Firmware is a software embedded on a piece of hardware. It performs different functions, like basic I/O tasks, and offers instructions to a device to communicate with other devices. When we hear the ...
It's not always the drive, it's also what controls it.
Here's why you should (and shouldn't) update your SSD firmware ...
SanDisk’s silence this week has been deafening. Its portable SSDs are being lambasted as users and tech publications call for them to be pulled. The recent scrutiny of the drives follows problems from ...
The storage vendor has been fielding customer requests for help with some of the hard drives in its Barracuda 7200.11, DiamondMax 22, and Barracuda ES.2 SATA families. The issue, in which under some ...
In a nutshell: Following a barrage of complaints from customers about failing SanDisk Extreme and Extreme Pro Portable SSDs, Western Digital has pledged to release a firmware update to resolve the ...