Update your Intel SSD firmware
Intel SSD Firmware Update Guide
This document describes how to use the SSD Firmware
Update Tool (FUT) to update firmware on SATA Intel hard drives (Intel drives)
in all capacities.
Windows * 7/8/10 Instructions
Prepare the SSD to update the firmware
Complete the following steps before starting the firmware
update process on the computer that contains the SSD.
1. Make a backup of SSD
Perform a complete system backup of the Intel SSD to
ensure that no data is lost during the firmware update. Intel is not
responsible for any loss of data that may occur during or after updating the
firmware on an SSD.
After you successfully update the firmware, you do not
have to restore the data.
2. Connect the power
For laptops, make sure your computer battery is fully
charged. For desktops, make sure that the system is plugged into AC power
during the update process. Do not remove power at any time during the firmware
update process because this may result in incomplete results and may make Intel
SSD unusable.
3. Turn off password protection for Drive
Some systems provide the ability to protect drives with a
password. If system password protection is enabled, Intel's SSD may reject any
requests from the host to update the firmware. You may want to turn off
password protection for the drive before you start the firmware update.
Although it varies from one system to another, you can
usually find the Drive password protection feature in the BIOS. See your system
documentation for BIOS settings and passwords.
If you need help disabling the drive password protection
feature, contact Puget Systems support
4. Check the boot order
This procedure requires booting from a USB drive or a
CD-ROM drive before the system drive. To determine the boot order of your
system, reboot and enter BIOS Setup. Depending on the BIOS vendor, look for a
parameter called Boot Device Priority or Boot Load Order. Make sure that the
system is booting USB flash, or the CD-ROM drive before the drive that contains
the operating system (OS).
For more information about how to set the boot order of
your CD-ROM drive,
If you still need additional help to verify the boot
command, contact Puget Systems Support
5. Close applications
Before starting the firmware download process, close all
applications except your Internet browser.
Instructions for downloading the Intel® SSD Firmware
Update Tool to USB Data memory
The Intel® SSD Firmware Update Tool is packaged as an ISO
image. One style
File archive or disk image, ISO image is specially designed
for optical disks such as
CDs formatted by the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO).
This means that you can not simply copy an ISO image to
an empty USB flash drive. (And from
It will appear as a data file and will not work
correctly.) You must decrypt the ISO image
With the software and install it on an empty USB flash
drive to make it bootable with
Intel® SSD Firmware Update Tool.
For the purpose of illustration, we use the Universal USB
Installation program from
pendrivelinux.com, but you can use any preferred
installation tool.
1. Go to the Intel download site located at
http://www.intel.com/go/ssdfirmware.
2. Review the Read Me file to better understand the
firmware update process. The
The Readme file contains high-level instructions for
using the Intel® SSD Firmware software
Update Tool.
3. Review the Intel® SSD Firmware Release Notes for a
quick summary of
Firmware changes for each product.
4. Click "Download" to view the terms of the
license agreement. (Read Me.txt
The file also includes the license agreement
information.)
5. After reading the agreement, click "Accept"
to start the download.
The browser prompts you to select Open, Save, or Cancel.
See Figure 1 in
The previous section displays the screen sample.
6. Go to
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/ and
Download the free Universal USB Installer software
7. Install and run Universal USB Installer (see Figure 2)
8. Select an ISO non-standard ISO attempt
9. Browse to the FUT ISO site and select it
10. Select the drive letter that corresponds to the USB
flash drive
11. Click "Create"
Run the Intel® SSD Firmware Update Tool
After you create an ISO image CD or a bootable USB drive,
make sure there is
Complete the setup procedures before running the Intel®
SSD firmware update
a tool:
Backup of SSD
Turn off Drive password protection
Set the CD drive or the USB flash drive (as appropriate)
to boot either first or before the operating system drive
Fully charge the battery (for laptops)
Connect the power cable (for desktop computers)
NOTE: If the program fails at any time during the firmware
update process or your system displays a blank screen, shut down and restart
the computer. Run the firmware update again. If the second attempt fails,
contact Puget Systems.
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