02HA Poll.

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UPDATE 10-31-09 @3:20p

I=IDE 

A=AHCI R=RAID

BRAND NEW

III - GOOD=01 BAD=00 AAA - GOOD=02 BAD=00 AIA - GOOD=02 BAD=00

RIR - GOOD=00 BAD=01

INSTALLED (NO REFORMAT/ERASE)

III - GOOD=03 BAD=00 AAA - GOOD=06 BAD=02 AIA - GOOD=05 BAD=04 RAR - GOOD=02 BAD=00 RIR - GOOD=03 BAD=00

REFORMAT/ERASE

AAA - GOOD=01 BAD=00 AIA - GOOD=01 BAD=00 IIA - GOOD=01 BAD=00

Also reworded some of the questions. PLEASE POST ANSWERS ONLY. Thx

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Hey, guys, I think we should take some info of those who updated their g2's. It's really hard to see what's going. I think people should list the stuff on their computer and what was on it before the firmware flash. It might be a lot easier to see a commonality. In my opinon, Intel should have made the flash update a destructive one. Wipe the drive off clean before updating the flash. That way a lot of variables for error is reduced. I have a feeling the trim command is getting some instructions all messed up with a filesystem already present. Yeah i know it's a lot of questions but...

Here' it goes...

1-Bios updated to Latest? (YES or NO)

2-What g2 size 80 or 160g? (80 or 160)

3-Was drive BRAND NEW / ERASED (hdd erase/reformat)/ INSTALLED (OS already installed) before update?

4-Is the drive partitioned? (YES or NO)

5-other harddrives installed? (YES or NO)

6-Was drive aligned BEFORE and AFTER update?

7-OS that you have installed or will be installing?

8-If using windows and already installed, what driver is being used before updating firmware? (Intel or MS, AHCI, IDE) if applicable

9-Bios setting before update? (IDE, AHCI, RAID, etc)

during update? (IDE, AHCI, RAID, etc)

after update? (IDE, AHCI, RAID, etc)

10-Did you run the flasher via USB or CD?

11-How many times did you run the flasher? (1x, 2x, 3x)

12-Was there an error when flashing? (YES or NO)

13-After it flashed and the computer rebooted, did you immediately change the settings back to what it was before booting/installing OS? (YES or NO)

14-When booted in Windows did it install a driver? (YES or NO) if applicable

15-What driver did it install?

16-If possible, what driver is being used in Windows after firmware? (Intel or MS, AHCI, IDE)

17-Is the G2 drive bad or working fine? (BAD or GOOD)

List your system specs too and if possible chipset (south bridge chip)

List you SSD manufacturing date.

Anything else you think I missed please say.

***FOR THOSE WITH BAD DRIVES AFTER UPDATE DID YOU TRY TO HDD ERASE AND REINSTALL? If so, did it work again?

***Don't do it if you're not comfortable with it.

Hopefully the information given can help INTEL resolve this issue quicker as it seems to be easier to get information quicker on the forums than individual emails.

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I bought this drive on the same day the 02HA firmware was released, so I flashed it right out of the box.

1-Bios updated to Latest? YES

2-What g2 size 80 or 160g? 160

3-Is the drive partitioned? NO. Initialized, not partitioned.

4-other harddrives installed? NO.

5-What version of 7, x86, x64? No OS installed at the time of flashing. Installed Win7 x64 afterwards.

6-Was windows 7 Installed already or was it clean? Clean

7-Was it aligned before and after update? What's aligned?

8-Did you reformat or leave windows on before update? n/a

9-Was Intel optimizer installed before or after update? NO, neither.

10-If optimizer was Installed BEFORE the update did you run it? NO

11-Bios and windows setting before update? (IDE, AHCI, RAID, etc) -AHCI

12-Setting during update? AHCI

13-Setting after update? AHCI

14-Did you run the flasher twice before booting or installing Win7? 1x

15-Was there an error when flashing? NO

16-After it flashed and the computer started (Windows was installed before update), did you immediately change the settings back to what it was before booting into windows? N/A

17-When booted in Windows 7 did it install a driver? N/A

18-Is the G2 drive bricked or working fine? Tested fine.

List your system specs too.

Fujitsu T5010 Tablet PC

Core 2 Duo T9400

4GB DDR3

Intel G45M

BIOS 1.06

That's a lot of weird questions, half of them I don't know how to answer.

