Almost every device you can buy nowadays has upgradable firmware. New firmware versions can fix bugs, patch security vulnerability, improve features, or add features. As computer monitors get more complex and feature-packed, it becomes more important to use the latest firmware. Samsung doesn’t provide instructions on performing a firmware update in user guides on on download pages. This guide explains the exact steps for updating the firmware on Samsung monitor, and will hopefully save you a lot of searching.
Use the little joystick under the monitor to navigate to Menu> Support> Information. This will display:
To download the latest firmware for your monitor go to the Samsung support website, click search for your model number, and enter your model number. Click on manuals and software. Under firmware, click download.
Extract the .img firmware file from the downloaded ZIP.
Warning: This process will erase all data on the flash drive!
The flash drive needs to be formatted with a FAT32 filesystem. The easiest way to do this is to use the free an open source drive flashing tool, Rufus.
Plug in the flash drive, then run Rufus. Apply the following settings:
Click START, read the warning, and click OK.
You might need to unplug the drive and reconnect it before it will appear again.
Rufus will add the files autorun.ico and autorun.inf to the flash drive. Delete these files.
Copy the .img file you extracted earlier to the flash drive.
Eject and remove the flash drive.
Before connecting the flash drive, unplug all USB devices that are connected to the monitor, including any USB type B cable between the monitor and computer.
Plug the flash drive into the USB Type A port labeled Service. Same Samsung monitors have two USB Type A ports, but only one of those ports is a service port that can be used to upgrade firmware.
Use the little joystick under the monitor to navigate to Menu> Support> Software Update. Once the update is finished, you can unplug the flash drive and reconnect any USB devices you disconnected before the update.
This post was last modified on November 25, 2021 1:58 am
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Why assume all Samsung monitors have "the little joystick under the monitor to navigate"?
Everyone for those models he mentioned by picture has a joystick..
He didnt say for all samsung monitors tho
well he did mention specific model, so dosent refer to "all". but why you bother
his wont work for my 2 LC27R500HEXXT one 2019 and the other 2020
enither have any inputs other than htmi and vga
there's no img file in the unzipped firmware update from samsung for my crg9 new monitor. there are two bin files. which one do seperate. There's also a separate driver up date, and it two has two bin files. I will clarify and repost.
I was able to get mine to work after some frustrating fails. Same thing... No USB Device Found Check Device And Try Again. I formatted an old USB 2 thumb drive to Fat 32 and only copied the unzipped .bin file to it. That still did not work. I then connected a USB extension to the service port...Voila! success! Note: I also turned off the USB Super Charging feature on the monitor, so I'm not sure if that had anything to do with it. Hope this helps
what is a USB extension?
Thanks for writing this guide. Think I wouldn't have gotten it to work without it. You're doing a much better job than Samsung.
My Samsung monitor flickers with a green screen intermittently, what do i do?
Thanks you for a quick guide. Guys it really works but not for all samsung monitor. But instruction are universal.
tks its work perfect