In light of the widely known failed firmware updates in apps, forum discussions about Crucial, specifically for 500 GB and other sizes SSD NVMe drives, have made available knowledge of how to fix them to work. I only post here what I’ve used myself on my own drives that worked. Any others will be linked to other sites.
Download TERMS – Required Read
Caution! You are downloading and using these files at your own risk. Also, it’s strongly recommended to use the Crucial Storage Executive app to determine what version to install. Regardless, your results may vary.
Why these Downloads are here
- The Crucial Windows app is known for not updating firmware for versions 4 & 5 for the 500 GB SSD drives.
- Some have resorted to extracting its files (from the .zip firmware file) & recreating a working zip file, which I am now using after making them.
Firmware Downloads
Required Caution: MUST Read Above Download Terms
- P8CR003-V1.zip (not modified; worked for me with Crucial Storage Executive app)
- T500_P8CR004.zip (corrected & worked for me with Crucial Storage Executive app)
- Due to the “T500” naming, this might only be designed for 500 GB SSD drives.
- T500_P8CR005.zip (corrected & worked for me with Crucial Storage Executive app)
- Due to the “T500” naming, this might only be designed for 500 GB SSD drives.
Related
- Crucial Support Page for SSD Firmware
- TechPowerUp Forums: here is a specific posting that showed various fixes for these kinds of Crucial firmware issues.
- Download BelnaEtcher to make Linux ISO files bootable (for flashing Linux to another bootable drive, not for firmware installs though)