Preventing the controller from overheating during long transfers. Wear Leveling: Ensuring the NAND flash chips age evenly.

Resolving "drive not detected" issues or blue screen errors (BSOD). 2. How to Check Your Current Firmware Version

If you are a power user or trying to revive a "dead" drive, you might encounter the . This is factory-level software used to "flash" the firmware manually.