Show Us Your Rig [4]

I agree 100% about the marketplace Vendors. I rarely buy anything from them, at least nothing I'm not willing to lose.

Lady Fitzgerald said:

Dave76 said:

Good choices all around.

Did you check the firmware on the SSD?
Their Magician program will tell you the firmware you have now, the latest is DXM04B0Q.

Magician couldn't see the SSD when it was in a USB dock. It'll have to wait until I build the machine to check it.

I just got my Samsung 840Pro 128GB last month and it had DXM03B0Q firmware.
Update was easy and went smooth, when the SSD is installed just put the update on a USB memory stick and run Magician.

Best to do it before installing the OS, as with most SSD manufacturer software it is suppose to be non-destructive so can be done with the OS installed, as you know, it's best to run a backup first.

As Ronald Reagan said, trust but verify.

No, Magician has to be installed to an OS.
In my case I plugged in the new SSD and updated the firmware before I removed the old one.
You can update the new SSD firmware on a different system or just do it after you install the OS on the new SSD, after backup of coarse.

Lady Fitzgerald said:

Then, in this case since I don't really have another system that I can install the SSD and Magician can't see a drive in a USB dock, I would install the SSD in the new machine, install Win 7, then install and run Magician to update the firmware? Since I wouldn't have anything other than the OS and Magician on the SSD, I wouldn't need a backup, correct?

Yes, nothing to loose except a little time

GeneO said:

Dave76 said:

Best to do it before installing the OS, as with most SSD manufacturer software it is suppose to be non-destructive so can be done with the OS installed, as you know, it's best to run a backup first.

I did it after I had installed the OS without a problem. Otherwise how would you update the firmware for new releases down the road?
You should always be sure you have a backup anyhow.

Lady - yes, since you have nothing that can't be replaced

Yes, it does work without loosing your current data. Just as a precaution I would do it before installing the OS, if possible, no problem updating the firmware after OS installation.