karakarga07 Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Hi to all, I have previously 3 Corsair 128GB SSD from GS serie. Three of them were 5.24. The fourth one came with 5.40! How can I backup my NEW firmware and flash it to other 3 with 5.24 firmware? I will put the new firmware to forum, if I can wrap it out! :laughing: They all are connected to Rocket Raid 2710 controller now. Read speed 1,6GB and Write speed 1,0GB according to the latest Sisoft Sandra... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karakarga07 Posted June 30, 2014 Author Share Posted June 30, 2014 By the way, Corsair toolbox says: "No related info found for this firmware" right now! So I can not use it for this purpose... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Your older drives may not need the 5.40. I don't have release notes but it's very likely that the newer firmware is simply for a newer BOM that has different NAND. The Toolbox is aware of this so if it says no update found, you are fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karakarga07 Posted June 30, 2014 Author Share Posted June 30, 2014 No, They are exacly and completely the same! I have checked two version of the drives by opening them... I have also checked every little part on the pcm. Bit by bit, all components are the same... Chips by Toshiba etc. Corsair_FieldUpdater_v1.36 did not accept 27586 to flash on the newer firmware. Put a red X to drive and halted the process! My new one's signature is: 142-142-29404 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Technobeard Posted June 30, 2014 Administrators Share Posted June 30, 2014 FYI since you opened up the SSD the warranty is null and void. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameyscott Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Also, if you are not experiencing issues, there really is no reason to update the firmware. It's not going to change anything unless specifically stated in the release notes. Goes back to the old saying, "If it ain't broke don't fix it." Stinks that you voided the warranty by checking it out, but at least they are solid drives and probably won't die for a very long time! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karakarga07 Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 I never stop opening all my electronic stuff, I am a Radio TV & Film graduate, I don't only look to them outside! I have found little differences inside the firmware. Solid Sate Doctor 3.1.1.1 (SSD Utility Suite) informs for 5.40 firmware that, Temperature 31 C (Min 24 C, Max 31C) If temperature rises from 31 C to 32 C, than Solid State Doctor says: 32 C (Min 24 C, Max 32 C) But for 3 other drive info, having 5.24 firmware says: Temperature 31C (Min 127 C, Max -127 C) all the time. Max temperature -127 C, How strange? Probably such mistakes corrected at the 5.40 firmware! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karakarga07 Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 Corsair SSD Toolbox 1.2 information! Current Version 5.40 Available Version Unknown No firmware update information was found for this drive. Current Version 5.24 Available Version 5.24 Firmware is up to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 I've just verified with engineering. As I previously suspected, 5.40 is ONLY for NAND updates. There are no performance gains or bug fixes in it. At this time, if the toolbox says no update available, you are up to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karakarga07 Posted July 5, 2014 Author Share Posted July 5, 2014 I currently have limited time, but it has performance gain at write speed. More than 50, lesser than 100gb. I will install Windows 7 and see hard disc points what Windows will tell. It is "NOT" only a NAND update, Mr. Moses! If I can not find a solution, I will order an Eprom programmer, wrap out the bios chip, copy the contents, and force to write it over the earlier version! But do not hope so soon, I will have a holiday, if still people don't have it, "at that time". I have no economical difficulties, so I can buy new ones, but not from Corsair this time. Samsung released new 850 Pro serie... Corsair fell behind Samsung, GS serie have a Windows 8 trimm issue. I will also test trimm at Windows 8 with the new one! It will tell..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Technobeard Posted July 5, 2014 Administrators Share Posted July 5, 2014 I currently have limited time, but it has performance gain at write speed. More than 50, lesser than 100gb. It is "NOT" only a NAND update, Mr. Moses!Did you secure erase when you updated the firmware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karakarga07 Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 I haven't install anything in it, still empty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karakarga07 Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 I am asking questions to hardware sites, such as tomshardware, they have tested this drives 240GB one, send photos, waiting for reply, maybe they can advice me a way to read out the new firmware! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karakarga07 Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 At this adress the top model tested have a 5.40 firmware, like I said! https://www.google.com.tr/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&ei=xt_UU-XqNaWx0QWYyoCoCQ&url=http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/3191/Corsair-Force-GS&cd=4&ved=0CCkQFjAD&usg=AFQjCNEaqkkv3epM6JLqy-WGTAzbVvEtxg&sig2=EJr6p-YBqTxh_tXNQzb_aQ It performs better than the previous 5.24 firmware! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naki Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 My 360GB Force GS still has 5.07 firmware, with no 5.24 in sight. :sigh!: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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