Bios Update Samsung

[Anthony Small]

Ive got a Samsung RV520 laptop which was running absolutely fine using dual boot with ubuntu and windows 10. I've decided to change my setup and keep only windows 10. I've formatted my drive (ssd) and wanted to install a fresh copy of windows 10 on it. After windows installer finished copying files it has rebooted and then somehow got stuck in a bootloop. It will now not allow me to enter bios by pressing F2 but instead goes straight into bootloop. if you will switch my laptop completely off and then turn it on, it will boot, but only from usb stick but then it will get stuck in a bootloop again after restart. I've tried running my laptop with different hdd's and ssd's. I've also tried turning it on with no drive present. I've even taken my laptop apart to take cmos battery out and possibly reset bios to default settings but nothing has made any difference.

But on my laptop I upgraded to Windows 11 , I didn't like it so I returned back to Windows 10 but after that my F2 key doesn't work can I just ask can you remember how you got the bios working . Thank you in advance

Windows 10 may also get stuck in an endless Boot Loop -- if the BIOS is changed from legacy to UEFI. Windows 10 will be unable to fix its boot process, (a conflict between using the EFI system partition, and the MBR).

Note: Samsung's digital certificate for the biosupdate.exe utility is expired, and must be run from the command prompt. You can right click the .exe to view the certificate, and attempt to install into the trusted publisher store -- However, the utility won't overwrite / reset the current BIOS if it is the same BIOS version that it is being updated to.

In its defence the Galaxy Book Pro 2 360 is in my opinion is still ahead in all respects of performance, weight, thinness, etc of the Dell XPS 9305, HP X360, etc. It also looks so much better than a MacBook Air M2.

There is something a bit strange about the i7-1260P 12th Gen when compared to the 11 65G 11th Gen. It feels a bit slower and not as snappy. It could be the extra level of security in the bios at boot.

I just finished my fist own Pc build on a Maximus Z790 Hero and i have the following Problem:

I have 3 M.2 SSDs in my PC (WD_Black SN850X 1TB; Samsung 980 Pro 1TB, Samsung 990 Pro 2TB), and in bios and device manager i see all three, but in windows i see only the 1TB ones, the 990 Pro doesnt show for some reason.

I#ve already tried a lot of stuff but i cant find it. I tried swapping the M.2 slots, wich didnt change anything. I looked in Disk Management, but it doesnt appear there as well. But i can find it in CrystalDiskInfo, where ist shows 100% Status and zero reads and writes. But it also shows no Drive Letter.

I really dont know what else to try or if there is a realy seay solution to my problem. Its my first pc that im setting up, but everything esle worked just fine, except this one thing. I really hope someone can help me out.

Hello again, after updating the drivers make sure you restart your computer and then you should have a bar like in the image belown in disk management, instead of blue like the rest of your drives it has a black bar, if it's there simply right click ---> New Simple Volume ----> Next ----> Next ----> Assign a letter and press Next again ----> Next ----> Finish.

Now if you don't have a black bar drive like the one shown in the image, make sure your motherboard BIOS are updated. If that still doesn't make it pop up, try this article i found which has a variety of solutions: -ssd-not-initialized-8523.html

Side note: The fact that you can't see it in file explorer means the drive has no partition, which is normal for a fresh drive, once you create a partition it should pop right up in File Explorer. My best guess is your 990 Pro is alive and kickin' and just needs a partition to be created (assign volume as stated above etc etc)

If it's right out of the box, normally it should show up without much hassle, i just finished my build 10 days ago and installed the same nvme. What i personally did upon first boot after not seeing the drive in windows was to create a partition for the drive in the "Disk Managment" tab. Keep in mind you first need to download "Samsung Magician" (Samsung's drive software) and update the drivers necessary for the SSD to run. After proceeding with these 2 steps your drive should be ready to go.

