How to update firmware for SSD

I have exactly the same problem. I burnt the iso to a disc and it shows up as windows in the start up pane of the system preferences and when I re-boot the computer holding down the Allt key. However, in both cases I just get a grey screen and the machine does not boot into the updater. After a few minutes the machine reboots but

again to a grey screen. This behaviour repeats.

This is exactly what happened for me with the previous version from Samsung. It looks to me as if their software just does not work with some macs. Mine is a 2008 Mac Pro, 3,1.

Update: Very Strange

Dear Loner T,

I looked at your screenshot of the info on your SSD and then checked mine. My Mac now shows:

Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series:

Capacity: 512.11 GB (512,110,190,592 bytes)

Model: Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series

Revision: DXM05B0Q

Thus it looks as if it has actually updated to the latest revision. Whilst it was sitting there with the Grey screen the update was actually occuring. This is very strange as there was no screen dialogue with the updater or request for confirmation.

When yours ran, what did you actualy see?

@Loner T

I got the same screen using the bootable cd "No bootable device - insert boot disk and press any key" somehow it doesnt detecte automatically the drive, and in the end I found out that I had the latset version I didnt need to update anything just like @David.

But my problem was that I didnt have TRIM enabled, thats why my hard drive was runnig slow and I tought that updating the firmware would do the trik.

Thanks. Well my disc image does contain the same files as yours but when I booted from it I NEVER saw any DOS screen and yet the upgrade seems to have occured as evidenced by the Firmware reported by the system profiler.

I suppose I should be grateful but I really don't like it when things operating at such a low level don't appear to behave correctly.

@David... I am not certain, but the behaviour could be related to displays. Since I did it on a laptop vs presumably an external display in your case. I agree, the update should not be a silent update. My upgrade also had prompts and screens change based on timers rather than user input. I have a USB-to-SATA adapter, but Samsung the updater seems to only look for a SATA connection.

Its weird, I used the bootable iso to create a startup disc for dos. It ran through the update and at the end said firmware mismatch but look below it is the new number? Did it update even though it claimed to have failed?

Intel 6 Series Chipset:

Vendor: Intel

Product: 6 Series Chipset

Link Speed: 6 Gigabit

Negotiated Link Speed: 6 Gigabit

Physical Interconnect: SATA

Description: AHCI Version 1.30 Supported

Samsung SSD 840 Series:

Capacity: 500.11 GB (500,107,862,016 bytes)

Model: Samsung SSD 840 Series

Revision: DXT09B0Q

Serial Number: S14NNEACB02983E

Native Command Queuing: Yes

Queue Depth: 32

Removable Media: No

Detachable Drive: No

BSD Name: disk0

Medium Type: Solid State

TRIM Support: No

Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)

S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified

Volumes:

EFI:

Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)

BSD Name: disk0s1

Content: EFI

Macintosh HD:

Capacity: 499.25 GB (499,248,103,424 bytes)

Available: 237.38 GB (237,378,744,320 bytes)

Writable: Yes

File System: Journaled HFS+

BSD Name: disk0s2

Mount Point: /

Content: Apple_HFS

Volume UUID: F41528CA-B50F-3FAD-9F0C-A9BE58D329A8

Recovery HD:

Capacity: 650 MB (650,002,432 bytes)

BSD Name: disk0s3

Content: Apple_Boot

Volume UUID: BD0DE33B-F632-3606-B692-055CD6468461

Hello,

has anyone succeeded in upgrading the samsung SSD via a bootable USB drive rather than the CD?

i would like to create a bootable USB drive with the samsung .ISO file found on:

http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/samsungssd/downloads.html

Can someone help me ?

thx

I tried testing this, but the FreeDOS used in the OS X updater did not work from the USB. The other strange part is that I have a 256Gb 840 Pro that I have updated to DXM06B0Q, but that software is not available for download anymore, I keep getting DXM05B0Q, which is older.

Let me do some more testing and I will post my findings. The Magician software requires a Bootcamp Windows installation unnecessarily.

Samsung SSD 840 PRO Se

S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified

I was able to boot my Mac Mini from a usb thumbdrive to the Samsung updater. I did that by following the instructions how to create a bootable thumbdrive at http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Crucial-SSDs/Updating-firmware-on-Macs-without-a-sup erdrive/td-p/61259 .

My firmware was uptodate but now I am awaiting the degradation-fix firmware.

Any news on this?

Yesterday I've tried burning the ISO file and also converting to a CDR and then burn the image and tried to run the Samsung updater via an external USB optical disc reader with no luck. I've also tried to keep the machine running all night… after choosing the "windows" dvd at boot my system showed the Apple logo and nothing more.

The Crucial tips works, or the only way for me is to create a BootCamp installation of Windows and then update from there?

Thanks!

DXM05B0Q does not work, but DXM06B0Q does because Samsung changed it. Samsung will have to support USB, otherwise there is very little that can be done.

The External USB does not work, because the Samsung software is looking for information from the connection, that it wants to be a SATA connection, but it is a USB connection and fails.

The Crucial method of creating a bootable USB works for Crucial software, but not for Samsung.

I was able to upgrade the firmware (to DXM06B0Q) on my Mac Mini with a bootable USB thumbdrive. I followed the instructions on the crucial forum (posted above) to create a bootable USB thumbdrive with FreeDOS. Then I simply replaced the .IMG file on the USB thumbdrive with the .IMG file I copied from the Samsung firmware ISO (visible after mounting the ISO).

The upgrade took less than half an hour on the 840 EVO.

Unfortunately the firmware for the 840EVO seems that can't work using the Crucial way of preparing the USB stick… I got an error message from Apple firmware not fully sypporting old OS.

Mine is a mid.2010 MacBook Pro. I fear I'll have to remove the 2nd disk and remount the superdrive at this point

There is nothing "tricky" about using or what TRIM Enabler 3.x (and others) do. Nor would I say it falls into the category of being a 'hack.'

Though now YOSEMITE has made it next to impossible or much more difficult. This kind of lack of support for SSDs is just plain "we refuse to bother making sure our system works with Samsung retail and other devices" slap in the face for an operating system.

Hello,

The firmware update manual, in "http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/SSD/global/html/su pport/downloads.html, said we can creat a usb bootable disk, for Mac and Linux.

I tried, but didn't work.