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									Issues with 970 EVO Plus - Hardware Compatibility				            </title>
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                        <title>Issues with 970 EVO Plus</title>
                        <link>https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/issues-with-970-evo-plus/#post-3430</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Great news!]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Great news!]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Issues with 970 EVO Plus</title>
                        <link>https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/issues-with-970-evo-plus/#post-3429</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2019 10:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[This is indeed a link to the &quot;Magician&quot; software for all Samsung SSD&#039;s.


Keep scrolling down ;-)]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote>
This is indeed a link to the "Magician" software for all Samsung SSD's.
</blockquote>

Keep scrolling down ;-)]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/">Hardware Compatibility</category>                        <dc:creator>emmix</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Issues with 970 EVO Plus</title>
                        <link>https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/issues-with-970-evo-plus/#post-3426</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2019 06:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[This is indeed a link to the &quot;Magician&quot; software for all Samsung SSD&#039;s.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[This is indeed a link to the "Magician" software for all Samsung SSD's.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Issues with 970 EVO Plus</title>
                        <link>https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/issues-with-970-evo-plus/#post-3424</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2019 21:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Feedback is appreciated and I will pass the link along for others!]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Feedback is appreciated and I will pass the link along for others!]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Issues with 970 EVO Plus</title>
                        <link>https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/issues-with-970-evo-plus/#post-3422</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2019 15:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Still running stable:-)]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Still running stable:-)]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Issues with 970 EVO Plus</title>
                        <link>https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/issues-with-970-evo-plus/#post-3421</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2019 13:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Download ISO from Samsung, create bootable USB-Stick, start your mac from that stick and update the SSDs firmware right in the Express 4m2 housing.

use a magnifying glass on a Retina disp...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Download ISO from Samsung, create bootable USB-Stick, start your mac from that stick and update the SSDs firmware right in the Express 4m2 housing.

use a magnifying glass on a Retina display to read the Text in the DOS-Box ;-) 

Direct link to Firmware (official link, taken from Samsung site):
https://s3.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com/global.semi.static/SAMSUNG_SSD_970EVO_Plus_ISO_190513/7ES357322A6707A720E1A71EF11A3BE1EED819E011D317626415F0281A78151C/Samsung_SSD_970_EVO_Plus_2B2QEXM7.iso

Link to Samsung, there find the corresponding entry under "Samsung SSD Firmware":
https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/download/tools/]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Issues with 970 EVO Plus</title>
                        <link>https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/issues-with-970-evo-plus/#post-3414</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2019 21:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Please post the link where you obtained the firmware and if it is Mac compatibel, or you need to run Windows to update the firmware! 

thanks and glad it is working.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Please post the link where you obtained the firmware and if it is Mac compatibel, or you need to run Windows to update the firmware! 

thanks and glad it is working.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Issues with 970 EVO Plus</title>
                        <link>https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/issues-with-970-evo-plus/#post-3413</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2019 09:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[After updating the firmware of the 970 Evo Plus to version 2 right in the Express 4M2 I gave it another try and...
...it seems to work :-)

At least my 8TB express 4M2 now runs with no er...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[After updating the firmware of the 970 Evo Plus to version 2 right in the Express 4M2 I gave it another try and...
...it seems to work :-)

At least my 8TB express 4M2 now runs with no errors, a test with BlackMagic results a little below expected speeds (1400 write/2200 read) and it seems to be quite stable (2 days running now).]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Issues with 970 EVO Plus</title>
                        <link>https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/issues-with-970-evo-plus/#post-3403</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2019 19:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hi, had the same issue. Contacted OWC support, they replied

&quot;This device does not support Samsung 970 EVO Plus series SSDs.&quot;

See#4...

Gotta return my 970 evo plus. Hope the seller w...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi, had the same issue. Contacted OWC support, they replied

"This device does not support Samsung 970 EVO Plus series SSDs."

See https://www.owcdigital.com/products/express-4m2#tech-specs #4...

Gotta return my 970 evo plus. Hope the seller will accept my request :-/]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Issues with 970 EVO Plus</title>
                        <link>https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/issues-with-970-evo-plus/#post-3345</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Thanks, this is about what I have seen. early &quot;teething&quot; problems, then they start behaving normally

We do not know what the actual cause of these issues are.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Thanks, this is about what I have seen. early "teething" problems, then they start behaving normally

We do not know what the actual cause of these issues are.]]></content:encoded>
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