990 Pro SSD Firmware update

[PurSpyk]

Hi,

I have 2 990Pro NVME ssds in my computer, both have firmware 4B2QJXD7 installed. I cannot update to the new firmware version 6B2QJXD7. I have tried both the iso boot image and Magician. Magician doesn't even show a new firmware is available.

[Valhalla1]

Well boys, ChatGPT gave me the best and fastest method of installing the firmware.

Safe Way to Flip It Without Losing Data

A — “Registry Flip” Method (Most Common)

1. Boot into Windows normally.

2. Open a command prompt as admin.

3. Run this:

   bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal

   (That tells Windows to start in Safe Mode next boot.)

4. Reboot, hop into BIOS, switch RST/RAID → AHCI.

5. Boot into Windows (it’ll boot Safe Mode just fine because Safe Mode loads generic storage drivers).

6. Once in Safe Mode, open cmd again and run:

   bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot

7. Reboot again — Windows loads normally, now using AHCI.

 At this point, your firmware updater and Samsung Magician will see the drive directly.

This worked for me.