EL CAPITAN TRIM ENABLER INSTALL

This problem affects the drive regardless of OS, so highly recommended you update the firmware. The latest firmware from Apfixes this by periodically 'refreshing' in the background all the data on the drive to keep the charge strong, even data that isn't accessed. This problem is not OS specific and deals with the actual physical nature of the drive itself. HOWEVER, there is ANOTHER issue with Samsung EVO related to reading data that is 'old' (not been accessed for a long time) where the charge may degrade, requiring multiple attempts to read the data. Windows and OS X ignore this bit because as of now, they only support 'normal' sequential TRIM, so is unaffected BY THIS ONE PARTICULAR PROBLEM. The incorrect bit says that EVO supports beyond normal sequential queued TRIM commands (it does not) and then Linux attempts to implement (which does support more than sequential) and runs in to problems. One problem, related to the drives having an incorrect bit set that tells the OS what type of NCQ queing command it supports. Not true, there are actually TWO critical issues discovered so far with the EVO drives, one Linux related, the other NOT. Some users are insisting the problem is only with Linux, and you don't need a firmware update.

There is a lot of confusion about the multiple issues with the Samsung and the need for firmware update.

EL CAPITAN TRIM ENABLER INSTALL

IF YOU OWN A SAMSUNG EVO OR EVO PRO, 840 OR 850, be sure to install the latest firmware before turning on TRIM support

El capitan trim enabler