The importance of firmware updates can't be understated. It directly affects the functionality of its associated hardware, so it's important to be on the latest version to get all the new features and ...

Seagate has issued a new firmware update for its FireCuda 530 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSDs that enhances the DirectStorage capabilities of the drive. This will enable drive owners to utilize the full strength ...

But generally SSD firmware doesn't come out often at all, so I figure there's probably a good enough reason to go ahead and install it because they're not just throwing out pointless updates or ...

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This post discusses what to do if your SSD is freezing Windows 11 and showing 100% usage. A few users have been experiencing a persistent issue where their computer’s disk usage spikes up to 100% with ...

As you may have seen yesterday, the issue pertains to the Host Memory Buffer feature (for more details, read our previous article), and the resulting bug means that some SSDs are affected by repeated ...

Your computer’s storage is something you don’t often think about. It’s in there, somewhere, nebulously holding on to more bits of data than your brain could handle in a dozen lifetimes. And it’s ...

Reports had suggested Windows 11 security updates were behind some recent SSD issues. Reports had suggested Windows 11 security updates were behind some recent SSD issues. is a senior editor and ...

In a nutshell: Earlier this year, Western Digital announced a firmware update to resolve problems that some users were experiencing with SanDisk Extreme Portable, Extreme Pro Portable, and My Passport ...

Samsung has released a firmware update for its newest 990 Pro SSDs today. While the company didn’t provide official release notes, Tom’s Hardware reports that the update is likely intended to fix an ...