{"id":17,"date":"2011-03-14T22:26:40","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T06:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wimsbios.com\/blog\/?p=17"},"modified":"2022-07-14T07:04:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T15:04:07","slug":"updating-your-intel-ssd-firmware-for-better-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wimsbios.com\/blog\/updating-your-intel-ssd-firmware-for-better-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Updating your Intel SSD firmware for better performance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We&#8217;ve just posted our first Wim&#8217;s BIOS video on YouTube! In the video we show step-by-step how to update the firmware of your Intel SSD (Solid State Drive)<br \/>The newest release adds some performance improvements in the NCQ area, so it&#8217;s a good idea to update to squeeze the best performance out of your drive!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to update your Intel SSD X25 firmware\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x8ONjzSlaUc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The firmware update essentially boils down to the following steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Download the Intel SSD firmware ISO file<\/li><li>Burn the ISO file to a CD. 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