I read there were numerous issues with this item that were "fixed" via a revised "MacOS" firmware. I want to get this drive but how can I tell if it has the newer firmware? Is there a version number of said firmware?
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MP 1,1-5,1 Samsung 970 EVO Firmware?
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It's the Samsung 970 EVO Plus that had the 1B2QEXM7 incompatible firmware at launch (January 22 2019) and not the original 970 EVO.
Btw, I really doubt that you can buy today from a major retailer a brand new 970 EVO Plus blade with a production date before the release of the 2B2QEXM7 corrected firmware back in February 2019. All blades made after that, the box have the production date clearly on the label, already have the corrected firmware from factory. It was just a two or three months production window with the original 1B2QEXM7 firmware.
The 970 EVO+ even changed controllers, firmware and board revision sometime last year, you can't even find the previous release to buy nowadays.
This is the box of my 970 EVO Plus 2TB that arrived from AliExpress some days ago, production date 20210901.
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Ah, my most helpful friend Tsialex, just the info I wanted to know EXCEPT I think I made an error in not saying it was the 970 EVO SSD/SATA, not the NVME version... sorry.
BTW, curiously the price is exactly the same to buy from amazon, newegg or directly from Samsung.
BTW, curiously the price is exactly the same to buy from amazon, newegg or directly from Samsung.
This product don't exist at all, you are mistaken. All Samsung SATA drives are 8xx drives. All Samsung PCIe drives released are 9xx.
Damn, the dementia is getting worse, I am transposing stuff (the 970 blade was my rescue if/when my boot array failed), yes it is the 870 EVO I was questioning.