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1-Bios updated to Latest? (YES)

2-What g2 size 80 or 160g? (80G)

3-Is the drive partitioned? (YES)

4-other harddrives installed? (YES)

5-What version of 7, x86, x64? (x64)

6-Was windows 7 Installed already or was it clean? (INSTALLED)

7-Was it aligned before and after update? (BOTH)

8-Did you reformat or leave windows on before update?(LEFT OS IN PLACE)

9-Was Intel optimizer installed before or after update? (AFTER)

10-If optimizer was Installed BEFORE the update did you run it? (N/A)

11-Bios and windows setting before update? (RAID)

12-Setting during update? (IDE)

13-Setting after update? (RAID)

14-Did you run the flasher twice before booting or installing Win7? (2x, second time to verify update)

15-Was there an error when flashing? (NO)

16-After it flashed and the computer started (Windows was installed before update), did you immediately change the settings back to what it was before booting into windows? (YES)

17-When booted in Windows 7 did it install a driver? (NO)

18-Is the G2 drive bricked or working fine? (GOOD)

Asus Crossfire III Formula (v1003 BIOS)

AMD SB750 Southbridge (AMD AHCI-compatible RAID Controller Driver 3.1.1540.127)

Phenom II X4 965

8GB DDR3

SSD Pack Date: 09/23/09.

Additional info:

As this is a newly-built system I decided to reinstall using AHCI to gain the benefits of TRIM rather than RAIDing two ageing 200GB consumer drives. Clean install of Win7 x64 (SSD wiped prior), drive partitioned during installation, standard Microsoft AHCI storage drivers used. BIOS configured to use AHCI mode. No problems noticed after more than 24hrs and several dozen reboots.

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1-Bios updated to latest? (YES)

2-What G2 size? (80)

3-Is the drive partitioned? (NO)

4-Other hard drives installed? (YES)

5-What version of 7? (x64)

6-Was windows installed already or was it clean? (INSTALLED)

7-Was it aligned before and after update? (YES)

8-Did you reformat or leave windows on before update? (ERASED)

9-Was Intel Optimizer installed before or after update? (AFTER)

10-If Optimizer was installed BEFORE the update did you run it? (N/A)

11-Bios and windows setting before update? (IDE)

12-Setting during update? (IDE)

13-Setting after update? (AHCI)

14-Did you run the flasher twice before booting or installing win 7? (2x)

15-Was there an error when flashing? (YES)

16-After it flashed and the computer started,did you immediately change the set windows? (NO)

17-When booted in windows 7 did it install a driver? (YES)

18-Is the G2 drive bricked or working fine? (GOOD)

Asus Rampage Extreme II

Intel i7 920

6gb OCZ ram

ATI Radeon 4870

SSD pack date 24 Jun 09

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1-Bios updated to Latest? YES (Latest brings only support for new CPUs)

1-What g2 size 80 or 160g? 160 

2-Is the drive partitioned? YES (Win7 100MB system partition is the second partition)

3-other harddrives installed? NO

3-Was windows 7 Installed already or was it clean? CLEAN

4-What version of 7, x86, x64? x64

5-Was it aligned before and after update? Dont know

6-Did you reformat or leave windows on before update? CLEAN INSTALL OF WIN7

7-Was Intel optimizer installed before or after update? BEFORE

8-If optimizer was Installed before the update did you run it? YES - IT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, WRONG FIRMWARE VERSION MSG 

9-Bios and windows setting before update? BIOS: AHCI Windows: AHCI

10-Setting during update? IDE (I accidentally forgot to turn off the HD password and had to go back into BIOS)

11-Setting after update? AHCI

12-Did you run the flasher twice before booting or installing Win7? YES, 2x

13-Was there an error when flashing? NO

14-After it flashed and the computer started, did you immediately change the settings back to what it was before booting into windows? YES

15-When booted in Windows 7 did it install a driver? YES

16-Is the G2 drive bricked or working fine? WORKING FINE...

PC spec:

Thinkpad T61

6GB DDR2

NVIDIA

Intel X25-M G2 160gb (system)

Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit (MSDN)

Also have a client who did the update on a ThinkPad W500 without any issues.... I stopped him from doing another laptop until more info comes out.

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Probably those with BRICKED drives should also post their mainboard and the chipset (especially the southbridge chip) - you should find that info in your mainboard manual and/or on the manufacturer's website.