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Sabrent Releases Firmware Update for Rocket 4 Plus, Fixes Performance Issues

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Sabrent today released a firmware update for its Rocket 4 Plus M.2 NVMe SSD. The new version 1.2 firmware addresses several caching and performance issues with initial batches of the drive that shipped with the version 1.1 firmware. The latest batches should come with version 1.2 firmware pre-installed. The update is released as a click-to-run drive firmware updater that works from Windows. The company recommends those with version 1.1 firmware to update their drives. Usual precautions, such as a data backup, as well as power backup during the firmware update, are recommended.

DOWNLOAD: Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus version 1.2 Firmware Update



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Sabrent really came out of nowhere last few years and has really impressed me.
 
Has anyone done a before and after test?
 
I'm running version 1.1 and it says firmware is up to date. I guess its coming soon.

Edit: wait hold up so I guess their control panel thing isnt being using for firmware. Just saw the manual download link

Trim was run before each test. Sorry didn't have time to do latency testing.

Before firmware 1.1

before.png


After firmware 1.2

after.png
 
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I'm running version 1.1 and it says firmware is up to date. I guess its coming soon.

Edit: wait hold up so I guess their control panel thing isnt being using for firmware. Just saw the manual download link

Trim was run before each test. Sorry didn't have time to do latency testing.

Before firmware 1.1

View attachment 204435

After firmware 1.2

View attachment 204439
Did you run anymore test or benchmarks?

How does this SSD stack against the WD and Samsung drives now?
 
I'm on windows 11 and can't run this, crashes when starting with the error

Application: Sabrent Rocket RKT4P1.2 - FW Upgrade.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.BadImageFormatException

Exception Info: System.BadImageFormatException
at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.nLoadImage(Byte[], Byte[], System.Security.Policy.Evidence, System.Threading.StackCrawlMark ByRef, Boolean, Boolean, System.Security.SecurityContextSource)
at System.Reflection.Assembly.Load(Byte[])
at <Module>.‍‎‏‍‭‏‮‭‭‫‭‍‪‭‎‍‮‌‭‬‎‭‌‪‮()
at <Module>..cctor()

Exception Info: System.TypeInitializationException

has anyone seen this?
 
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