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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1. Yes
2. 80
3. INSTALLED
4. No
5. Yes
6. No idea, I bought the drive, installed windows and got the update when it came out.
7. Windows 7
8. MS AHCI
9. ACHI, IDE, AHCI
10. USB
11. 1x
12. No
13. Yes
14. Yes
15. No idea, seems to be MS AHCI again.
16. MS AHCI
17. Good

Running Gigabyte EX58-UD3R board with Core i7 920. Manufacturing date was July/August I beleive.

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1-Bios updated to Latest? YES

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

3-Was drive BRAND NEW / ERASED (hdd erase/reformat)/ INSTALLED

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

5-other harddrives installed? (YES or NO) NO

6-Was drive aligned BEFORE and AFTER update? ?!?

7-OS that you have installed or will be installing? Win7 Enterprise

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

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

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

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

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

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

12-Was there an error when flashing? (YES or NO) 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) Changed nothing

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

15-What driver did it install?

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

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

Cheers,

Odin4242

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1-YES

2-80

3-INSTALLED

4-YES

5-YES

6-BEFORE

7-XP-EN 32 bit

8-AHCI

9-Before: AHCI during: AHCI after: AHCI

10-CD

11-1x

12-NO

13-NO

14-NO

15-none

16-AHCI

17-GOOD

Running the new FW for a week now with no issues. Also, the Toolkit is working without issues.

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1-Bios updated to Latest? (YES)

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

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

4-Is the drive partitioned? (YES - windows 7 200 MB recovery partition)

5-other harddrives installed? (YES - 2 x 1 TB HDD in RAID 1)

6-Was drive aligned BEFORE and AFTER update? Watchu talkin bout Willis?

7-OS that you have installed or will be installing? Win 7 x64

8-If using windows and already installed, what driver is being used before updating firmware? (IMSM 8.8 - RAID)

9-Bios setting before update? (RAID)

during update? (IDE)

after update? (RAID)

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

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

12-Was there an error when flashing? (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)

14-When booted in Windows did it install a driver? (YES - 3 drivers)

15-What driver did it install?

Driver Management concluded the process to install driver FileRepository\disk.inf_amd64_neutral_10ce25bbc5a9cc43\disk.inf for Device Instance ID IDE\DISKINTEL_SSDSA2M080G2GC____________________2CV102HA\4&19FEAA6C&0&0.1.0 with the following status: 0x0.

Driver Management concluded the process to install driver FileRepository\volume.inf_amd64_neutral_1b1a512d99c5b72c\volume.inf for Device Instance ID STORAGE\VOLUME\{D0A233F2-C29B-11DE-B220-806E6F6E6963}# 0000000006500000 with the following status: 0x0.

Driver Management concluded the process to install driver FileRepository\volume.inf_amd64_neutral_1b1a512d99c5b72c\volume.inf for Device Instance ID STORAGE\VOLUME\{D0A233F2-C29B-11DE-B220-806E6F6E6963}# 0000000000100000 with the following status: 0x0.

16-If possible, what driver is being used in Windows after firmware? (IMSM 8.8 - RAID unless superceded by those listed above)

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

ASUS P6T Deluxe V2

Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67

Corsair 6 GB DDR3 1600 (7-7-7-20)

Corsair HX850 PSU

XFX Radeon 5870

Intel 80 GB SSD Gen2

2 x WD Black 1 TB in RAID 1