https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/320-serie-how-to-recover-from-a-bad-ctx-error-on-an-imac/m-p/15466#M9958 <P>1 month after updating to FW 4PC10362, I've just got a System freeze, then after reboot: Serial number = BAD_CTX 0000013F and size=8,4MB.</P><P>iMac 27" core i5 MacOS 10.7.2, without TRIM (I used TRIM before).</P><P>I can't secure erase the SDD using Intel Tool as it asks to unplug/replug the SSD from SATA to bypass ATA security and the SSD is embedded inside the core of the iMac.</P><P>Anyone has a solution to recover the SSD in an iMac?</P> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:14:42 GMT EBERT2 2011-10-17T22:14:42Z https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/320-serie-how-to-recover-from-a-bad-ctx-error-on-an-imac/m-p/15466#M9958 <P>1 month after updating to FW 4PC10362, I've just got a System freeze, then after reboot: Serial number = BAD_CTX 0000013F and size=8,4MB.</P><P>iMac 27" core i5 MacOS 10.7.2, without TRIM (I used TRIM before).</P><P>I can't secure erase the SDD using Intel Tool as it asks to unplug/replug the SSD from SATA to bypass ATA security and the SSD is embedded inside the core of the iMac.</P><P>Anyone has a solution to recover the SSD in an iMac?</P> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:14:42 GMT https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/320-serie-how-to-recover-from-a-bad-ctx-error-on-an-imac/m-p/15466#M9958 EBERT2 2011-10-17T22:14:42Z https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/320-serie-how-to-recover-from-a-bad-ctx-error-on-an-imac/m-p/15467#M9959 <P>I've found the solution on this page:</P><P><A href="http://peter.membrey.hk/2011/09/11/secure-erase-wiki-no-long-available-instructions-on-how-to-securely-erase-your-ssd/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://peter.membrey.hk/2011/09/11/secure-erase-wiki-no-long-available-instructions-on-how-to-securely-erase-your-ssd/</A> <A href="http://peter.membrey.hk/2011/09/11/secure-erase-wiki-no-long-available-instructions-on-how-to-securely-erase-your-ssd/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://peter.membrey.hk/2011/09/11/secure-erase-wiki-no-long-available-instructions-on-how-to-securely-erase-your-ssd/</A></P><P>and on this forum:</P><P><A href="http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=841182" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=841182</A> <A href="http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=841182" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=841182</A></P><P></P><P>It consists in booting from a Ubuntu CD, using the hdparm tool and putting the iMac in sleep to unfreeze the low level SSD ATA commands (<I>security-erase)</I>.</P><P></P><P>My SSD is working again without having touched the iMac.</P> Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:31:51 GMT https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/320-serie-how-to-recover-from-a-bad-ctx-error-on-an-imac/m-p/15467#M9959 EBERT2 2011-10-19T07:31:51Z