Two days ago, we issued a release with respect to difficulties observed through installation of Samsung 830 Series SSD firmware numbered CXM02B1Q. Samsung has since removed that version and replaced it with new firmware numbered CXM03B1Q which can be found here. The release date is January 19, 2012. In an extremely rare step forward, Samsung today contacted The SSD Review …
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Samsung’s 830 SSD, highly regarded for its excellent performance and reliability, has just received a firmware update which is causing some real problems with Series 830 SSD owners. The update, which was intended to enhance several key aspects of stability in the SSD, can reportedly cause a BSOD after the flashing process is complete. The article has been updated through …
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There seems to be no doubt in anyone’s mind that 2012 is going to be the year of the ultrabook and CES 2012 Las Vegas was front and center with just about every ultrabook available, or soon to be, this past week. Today’s report will examine three forerunners that appear to be in a position, above all others at this …
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Today we are at the Samsung 2012 Press Release Event at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas and this place is packed. Sitting five rows from the front in the Lando Ballroom, we were fortunate enough to get VIP passes and I should have brought an interpreter. Myself and Karen, our gorgeous Associate Editor, are the only ones in this …
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Samsung’s PM810 SSDs, better known to most people as the 470 series, have received a prominent security certification: The National Institute of Standards and Technologies’ FIPS 140-2. This certification is important for military, government and certain business applications that require heightened security. One of the main features that the certification covers is the drives’ built in 256 bit AES encryption engine, which provides …
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Seagate has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Samsung’s hard drive division. The transaction will go through for $1.4 billion. By gaining Samsung’s assets, Seagate will be sitting pretty in the HDD industry with a 40 percent market share. In 2010, Seagate sold 195.2 million units while Samsung let go of around 66 million units. Included in the …
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The rage this year in storage technology has been hard drive caching which is equaled only by the introduction and storm of Ultrabooks we are seeing brought to market. Samsung has tackled both with their new PM830 mSATA release containing sizes from 32GB all the way to an incredible 256GB which thus far, is unheard of in a mSATA SSD. …
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If this sounds like it is too good to be true, think again because it is not. This is the lowest price we have seen an SSD package to date. The sale is on RIGHT NOW at NewEgg.Com and consists of the Samsung 830 Series SATA 3 64GB SSD which would normally retail at $129.99. Included in the package is …
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Dedication is rushing to NYC to attend Samsung’s 830 Series SSD Release Party only to hop back in your car, drive 8 hours and whip up an early morning article. To say I am a bit overwhelmed is an understatement but with the number of previous e-mails asking about Samsung 830 pricing, I couldn’t resist. Read on as you will …
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Our featured shot is the PCB of a brand new Samsung PM800 SATA 3 256GB solid state drive that this report is going to speak to. It just may be an exclusive as Samsung’s new 6Gbps SSD cannot be opened by way of removal of any screws. The SSD had to be pried apart in order to get this shot, …
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