840 EVO 120G low read/acc/random

Firmware Update to Fix the Samsung SSD 840 EVO Read Performance Bug Coming on October 15th

We will see fixed firmware in a few hours (theoretically)... but sometimes (_*_) happens.
Meanwhile DiskFresh fixed the prob for me.

 

I got reminiscent graphs on my 750 GB Evo - but not so severe. Waiting...

 

http://www.custompcreview.com/articles/samsung-840-evo-performance-fix-available-tomorrow/22161/

Seems the tool called Samsung SSD 840 EVO Performance Restoration will be released tomorrow :banana:

 

Looking forward to seeing your guys results after the update, hope it sorts the issue for those that have this problem.

 

Samsung SSD 840 EVO Performance Restoration Software has been released.

Samsung Downloads

 

top man, now using the software it updates the firmware first then repairs the drive sweet.

 

Well I posted this in the Frontpage news section but I'll put it here too since it's relevant.

 

Doesn't work for me.
Firmware update goes right to 15% and then just sits there.

 

worked fine for me ?

 

Samsung firmware released to fix this issue.

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/sa...-firmware-update-solves-slow-reads-issue.html

There ya go.

 

It won't work with AMD SATA controller drivers (this is written in manual). This happened for me too. Rolled back to standard MS drivers (few reboots though) and only then updated firmware. Then I've installed AMD drivers again (they have fresh ones dated 29-09-2014 on AMD site).

Here is mine driver that was a cause of flashing incapability:

 

Success, my average reads went from 160 MB/s to 190 MB/s on HD Tach (just Sata II). No dips in the graph.

 

That did it.
Thanx