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[DryvBy]

I just bought one and a friend sent me this today. Seems like the 980 Pro, especially higher capacity SSDs, are prone to breaking and Samsung has issues a firmware for the SSD itself.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/samsung-980-pro-ssd-failures-firmware-update

 

[Skifi28]

Not updating, I always wanted a very expensive doorstop to show off to friends and family and it seems to finally be happening. How nice it is when dreams come true when you least expect it.

 

[Ozriel]

So those of us with the SSDs already installed in the PS5....out of luck?

 

[BennyBlanco]

So those of us with the SSDs already installed in the PS5....out of luck?

You would have to pop it out and plug it into a PC

 

[GHG]

Thanks for the heads up. Even though I only have a 500GB one (I know, I know, but it's literally only a 1st party/exclusive machine for me) I'll still take it out and do it.

 

[Danknugz]

dang i got the 2tb

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

What is bothering me is the lack of tech details on why this is happening. Are the data actually corrupted by the firmware ?

Wondering.

And this:

Unfortunately, once your 980 Pro goes into this failure state, there is no way to recover your data, even with the firmware update.

Deeply sucks.

I'm fortunate to only have a "old" float of 970 Pro Evo+ for once.

 

[BennyBlanco]

i bought this 980 pro 2TB a few weeks ago and it came with the new firmware installed. if you bought it recently when they were cheap youre probably good.

 

[DryvBy]

i bought this 980 pro 2TB a few weeks ago and it came with the new firmware installed. if you bought it recently when they were cheap youre probably good.

I bought mine in January so mine's good too but it's really annoying for my friend.

 

[Hal Bent]

I don't have readily available access to a PC with a PCIe slot. Am I screwed?

 

[lh032]

I don't have readily available access to a PC with a PCIe slot. Am I screwed?

cant u use an m2 ssd adaptor or something?

 

[sinnergy]

It’s great all those do it your self SSD solutions very convenient for the savvy .. I i prefer MS solution , it’s more expensive, yes , but you won’t have this crap .

How will general public know?

 

[anothertech]

Thank zod I got Nextorage lol

 

[Hal Bent]

cant u use an m2 ssd adaptor or something?

I'm not sure. Is there such an adapter that would let me connect an SSD to a laptop via USB-C?

 

[lh032]

I'm not sure. Is there such an adapter that would let me connect an SSD to a laptop via USB-C?

something like this? I never tried though, should work i guess.

Amazon.com: M.2 NVME SATA SSD Enclosure Adapter, Tool-Free USB C 3.1 Gen 2 10Gbps to NVME PCIe M-Key(B+M Key) Solid State Drive External Enclosure Support UASP Trim for SSD Size 2230/2242/2260/2280 : Electronics

Shop Amazon for M.2 NVME SATA SSD Enclosure Adapter, Tool-Free USB C 3.1 Gen 2 10Gbps to NVME PCIe M-Key(B+M Key) Solid State Drive External Enclosure Support UASP Trim for SSD Size 2230/2242/2260/2280 and find millions of items, delivered faster than ever.

www.amazon.com

 

[solidus12]

Thank god I got the WD Black SN850.

 

[STARSBarry]

something like this? I never tried though, should work i guess.

Amazon.com: M.2 NVME SATA SSD Enclosure Adapter, Tool-Free USB C 3.1 Gen 2 10Gbps to NVME PCIe M-Key(B+M Key) Solid State Drive External Enclosure Support UASP Trim for SSD Size 2230/2242/2260/2280 : Electronics

Shop Amazon for M.2 NVME SATA SSD Enclosure Adapter, Tool-Free USB C 3.1 Gen 2 10Gbps to NVME PCIe M-Key(B+M Key) Solid State Drive External Enclosure Support UASP Trim for SSD Size 2230/2242/2260/2280 and find millions of items, delivered faster than ever.

www.amazon.com

From what I understand it does not, you need the drives plugged into an m.2 port either on the board itself or by a PCI-E slotted m.2 card for Samsung magician to allow for updating.

Either way not a great look for Samsung (I own two 980 Pro's one in my PC is updated and the other is in my PS5, which I updated at the time before slotting in but unsure if its version 4+)

 

[LavitzSlambert]

Is this an issue that is specific to Samsung’s firmware, or is this something that could potentially happen to other SSDs and Samsung just happened to identify and fix it first?

 

[THE DUCK]

This was the downside to allowing third party drives. Thst said I think I still prefer it over Microsoft price gouging.

The perfect balance really should be first party drives only but at competitive pricing.

 

[DenchDeckard]

I got a 980 Pro 1tb. More than enough.

I did the update to increase the speed. Hopefully that's enough as I'm not pulling it out to update it.