User’s Manual
SSD Firmware Update Utility
Version 1.5
4. 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 five digits of each selected drive in the Signature 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…”
6. Select the corresponding firmware file (*.VIC), as indicated below, and click Open.
Ex:
64GB: 22885_TS64GSSD720_FW5xx.vic
Note : FW5xx = The latest FW version
7. A warning message window will pop up. Please ensure that all of your data stored on the drive(s) is
backed up and then select “Proceed” to continue the update process. Click “Cancel” to exit the
utility and back up your data if you have not already done so.
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 successfully.
Getting Started
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 format USB stick
1. Launch Disk Utility
2. Select your USB disk then click the Partition tab.
3. Select MS-DOS(FAT) format and under Partition Layout select 1 Partition.
4. Click Options and select Master Boot Record, then click OK.
5. Click Apply to partition and format the disk.
Restore image to USB stick
1. Launch Disk Utility
2. Select your USB disk then click the Restore tab
3. Right-click on the volume UNTITLED 1 then select Set as destination.
4. Click Image and select the source image file to restore.
5. Select the USB_LINUX.dmg file that you downloaded from Transcend web site and
click Open.
6. Click Restore to perform the image burning process.
*Mac OS may prompt you to input your admin password and scan the image file.
7. After restore is complete, the volume should now be named USB_LINUX.
Boot from USB stick
1. Long press the option key until the 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 automatically.
Update Firmware
1. The SSD Firmware Update Utility will automatically scan for all devices and list 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 five digits of each selected drive in the Signature
column are identical to each other or the update will fail.
3. Check the box next to the desired drive(s) and click Update Firmware…
4. Select the corresponding firmware file (*.VIC), as indicated below, and click Open. The
firmware file is located under /tc directory. Please select the folder name that corresponds
with the SSD capacity (Ex. 64GB → /tc/64GB).
Ex:
64GB: 22885_TS64GSSD720_FW5xx.vic
Note : FW5xx = The latest FW version
A warning message window will pop up. Please ensure that all of your data stored on the
drive(s) is backed up and then select Proceed to continue the update process. Click Cancel to
exit the utility and back up your data if you have not already done so.
5. Once the update has completed successfully, a green check mark will appear on the disk
icon.
6. Click Rescan For Drives to confirm that the SSD firmware has been updated successfully.
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