Hello, first thanks for your answer. I downloaded Samsung Magician and updated one driver. Afterwards i started Disk Management and my SSD still doesnt show up. Any other ideas what could cause this? I bought the SSD form someone, but he also sold me the 980 pro wich works just fine. Could it be that he cleaned the ssd and thats why it doesnt show up?

Your guide was very simple and helpful. I also just realised it was probably there in disk management, because yesterday and today when i tried to scroll down in the list with my mousewheel nothing happened. Only when i used the bar at the side to scroll down it would actually move down and show the drive where i could create the new partition.

Hello, anyone with such combination of HW? I've got latest BIOS (released 12/04/2017), lastest FW for SSD, but computer can't start, even go to Setup or Boot menu. Num/Caps-Lock works, if I hit F9/F10 it states "Setup" or "Startup menu", but nothing happen. SSD itself is working fine in other PC (even the old HP one - rp5700), also when attached via USB adapter. Currently I'm using Kingston Fury 120 GB SSD without any issues. I've tried older revision of 850 EVO 250 GB (V2, I've got V3), but same result. Thanks for any hints.

I put the Samsung SSD in another working computer of mine to see if the drive is bad. The drive was easily recognized on the other computer, so obviously the drive was not bad at all. I tried formatting the drive and put it back in the HP 260 G2 to try it again. Same frozen black screen.

I called HP tech support. After spending MANY hours on the phone with them, they sent out a tech guy to replace my motherboard. The tech guy came out and did that. Nothing changed. The Samsung drive still did not work on the new machine.

I called HP tech support again. After spending another couple hours on the phone and talking to the supervisor, he concluded that the drive was just not compatible with the HP 260 G2. I asked him what drives are compatible with this machine. He said there is no list of compatible drives, but he said an HP branded SSD should be compatible.

I called Samsung. I spent an hour on the phone with a support agent. I tried to change bios options and tried other things. Nothing worked. They told me there is nothing they can do and that the drive may not be compatible.

By this time, I spent probably 16 hours of my time on this stupid problem. Instead of wasting more of my time by trying other branded drives, I decided just to buy an HP SSD since I knew that if that didn't work on this machine, nothing else will and something must be wrong with the machine. I bought an HP S700 256 GB PRO SSD. I found a great deal for a new one on Amazon.

I received this drive in the mail and I immediately tried it to see if it will work. I connected it to my new PC and turned it on. On the very first try, the computer recognized the drive and it went straight to the installation screen. I installed Windows on the machine and everything worked fine.

In conclusion, I had the HP SSD drive for a few weeks now and my HP 260 G2 is running great. The HP SSD is running virtually as good as a Samsung SSD would. I am satisfied with the HP SSD and I would recommend it to anyone.

I don't see that as a fix. HP needs to update their BIOS or something. I've solved it too with some other SSD's from Intel (don't see why I should use more expensive rebranded HP SSD's) and they are working fine. So my problem is "solved" too, but the issue is not resolved in my opinion.

I know i have to create/correct the file located there, but know i can't boot the USB media to enter in chroot. The only thing I see is "Linux Boot Manager" in the "Boot Menu", no HDD or usb drive to boot to.

Now, if your product is still under warranty, you can try to send it back for repairs. Otherwise, you could try to restore the corrupted NVRAM by first disconnecting the power adapter, then open the machine and removing the CMOS battery and then pressing the battery pinhole (below the laptop) for a couple of minutes.

If the procedure above does not work, or if you just don't want to mess-up with the hardware, and if the machine still can boot from a bootable USB, then you could try to make a Windows live-media and re-flash the bios using the Samsung utility.

That was exactly the problem. I manage to access the USB with Arch using F9 (really don't know why), and install with MBR and BIOS( instead of UEFI and GPT). From there, it was possible to access the Arch, only through the USB, using the "Boot existing OS" option and changing hd0 to hd1.

Now, the notebook doesn't recognize any disk, unless entered via the USB, so I called Samsung and they told me to go to a Samsung Service to remove the CMOS battery which I did. I'm waiting for the service, but linux worked perfectly.

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