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    Samsung SSD Magician 5.3.1 released April 8, 2019

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Papusan, Apr 8, 2019.

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    Download Samsung Magician v5.3.1 majorgeek.com

    New Features
    • Firmware or Magician update alarm function
    • Secure Erase USB bootable solution for NVMe device
    • Adopting Diskspd for Performance Benchmark
    • Text drag and copy available in System Compatibility
    Fixed issues
    • Compatibility issues with some controllers
    • Duplicated notices in System Compatibility
    And yees, still Win 7, 8 & 8.1 (32/64bit) support. Maybe Killer Network can learn from this? :rolleyes:
    http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...ng_Magician_5_2_1_Installation_Guide_v2.4.pdf

    Official Wbside... https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/download/tools/
     
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    @Papusan

    Thank you for info!!

    I had problems downloading. Guru 3D has only 5.3.0 (listed as 5.3.1), Samsung official page says downloads daily limit exceeded LOL

    Here is the link if needed.

    https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/samsung_ssd_magician.html

    Installed and ... LOL it is finally 5.3.1.

    sdfsdfsdf.jpg

    My SSD suddently writes 3,300 and reads 3.666 on 970 PRO 1 TB. Just kidding.
     
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    how is that 970 Pro 1TB treating ya? just ordered mine and looking forward! would be nice to get some performance numbers on a laptop system :)
     
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    Speeds as advertised, compared to stock XG5 writes are much better, so games and programs install really faster.

    It runs quite hot on controller side, so I have taken some plastic off the laptop metal backplate, put 0.5 mm Gelid pad on top and 1 mm pad on the bottom of 970.

    I filled the space between laptop backplate and top of the ssd with about 5 mm (30-40 layers) of aluminium tape.

    I never exceeded 65C on controller since, no matter the load and time. Backplate sucks it all.

    Without his 'heat-sink' I was getting 70C (throttling temp.) only installing windows updates.
     
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    i figured as much, thats why i also got myself an m.2 ssd heatsink ;) so should be fine. still, ill be comparing temps at stock and with the heatsink on for funsies :)

    Sent from my Xiaomi Mi Max 2 (Oxygen) using Tapatalk
     
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    Which one? Advancing Gene or EKWB?
     
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    EKWB in blue color haha :)

    Sent from my Xiaomi Mi Max 2 (Oxygen) using Tapatalk
     
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    LOL, that is hilarious... The way they draw airflow - this will not happen, most of the air will go up as soon as it will reach the end of the fan ;-)
     
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    how bout pushing the air down onto the ssd? ;)
     
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    *rofl* yep, i didnt say anything about it being necessary :D passive heatsinks have been proven to be absolutely fine to keeping the controller below throttling temps.

    however, with PCIe 4.0 around the corner and much higher bandwidths available, it could very well be that next-gen SSD controllers will get much hotter due to higher stress... in those cases, a small fan MIGHT not be redundant anymore. but only time will tell.
     
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