Seagate has issued a new firmware update for its FireCuda 530 NVMe SSD that will improve the performance of DirectStorage supported games.

You don't need to update your SSD's firmware constantly. There aren't a ton of updates in the first place, and even if there were, it shouldn't be part of your routine maintenance. I'd wager that ...

Samsung has released new firmware for its latest and greatest SSD, and owners should probably install it ASAP.

Minor thing. When I update my Western Digital SSD firmware, it takes only seconds, and doesn't even require a reboot. Is the firmware on drives just extremely tiny, so that's how it can go so fast ...

To update your 980 Pro's firmware, go to Samsung's support page and download and install the SSD Magician app (above).

If your SSD is causing Windows 11 to freeze and shows 100% usage, update SSD firmware and drivers, repair bad sectors, clean install Windows, etc.

The affected version of the firmware is 3B2QGXA7, though Puget Systems claims that drives running the 4B2QGXA7 firmware should be fine, even if Samsung is recommended the more recent update.

Just checked..it apppears I can't update the firmware on my 860 Evo either. Purchased about 3 years after the 850 at another store.