Problem

Firmware update per Seatools (Windows) and SeaChest (CLI) reports successful operation, however, after a power cycle, even with the PSU turned off, the firmware remains at version SU6SM005.

Many users experience the same problem:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Seagate/comments/1lk9229/seagate_firecuda_530_firmware_su6sm100_release/

Tried on 3 different 530s, all with the same results. Tried --downloadMode auto and different versions of SeaChest_Firmware, problem remains.

C:\Temp\fw>SeaChest_Firmware_x64_windows -d PD5 --downloadFW FireCuda530_SU6SM100.bin --downloadMode deferred --activateFW

SeaChest_Firmware - Seagate drive utilities - NVMe Enabled
Copyright (c) 2014-2023 Seagate Technology LLC and/or its Affiliates, All Rights Reserved
SeaChest_Firmware Version: 4.0.0-6_2_0 X86_64
Build Date: Dec 1 2023
Today: Sun Jun 29 17:14:29 2025 User: admin

\.\PhysicalDrive5 - Seagate FireCuda 530 ZP2000GM30013 - 7VR052XK - SU6SM005 - NVMe
.....
Firmware Download successful
Firmware Download time (ms): 884.02
Average time/segment (ms): 12.76
Activate Time (ms): 12.43
Firmware download complete. Reboot or run the --activateFW command to finish installing the firmware.
Firmware activation successful
The Operating system has reported that a power cycle is required to complete the firmware update

Expected behavior

Update to SU6SM100 is successful and reported

How to reproduce

See above.

Deployment information

Windows 11 24H2 26100.4349

Additional information

No response