Firmware package for Samsung SM883/MZ7KH3T8HALS

[Z0eff]

That would explain a lot, the first two to three versions are not quite free from bugs. Just do a long drive self-test on each drive to be sure.
The other reason (but i don't know if that would work) could be the trigger of a SMART reset, that would be the worst.
Still one of the best SATA SSD's ever the sm883, and the last with really durable MLC V-NAND -> the successor pm897 (3,84TB) needs 6TB of raw NAND to reach the same TBW.


OT: I do not think the so called AI-bubble will go away... there are bad times ahead with some "elements" who have nearly unlimited funds and have dried the lake of "affordable" new enterprise hardware.
A new NVMe based all-flash-NAS (with ECC-DRAM and a pair of enterprise 12,8TB drives) is off the table indefinitely.
It looks like even the gaming industry adopts to AI, and i think the R&D of real GPU's has halted quite some time ago, and the AI-logic will only be repurposed in the future. But the bright days of gaming are over anyway.
Or it's only me who is slowly fading into dust...

Will do a long self-test on each on them the next time I get the chance, good idea! I did do a full scrub (ZFS) but would like to be sure.

And yeah, AI won't go away. The bubble will pop at some point but the high prices of GPUs are here to stay it seems.
I got my SM883's back in December for a good price just as the market started to raise the price of NAND flash. I've been seeing lots of praise of this particular model in this thread. Feeling lucky! I've paired them with 16 other SSDs, also Samsung but consumer drives. eight 860 Pro's and eight 870 QVO's. QLC flash I know, but it's mainly used for a write once, read many type of scenario.

EDIT: Those other two models haven't given me any trouble (yet?) so I've not looked at flashing those. Maybe I should be more worried?

 

[DarkServant]

EDIT: Those other two models haven't given me any trouble (yet?) so I've not looked at flashing those. Maybe I should be more worried?

Oh, especially on consumer SSD's... get the latest updates, which are officially obtainable on the samsung website.
Many say it's not a good idea to use SSD's with no PLP for a ZFS-pool (HW-implemented via capacitors and an extra IC), like it's not advised to use non-ECC DRAM system for the same purpose.

 

[Z0eff]

Oh, especially on consumer SSD's... get the latest updates, which are officially obtainable on the samsung website.
Many say it's not a good idea to use SSD's with no PLP for a ZFS-pool (HW-implemented via capacitors and an extra IC), like it's not advised to use non-ECC DRAM system for the same purpose.

I'll look at any updates available, but a quick glance it seems like the QVOs don't have any new version and the 860 Pro's are 1 version behind.
Will do some updating when I have more time.

 

[Letcher]

Last year I acquired a dozen NOS 3.8TB PM883s as a start to go full flash on my main server; but I needed more. Currently I'm using 4 in a raid10 array served over iSCSI, but am about to break that array apart as it's only being used for a very small steam library and is overkill for that use. Gave up on the full flash idea for now. Anyway, at the time of purchase they all had firmware HXT76F3Q and I updated them all to HXT79F3Q which doesn't seem to be listed anywhere. Can't tell by file dates.

Are the firmware versions incremental in hex? IE: I see HXT7A04Q and HXT7B04Q but HXT7904Q is claimed as "newest". Which one really is "newest"?

 

[Z0eff]

Last year I acquired a dozen NOS 3.8TB PM883s as a start to go full flash on my main server; but I needed more. Currently I'm using 4 in a raid10 array served over iSCSI, but am about to break that array apart as it's only being used for a very small steam library and is overkill for that use. Gave up on the full flash idea for now. Anyway, at the time of purchase they all had firmware HXT76F3Q and I updated them all to HXT79F3Q which doesn't seem to be listed anywhere. Can't tell by file dates.

Are the firmware versions incremental in hex? IE: I see HXT7A04Q and HXT7B04Q but HXT7904Q is claimed as "newest". Which one really is "newest"?

I was under that impression as well. I would assume the one labled 7B is newer.

 

[john_doe]

Finally i got the sm883 (HXM7904Q) and pm883 (HXT7904Q) firmwares....
Updatetool and FW-Files

usage: ssdmanager.exe -d <disknumber> -AF -p <path to bin file>

There are 3 Samsung utilities on the cloud drive above: DCToolkit_v2.1, MagicianDC_v2, SSD-Manager-2.0.10.4.0:

To update the firmware of SM883, which of the above 3 tools should I use? Only the SSD-Manager-2.0.10.4.0 will work for SM883? Or will the other two utilities work as well?

Also, can I put the SM883 inside an external USB enclosure (connected to my laptop via USB) when trying to update the firmware? Or do I have to connect the SM883 directly to an internal SATA port of a laptop/PC when doing the firmware update?

Many thanks.

 

[Stephan]

I can answer the USB enclosure question: Never, always native on some SATA port.

Edit: Looks like last time I used this command to update firmware on my SM883

Samsung_SSD_DC_Toolkit_for_Linux_V2.1 -d 3 -F -p ./HXM7A04Q_NF.bin