News Samsung Confirms 990 Pro SSD Firmware Fix Coming Soon

[Admin]

Samsung is now dealing with drive health woes on its 980 Pro and 990 Pro SSDs.

Samsung Confirms 990 Pro SSD Firmware Fix Coming Soon : Read more

 

[kyzarvs]

Are you going to mention this on the 'Best SSDs' article that recommends this drive? 'coz I wouldn't buy one until it's been field-proven to be fixed...

 

[TechieTwo]

This appears to be a reporting error of the usage not an actual loss of SSD life.

 

[Troymv505]

I have two of these Samsung drives in two different ps5's? How do you update the firmware when it's installed in a ps5?

 

[RichardtST]

This appears to be a reporting error of the usage not an actual loss of SSD life.

Except that it IS a loss of SSD life. As per the article on the 980s, the drive goes into read-only mode and Windows will no longer boot. Also, once the drive is in read-only mode, it is effectively useless except, of course, to hopefully read your old data off. The problem is that the drive believes its own erroneous reporting.

 

[AgentBirdnest]

Can someone post a source about the problem being a reporting error?

 

[cyrusfox]

I have two of these Samsung drives in two different ps5's? How do you update the firmware when it's installed in a ps5?

You don't, pull it out and put in a pcie adapter or in a m.2 slot. You may be able to upgrade in a usb caddy/adapter, but I have had mixed results doing that (Couldn't upgrade my Micron NVME drives unless was on native PCIE protocol)

 

[bit_user]

I find it rather mind-boggling that their QA team missed the 990 Pro issue, given how quickly it happens and how apparently easy it is to reproduce.

 

[dalek1234]

When news websites started to report this problem with 990 SSDs, few weeks ago, they were also reporting Samsung saying that there is nothing wrong with those drives. No Samsung is admitting (although only through a moderator) that there is fact is an issue with these drives. Can one trust Samsung?

 

[RussK1]

This appears to be a reporting error of the usage not an actual loss of SSD life.

Not necessarily. I had the 970evo with 99% drive health and walla, read only mode.

I sent the drive to Samsung, they tested it and ultimately sent me a 2tb 970evo plus.

My theory, is that it isn't the nand, rather the controllers failing.

I currently run the 2tb 980 pro and 970evo +. Both with current firmware and running fine... although the 980pro is a little underwhelming on the speed.