 

[killacam7478]

Thanks, I read that too but I only have an external CD drive right now and I read somewhere that this wouldn't work. I'll give it a shot though when I get home. Thanks again.

 

[Copprhead]

The update worked fine here from CDROM in an external drive (USB2). Just had to select the drive in the BIOS boot options when starting.