ADATA S599 Firmware Install Tool User Guide

Version 1.0 WARNING:

This firmware update is only valid for

ADATA S599 Solid State Drives

This update tool does not support Mac OS and nVIDIA chipset

ADATA recommends that you back up your data as a precaution before proceeding.

Overview
The ADATA Update Tool allows users to update firmware on drives operating in a Windows environment. The Update Tool is capable of updating firmware on both boot and secondary drives.

Before you start you will need to do the following:

The Firmware update is only available in AHCI mode. Please set your SATA to AHCI mode. Should the OS be installed in IDE mode, there may be some issue with incompatibility unless you do the following:

Change from IDE to AHCI Mode:

AHCI stand for Advance Host Controller Interface. AHCI is a hardware mechanism that allows software to communicate with Serial ATA (SATA) devices (such as host bus adapters) that are designed to offer features not offered by Parallel ATA (PATA) controllers, such as: Hot-Plugging Native Command Queuing (NCQ) might improve computer/system/hard disk responsiveness, especially in multi-tasking environment

Instructions:
There is one way to fix this, although you should have knowledge of registry editing. The detailed steps from the Microsoft website are as follows: 1. Exit all Windows-based programs. 2. Press [Win] + R or take the RUN option from the start menu. 3. Now type regedit there and press Enter Key to open up the Registry Editor Window. 4. If you receive the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue. 5. Locate and then click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\msahci 6. In the right pane, right-click Start in the Name column, and then click Modify.

7. In the Value data box, type 0 [3 is default], and then click OK

8. On the File menu, click Exit to close Registry Editor 9. Restart your computer 10. Go to BIOS and enable AHCI, Save & Reboot 11. Another restart will be required to finish the driver installation.

Using the Update Tool

On launch, the Update Tool will scan for drives. IMPORTANT: The Update Tool requires administrator privileges. No drives will be discovered if administrator privileges are not enabled. All discovered drives will be displayed in the drive list with a checkbox. The drive to be updated must be checked. Only one drive should be selected at a time.

No Drives Found

Drives Found

Once the target drive has been selected and the firmware package file is opened, the update is initiated by clicking Download Firmware to Selected Drives. NOTE: the system will be automatically restarted following the download. A pop-up will be displayed to advise the user to back-up data and indicate that the system will be restarted. This pop-up offers a cancel option that aborts the download. All applications should be closed prior to downloading firmware.

Pop-Up Warning

Congratulations, you have completed your firmware update. Enjoy!