Transcend Information ssd720 manual

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    User ’ s Manual SSD Firmware Update Utilit y V ersion 1.5[...]

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    Supported Op erating Syste ms Supported on W indows XP/V ista/7 and Fe dora Core 14 32-bit. Mac OS: Mac OS X Lion (10.7) o r later, and Mac is produced after 2010 Note: 1. Microsoft AHCI driver is required and Microsoft AHC I mode must be enabled on your computer . 2. Y ou must have Administrator privile ges on your computer to run this utility . B[...]

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    4. Select one or more desired drives to update. If two or more drives need to be updated at the sam e time, please ensure that the last five digits of each selected drive in the Si gnature column are identical to each other or the update will fail. 5. Check the box next to the desired drive(s) and click “Update Firmware…”[...]

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    6. Select the corresponding firmware file (*.VIC), as indi cated below , and click Open. Ex: 64GB: 22885 _TS64GSSD720_FW5xx .vic Note : FW5xx = The latest FW version 7. A warni ng message wind ow will pop up. Please ensure that all of y our data stored on the drive(s) is backed up and then select “Proceed” t o continue the update process. Click[...]

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    8. Once the update has completed successfully , a green check mark will appear on the disk icon. 9. Click “Rescan For Drives” to confirm that the SSD firmware has been updated successfull y .[...]

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    Getting S tarted There are four steps to perform firmware upgrade on Mac OS. 1. Partition and format USB stick 2. Restore image to USB stick 3. Boot from USB 4. Firmware upgrade Partition and f ormat US B stick 1. Launch Disk Utility 2. Select your USB disk then click the Partition tab.[...]

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    3. Select MS-DOS(F A T ) format and under Partition Layout sele ct 1 Partition.[...]

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    4. Click Options and select Maste r Boot Record, then click OK. 5. Click Apply to partition and format the disk.[...]

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    Restore ima ge to USB stick 1. Launch Disk Utility 2. Select your USB disk then click the Restore t ab 3. Right-click on the volume UNTITLED 1 then select Set as destination.[...]

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    4. Click Image and select the source image file to restore.[...]

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    5. Select the USB_LINUX.dmg f ile that you downloaded from T ranscend web site and click Open. 6. Click Restore to perfo rm the image burning process. *Mac OS may prompt you to in put your admin password and scan the image file.[...]

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    7. After restore is complete, the volume should now be named USB_LINUX.[...]

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    Boot from US B stick 1. Long press the option key until th e boot menu is shown. 2. Select the EFI Boot icon to boot from the USB stick 3. Please wait for the desktop window to be displayed. The SSD firmware upgrade tool will launch automat ically . Up d ate Firmw are[...]

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    1. The SSD Firmware Update Utility will aut omatically scan for all devices and li st them in the main window . 2. Select one or more desired drives to update. If two or more drives need to be updated at the same time, please ensure that the last f ive digi ts of each sel ected driv e in the Signature column are identical to ea ch other or the upda[...]

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    3. Check the box next to the desired drive(s) and click Update Firmware… 4. Select t he co rresponding f irmware file (*.VIC ), as indicated below , and click Open . The firmware file is located und er /tc d irectory . Please sele ct the f older name that co rresponds with the SSD capacity (Ex. 64GB → /tc/64GB). Ex: 64GB: 22885 _TS64GSSD720_FW5[...]

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    6. Click Rescan For Dr ives to co nfirm that the SSD firmware has been updated successfully .[...]