https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/intel-x25m-shows-up-as-kingston-ssdnow-in-bios/m-p/4154#M4016 <P>FYI - I contacted Amazon and they're shipping me a new SSD drive via overnight, so I should get it Thurs or Friday. Hopefully this one is legit...</P><P></P><P>Regardless - Amazon rocks!</P> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:01:57 GMT idata 2010-02-18T05:01:57Z https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/intel-x25m-shows-up-as-kingston-ssdnow-in-bios/m-p/4151#M4013 <P>Hey all --</P> I just "finished" building a new high-end PC. I purchased an Intel X25M G2 160G drive from <A href="http://Amazon.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Amazon.com</A> about a month ago. Today was the day I finished installing everything and powered up the box -- only to have the BIOS report that my drive is a Kingston SSDNow 40GB drive! I've seen a few threads talking about counterfit drives -- but this was purchased direct from Amazon (not a reseller), so I assumed it'd be fine. There's no other explanation though, is there...? Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:55:21 GMT https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/intel-x25m-shows-up-as-kingston-ssdnow-in-bios/m-p/4151#M4013 idata 2010-02-18T02:55:21Z https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/intel-x25m-shows-up-as-kingston-ssdnow-in-bios/m-p/4152#M4014 <P>Some models of Kingston drives are rebadged Intel drives. Perhaps this was supposed to be a Kingston and got mislabled. I'd contact Intel about getting it replaced, because you won't be able to take advantage of Intel BIOS updates and the like.</P> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:09:03 GMT https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/intel-x25m-shows-up-as-kingston-ssdnow-in-bios/m-p/4152#M4014 Steve_Lionel 2010-02-18T03:09:03Z https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/intel-x25m-shows-up-as-kingston-ssdnow-in-bios/m-p/4153#M4015 <P>Not only that, but this "Kingston" drive is only 40G compared to 160G!</P><P></P><P>I just looked over the packaging again and everything looked to be in order. There was a sticker over the anti-stat bag that had the serial number of the drive on it. When I ripped that sticker off, it came apart and left tamper-evident markings on the bag. I can't see how someone would've been able to swap out the insides (like people on another forum are thinking happened), unless it happened directly at the factory before it was packaged...</P><P></P><P>I've already contacted Amazon and I'm hoping someone from Intel can help me here - I can't seem to find an email address, but I suppose I can call them tomorrow as well.</P><P></P><P>This sucks. </P> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:19:39 GMT https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/intel-x25m-shows-up-as-kingston-ssdnow-in-bios/m-p/4153#M4015 idata 2010-02-18T03:19:39Z https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/intel-x25m-shows-up-as-kingston-ssdnow-in-bios/m-p/4154#M4016 <P>FYI - I contacted Amazon and they're shipping me a new SSD drive via overnight, so I should get it Thurs or Friday. Hopefully this one is legit...</P><P></P><P>Regardless - Amazon rocks!</P> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:01:57 GMT https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/intel-x25m-shows-up-as-kingston-ssdnow-in-bios/m-p/4154#M4016 idata 2010-02-18T05:01:57Z