Patriot offers a free Tool Box utility on its website that can be used to manage the Hellfire. From the main screen, users are able to view information like the firmware version, serial number, total capacity and the power-on time. The utility also shows whether features like TRIM are enabled.
The Tool Box can also be used to view the SMART data reported by the Hellfire. Using these attributes, you can calculate the amount of data written, the number of power cycles and the current temperature.
Patriot's Tool Box also gives you the ability securely erase the Hellfire. This feature lets you reset the drive back to its default state by completely and permanently erasing all of the data stored on it.
Last, but not least, you can use the Tool Box to update the Hellfire's firmware. This feature automatically flashes the drive with the latest, stable firmware which at the time of this review is E7FM02.1.
