Toshia XG6 1TB nvme firmware update - Help extracting firmware from a Dell update file?

[Almighty]

Could anyone help me figure out how to extract the firmware file from Toshiba Solid-state Drive Firmware Update for KXG60ZNV256G / KXG60ZNV512G / KXG60ZNV1T02 | Driver Details | Dell Canada for my Toshiba XG6 1tb nvme so I can try to update the firmware using nvme cli tools? I want to be able to update the firmware as Dell releases firmware updates, but of course I got this drive on the grey market and don't have a Dell. Anyone run across this before and know how to get the firmware files extracted? On older updates from Dell I could find it, but it seems they're obfuscating it better these days.

A few details:

1. I have the KXG60ZNV1T02 with 1060.4105 firmware
2. This is one of the few nvme drives officially supported by my Supermicro motherboard. I tried a different one and had problems, so went with this one from the list and it's been great so I hesitate to go a different route just for firmware updates
3. I'm doing this because I'm curious and enjoy figuring things out, and of course more performance is always better so here I am...

Here's what I did so far:

1. Download file
2. Use 7zip to extract it since I don't have a compatible Dell computer to run it
3. Initially tried running the EXE/DOS program that gets extracted from a bootable disk, but it failed
   
4. Extract the EXE/DOS file from #3 with 7zip
5. End up with a file called \Toshiba-Solid-state-Drive-Firmware-Update-for-KXG60ZNV256G_7RY97_WIN64_1060.4106_A00\XG6_nonSED_10604106_MUP\.rsrc\RCDATA\104
6. Open that in HEX editor, and the header of it contains:
   1. "@TSBMUP@...10604106"
   2. This matches the firmware version and looks like it could be it, but there's a ton of padding at the end of the file so I'm worried that if I flash this it may not ONLY be the firmware but extra data that dell uses with their update utility

A few questions:

1. Is that "104" file the full firmware?
2. Is there a way to download my firmware file from my actual drive using nvme cli tools or something? I couldn't figure that out. If I could, I could compare the "104" file with the downloaded firmware from my actual drive!
3. Am I missing anything major here?

 

[frontwing]

why are you considering nvmecli or something more complicated? you just never tried to run this Dell package directly?
Dell package won't check if you are using a Dell PC, it will just run the Toshiba updater and let it check if you are using a correct model.

If you really have problems running the package, use 7zip to extract XG6_nonSED_10604106_MUP.exe from it, then run the updater with admin privilege. I flashed a Dell-branded XG6 on my HP laptop without issue.

 

[Almighty]

why are you considering nvmecli or something more complicated? you just never tried to run this Dell package directly?
Dell package won't check if you are using a Dell PC, it will just run the Toshiba updater and let it check if you are using a correct model.

If you really have problems running the package, use 7zip to extract XG6_nonSED_10604106_MUP.exe from it, then run the updater with admin privilege. I flashed a Dell-branded XG6 on my HP laptop without issue.

I did try it and said my system wasn't compatible. I'll try again with explicit admin privileges and report back. Thanks for the reply.

 

[Almighty]

Well, it turns out this was a 32bit vs 64bit issue. The computer it was being run on (to my misunderstanding) was 32 bit and not 64 bit. I ended up doing a WinToUSB Windows 10 x64 live usb key, booted it up and was able to use the extracted XG6_nonSED_10604106_MUP.exe to update the drive!