One of Samsung’s most affordable consumer solid-state drives is experiencing read slowdowns with older data, a problem the company has now addressed with a firmware upgrade and installation guide.

Samsung’s 840 EVO SSD is the company’s second-generation 3-bit multi-level cell (MLC) SSD, and it’s one of the most affordable drives on the market today, retailing for under 50 cents per gigabyte. For example, a 1TB 840 EVO SSD sells for $459 at online retail sites such as Tigerdirect. The EVO line followed the 840 SSD line.

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