MicroCenter 128GB SSD (A-data rebrand) Firmware Update??

[sevimli]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering what would be the best method to update MicroCenter 128GB SSD firmware?

MicroCenter 128GB SSD uses JMicron 612 controller. And I am guessing they are A-DATA S596 re-branded ones.

As of today, A-Data has 2 firmware updates for their SSDs, but as expected they don't work on Micro Center SSD. ( I tried, got the error says "no A-data driver found".)

But if I check the firmware version of the MicroCenter SSD and ADATA SSDs, I see that they have an exact match.

 

[rand_79]

whats your motherboard
and I wasnt aware that the jmicron needed updated..

I thought only the sandforce based one had issues?

Before I returned my microcenter branded ssd I read their documentation on it.
apparantly its only supported on achi mode with intel chipset (and most amd chipsets)

nvidia chipset is unsupported and you cant flash.

 

[sevimli]

Thanks for the reply.

My board is an intel x58.

I tried to ADATA's manual on here: http://www.adatausa.com/upload/downloadfile/ADATA_S596_Firmware_Upgrade_User_Guide_V2.0.pdf

It says I need to flash after booting through the USB port on the drive???

May I ask why did you return yours?

 

[rand_79]

it died and killed a sata port on my ip35 motherboard.