Follow these instructions to upgrade your Samsung 980 PRO NVMe SSD’s firmware.
Warning
Samsung 980 PRO NVMe SSDs with the older 3B2QGXA7 firmware are known to fail.
To know if your SSD is using the 3B2QGXA7 firmware, install the
smartmontools package by running sudo apt -y install smartmontools. Then,
run sudo smartctl -a /dev/nvme0.
If your SSD is using the 3B2QGXA7 firmware, it’s recommended that you upgrade the firmware as soon as possible.
First, download the latest firmware ISO from Samsung’s website by running:
wget https://semiconductor.samsung.com/resources/software-resources/Samsung_SSD_980_PRO_5B2QGXA7.iso
Next, run sudo -s to open a shell with root (administrator) privileges.
Finally, run:
mkdir /mnt/iso && mount -o loop Samsung_SSD_980_PRO_5B2QGXA7.iso /mnt/iso && \
mkdir fwupdate && cd fwupdate && \
gzip -dc /mnt/iso/initrd | cpio -idv --no-absolute-filenames && \
cd root/fumagician && ./fumagician
The above command mounts the firmware upgrade ISO, extracts the firmware upgrade, and launches the upgrade.
After the firmware upgrade completes, restart your computer.
Run sudo smartctl -a /dev/nvme0 to confirm your SSD is using the new
firmware.