Samsung 860 SSD compatibility issue (per Magician)

[franx1948]

I've dug around on these forums and found great info. But I'm not clear on the following.

I run Windows 10 on an ASUS Sabertooth 990FX, R 2.0, motherboard. I've updated my BIOS to the latest iteration. My CPU is an AMD 8350FX. My GPU is a Radeon 390 with the latest stable drivers. My SSD is a Samsung 860 EVO. So far, it works great. But when I run Magician, I get the same message I've seen elsewhere in these discussions:

"Under the current system environment, some functions in Magician CANNOT be run.
If multiple iterations of Read and Write are performed, RAPID mode may become inactive due to system internal errors on some of the AMD / AsMedia Controller or Driver."

So I eliminated Asmedia drivers where I could, but my Asmedia USB 3.0 extension driver (version 1.16.35.1) can't be rolled back, nor can my Asmedia 106x SATA controller driver (version 3.1.6.0). Are these the problem?

On Microsoft's site I note that a newer Asmedia USB controller extension driver does exist -- 1.16.55.1. Also an Asmedia 106x SATA controller driver, 3.1.9.0. There's also an Asmedia SCSI Adapter version 3.2.1.0. Could any of these drivers help? Should I install? TIA.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Not a real issue per say: The problem is , Samsung doesn't fully support the rapid mode setup on AMD\ Asmedia chipset motherboards.

Rapid Mode is a mirage , it's just using your memory as a cache.

 

[ko888]

The Samsung Magician Installation Guide states:

Windows may experience slow response while Advanced Performance Optimization is in progress, on ASUS Sabertooth 990FX system with AMD 1.2.1.269 driver.

Sometimes on AMD PC with AMD and ASMedia storage controllers it was found that the IOs takes a longer time to complete. In such cases if Rapid was enabled, it may get automatically disabled due to such IO errors. It may display "Rapid is in inactive state". User has to reboot the PC to enable the Rapid back.

There is no mention of a solution though.

 

[USAFRet]

Ignore RAPID mode. It does nothing except give you a false performance reading.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

On installs of the Samsung SSD's now , the new version of Magician won't even let you try to activate rapid on AMD \ Asmedia setups.