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8 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

SSDs dont need firmware updates (no need for one, they are seen as storage devices). Is it Samsung's software for managing the SSD instead?

They do have firmwares, it's the controller that is in charge for managing SSD operations, starting from writing to flash/cells/NAND/cache or reading from the correct place.

SSD manufacturers sometimes release firmware updates to improve the controller work.

 

Most of the time, the differences aren't very noticeable unless they really messed up (haven't heard of any such instance yet). I updated my 850 PRO long time ago and all went fine.

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So I have an Samsung 850 Evo SSD and it has said a firmware update is available for a while now but I've been quite wary of doing it just incase it was to lose my data or something like that, should I just do it?

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did it as part of my yearly update routine.

 

i think it's generally safe but you should probably backup your impt files

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SSDs dont need firmware updates (no need for one, they are seen as storage devices). Is it Samsung's software for managing the SSD instead?

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8 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

SSDs dont need firmware updates (no need for one, they are seen as storage devices). Is it Samsung's software for managing the SSD instead?

They do have firmwares, it's the controller that is in charge for managing SSD operations, starting from writing to flash/cells/NAND/cache or reading from the correct place.

SSD manufacturers sometimes release firmware updates to improve the controller work.

 

Most of the time, the differences aren't very noticeable unless they really messed up (haven't heard of any such instance yet). I updated my 850 PRO long time ago and all went fine.

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4 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

SSDs dont need firmware updates (no need for one, they are seen as storage devices). Is it Samsung's software for managing the SSD instead?

Its for the controller as jj9987 said

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