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SSD Firmware Updates and Utilities

A few of our solid state drives (SSDs) allow you to update the firmware to enhance the performance of the drive. In addition there is a utility for *SSDs to restore the performance of the drive similar to defragging a traditional hard drive.

*Note: Not all Patriot Memory SSDs are able to use the firmware upgrades nor able to run the utilities. Please refer to the chart below to see if your SSD can be upgraded or run the utility.

Product	Model	Part Number	Capacity	Utility	Firmware Upgrade

Torqx	M28	PTX256GS25SSDR	256GB	N/A	256GB M28 Firmware Installation Guide
Torqx	M28	PTX128GS25SSDR	128GB	N/A	128GB M28 Firmware Installation Guide
Torqx	M28	PTX64GS25SSDR	64GB	N/A	64GB M28 Firmware Installation Guide

Torqx		PFZ256GS25SSDR	256GB	Performance Restore Utility Installation Guide	256GB 1916FW (Firmware Notes) Installation Guide 256GB 1881FW (Firmware Notes) Installation Guide 256GB 1819FW (Firmware Notes) Installation Guide 256GB 1571FW (Firmware Notes) Installation Guide
Torqx		PFZ128GS25SSDR	128GB	Performance Restore Utility Installation Guide	128GB 1916FW (Firmware Notes) Installation Guide 128GB 1881FW (Firmware Notes) Installation Guide 128GB 1819FW (Firmware Notes) Installation Guide 128GB 1571FW (Firmware Notes) Installation Guide
Torqx		PFZ64GS25SSDR	64GB	Performance Restore Utility Installation Guide	64GB 1916FW (Firmware Notes) Installation Guide 64GB 1881FW (Firmware Notes) Installation Guide 64GB 1819FW (Firmware Notes) Installation Guide 64GB 1571FW (Firmware Notes) Installation Guide

Warp	v3	PE256GS25SSDR	256GB	N/A	N/A
Warp	v2	PE128GS25SSDR	128GB	N/A	N/A
Warp	v2	PE64GS25SSDR	64GB	N/A	N/A
Warp	v2	PE32GS25SSDR	32GB	N/A	N/A

PS-100		PS256GS25SSDR	256GB	N/A	256GB 2.008FW (Firmware Notes) Installation Guide
PS-100		PS128GS25SSDR	128GB	N/A	128GB 2.008FW (Firmware Notes) Installation Guide
PS-100		PS64GS25SSDR	64GB	N/A	64GB 2.008FW (Firmware Notes) Installation Guide
PS-100		PS32GS25SSDR	32GB	N/A	32GB 2.008FW (Firmware Notes) Installation Guide

Firmware Notes:

Firmware update #1571

Updater runs out of DOS instead of Windows

Enables fixing of failed firmware installation characterized by "Yatapdong Barefoot ROM ATA"
Enables firmware updates on Apple Mac
Updater no longer requires AHCI mode
Updater compatibility instability with nVidia chipsets fixed
Bug Fix: ATA Security command now working in AHCI mode
Bug Fix: When receiving invalid SMART subcommands, abort is now sent to host to minize long delays
Bug Fix: Corrected values of some SMART attribute data initialization
Bug Fix: ATA Security Command now returning correct values
Enables life expectancy calculation
Other internal bug corrections

Firmware update #1819

Change: SATA Rx SSC is turned off by default. Now Rx SSC = off, Tx SSC = off.
Change: IDENTIFY word 69 bit 14 is cleared. (Non deterministic trim.)
Change: IDENTIFY word 60-61 are changed. (User addressable logical sectors for LBA28)
Bug fix: Fixed a bug in Error handling in Set Multiple mode command.
Change: FPDMA error return code was not adequate.
Change: Changed remaining life calculation formula.
Bug fix: Fixed a bug that caused 1.5Gbps diagnostic failure.
Change: SMART related changes were made. (BBM error log was removed.)
Bug fix: SMART related bugs were fixed. (MLC Max PE count was displayed as 100k.)
Change: Improved ATA8 ACS2 TRIM support
Enhancement: Build process was enhanced.
Enhancement: SATA error handling code was enhanced.
Bug fix: Current ATA Security state was not reflected in IDENTIFY information.
Bug fix: Performance boost routine reused the recently used block and it did harm to wear leveling.
Bug fix: After STANDBY_IMMEDIATE, most host controllers wait for OOB reply only for 100ms. Sometimes Barefoot firmware couldn't answer to COMRESET because FTL initialization took longer time. This bug caused Windows Sleep/Hibernate test failure.
Bug fix: Various read fail scenario were found with FTL simulation.

Firmware update #1881

Bug Fix: Occasional firmware download failure bug fixed
Bug Fix: Incorrect 2-plane addressing bug fix for specific NAND chips
Bug Fix: IRQ stack overflow bug fixed
Bug Fix: (for 1819 firmware), Wiper performance was slower than 1571 firmware revision
Bug Fix: Power cycle count was always 0 in 1819 firmware
Bug Fix: Specific SATA Gen I host caused SATA hardware buffer ID error
Other: Enabled additional blocks over 4095th block for specific NAND chips
Other: Enabled NAND BIST function for specific NAND chips
Other: Copy back delay was adjusted to support specific NAND chips
Bug Fix: Wear leveling bug fixed for specific NAND chips
Bug Fix: Free block count may become 0 after a lot of power cycling
Bug Fix: SMART information - Remaining life was not 100% after firmware download
Bug Fix: Flush should not check IDNF
Other: Erase count distribution was improved
Other: New NAND support was added

Firmware update #1916

Bug Fix: Early performance drop issue in quite clean state. This problem is fixed with changing weak dynamic wear leveling parameter.
Bug Fix: Block 0 could be erased during sanitary erase. This problem is caused by free block list bitmap handling error. This bug is fixed.
Other: NAND part number correction. Before TH58NVG4D1DT00, after TC58NVG4D1DT00.
Feature Add: Initial check in for Enhanced Security Erase feature. It is disabled for normal firmware release and needs enhancement.
Bug Fix: AMI BIOS identified 8GB drive as 0MB size. To work around this issue, LBA48bit support is disabled for 8GB or smaller drive.
Other: L63B NAND overdrive method is changed.

Firmware update #2.008

Firmware v2.006 doesn't support Active Protection feature in Lenovo laptops. Firmware 2.008 fixed it by enabling Active Protection identify bit.
Some platforms had issue installing Windows 7 into SSD with firmware v2.006. The root cause is partial command will be NAK in background process and bank (0) is not loaded in PRAM. Firmware v2.008 has fixed this issue.
Firmware v2.006 has power on and loading Windows XP issue with some NVIDIA chipsets. Firmware v2.008 fixed it by changing default setting to MDMA mode 2.
In Apple Mac Book and Mac Book Pro, sometimes SSD with Firmware v2.006 will fail in reboot. Firmware v2.008 fixed this issue.