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Samsung SSD software
My Samsung 840 EVO SSD came with a software disk. Having little
experience with SSDs I would like to know whether people recommend installing the Samsung software. |
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On Sunday, March 30, 2014 8:28:18 PM UTC+8, Mark wrote:
My Samsung 840 EVO SSD came with a software disk. Having little experience with SSDs I would like to know whether people recommend installing the Samsung software. I have no idea, but my crude understanding of this issue is that SSD stuff is still in its infancy, so you have to rely on such "third party software", so I would use it. Samsung is a pretty reputable company. RL |
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-- RayLopez99 raylopez88 gmail.com wrote: X-Received: by 10.182.108.136 with SMTP id hk8mr2238743obb.11.1396974672353; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 09:31:12 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.182.118.138 with SMTP id km10mr49670obb.27.1396974672206; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 09:31:12 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!u s.feeder.erje.net!news.ripco.com!news.glorb.com!ur 14no4653745igb.0!news-out.google.com!xg2ni201igc.0!nntp.google.com!l13no 4437833iga.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo .googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 09:31:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: nc3gj993a59dl8k8vk9nfteut7a0pp4thc 4ax.com Complaints-To: groups-abuse google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=108.175.164.163; posting-account=fRZa_AkAAACE3nlFA9zM1Eq00OKq1Ycq NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.175.164.163 References: nc3gj993a59dl8k8vk9nfteut7a0pp4thc 4ax.com User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: 6eccbefd-11b3-4a67-9e1a-2ad89fdd0abe googlegroups.com Subject: Samsung SSD software From: RayLopez99 raylopez88 gmail.com Injection-Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 16:31:12 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: news.eternal-september.org alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt:29850 On Sunday, March 30, 2014 8:28:18 PM UTC+8, Mark wrote: My Samsung 840 EVO SSD came with a software disk. Having little experience with SSDs I would like to know whether people recommend installing the Samsung software. I have no idea, but my crude understanding of this issue is that SSD stuff is still in its infancy, so you have to rely on such "third party software", so I would use it. Samsung is a pretty reputable company. RL |
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Mark wrote:
My Samsung 840 EVO SSD came with a software disk. Having little experience with SSDs I would like to know whether people recommend installing the Samsung software. Find some reviews. One of the softwares is a caching driver for the OS. A 1GB RAM cache is used for frequently accessed data on the SSD. You don't have to use that. http://www.storagereview.com/samsung_840_evo_ssd_review The hardware review sites don't usually dwell on the software for too long, so you'll need more than one article. http://www.anandtech.com/show/7173/s...odels-tested/5 Paul |
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On Sunday, March 30, 2014 8:28:18 AM UTC-4, Mark wrote:
My Samsung 840 EVO SSD came with a software disk. Having little experience with SSDs I would like to know whether people recommend installing the Samsung software. I didn't install any of the software that came with my Samsung and Crucial SSDs, and Windows 7 worked just fine with them. -- // T.Hsu |
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On Sun, 30 Mar 2014 13:28:18 +0100, Mark wrote:
My Samsung 840 EVO SSD came with a software disk. Having little experience with SSDs I would like to know whether people recommend installing the Samsung software. I don't have a Samsung, but I do have an Intel SSD. It comes with a program called Intel SSD Toolbox. It contains an optimizer and it is advised to use this once a week. You can do a quick or full diagnostic scan, secure erase, firmware update, ... IMO it can't hurt to install (and run) the software. -- s|b |
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On Wed, 09 Apr 2014 20:37:11 +0200, "s|b" wrote:
On Sun, 30 Mar 2014 13:28:18 +0100, Mark wrote: My Samsung 840 EVO SSD came with a software disk. Having little experience with SSDs I would like to know whether people recommend installing the Samsung software. I don't have a Samsung, but I do have an Intel SSD. It comes with a program called Intel SSD Toolbox. It contains an optimizer and it is advised to use this once a week. You can do a quick or full diagnostic scan, secure erase, firmware update, ... Once a week? To do what? IMO it can't hurt to install (and run) the software. *wince* Disagree hugely - it certainly can. Using at least one version of the WD USB drive software makes the drive unbootable, for example. I'd recommend running *without* any additional software whenever possible. Cheers - Jaimie -- "Yrlsqb nx sobshuggum illingoon. Mark my words!" - Cyril Q Kornbluth |
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On Wed, 09 Apr 2014 19:40:59 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
I don't have a Samsung, but I do have an Intel SSD. It comes with a program called Intel SSD Toolbox. It contains an optimizer and it is advised to use this once a week. You can do a quick or full diagnostic scan, secure erase, firmware update, ... Once a week? To do what? Optimise. -) I don't really care /what/ it exactly happens, but Intel advises to do this once a week. So far, my SSD hasn't blown up, so... IMO it can't hurt to install (and run) the software. *wince* Disagree hugely - it certainly can. Using at least one version of the WD USB drive software makes the drive unbootable, for example. I'd recommend running *without* any additional software whenever possible. You probably don't install the latest firmware either. Doesn't mean everybody should do the same... Not so long ago, I upgraded the firmware of my SSD and guess what? No explosions either! ;-) -- s|b |
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On 09/04/2014 20:12, s|b wrote:
On Wed, 09 Apr 2014 19:40:59 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: I don't have a Samsung, but I do have an Intel SSD. It comes with a program called Intel SSD Toolbox. It contains an optimizer and it is advised to use this once a week. You can do a quick or full diagnostic scan, secure erase, firmware update, ... Once a week? To do what? Optimise. -) I don't really care /what/ it exactly happens, but Intel advises to do this once a week. So far, my SSD hasn't blown up, so... IMO it can't hurt to install (and run) the software. *wince* Disagree hugely - it certainly can. Using at least one version of the WD USB drive software makes the drive unbootable, for example. I'd recommend running *without* any additional software whenever possible. You probably don't install the latest firmware either. Doesn't mean everybody should do the same... Not so long ago, I upgraded the firmware of my SSD and guess what? No explosions either! ;-) Yes I also upgraded the firmware on my Samsung 128Gb EVO and all I had to do was reboot. |
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On Wed, 09 Apr 2014 21:12:01 +0200, "s|b" wrote:
On Wed, 09 Apr 2014 19:40:59 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: I don't have a Samsung, but I do have an Intel SSD. It comes with a program called Intel SSD Toolbox. It contains an optimizer and it is advised to use this once a week. You can do a quick or full diagnostic scan, secure erase, firmware update, ... Once a week? To do what? Optimise. -) Meh. If the firmware on Intel SSDs were so **** it needed a hand from an external program, they wouldn't be some of the best on the market. I don't really care /what/ it exactly happens, but Intel advises to do this once a week. So far, my SSD hasn't blown up, so... IMO it can't hurt to install (and run) the software. *wince* Disagree hugely - it certainly can. Using at least one version of the WD USB drive software makes the drive unbootable, for example. I'd recommend running *without* any additional software whenever possible. You probably don't install the latest firmware either. I'm always up to date on software, with max a sensible few-days delay to see if anything breaks for other people on big updates like service packs. Firmware is software *required* to use a device. Drivers, likewise. Tools? Nope. Doesn't mean everybody should do the same... Not so long ago, I upgraded the firmware of my SSD and guess what? No explosions either! ;-) Good. Me too. Cheers - Jaimie -- The more crap you put up with, the more crap you're going to get. |
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