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-Bios updated to Latest? YES

1-What g2 size 80 or 160g? 160

2-Is the drive partitioned? NO

3-other harddrives installed? NO

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

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

5-Was it aligned before and after update? not sure, was BRAND NEW

6-Did you reformat or leave windows on before update? BRAND NEW

7-Was Intel optimizer installed before or after update? NEITHER, WIN 7

8-If optimizer was Installed before the update did you run it? N/A

9-Bios and windows setting before update? (IDE, AHCI, RAID, etc) not sure, default setting, no RAID

10-Setting during update? (IDE, AHCI, RAID, etc) not sure, default setting, no RAID

11-Setting after update? (IDE, AHCI, RAID, etc) not sure, default setting, no RAID

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

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? NEW INSTALL

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

16-Is the G2 drive bricked or working fine? GOOD

ThinkPad X61 Tablet.

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1-Bios updated to Latest? YES

1-What g2 size 80 or 160g? 80

2-Is the drive partitioned? NO

3-other harddrives installed? YES

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

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

5-Was it aligned before and after update? Dont know...how do I tell?

6-Did you reformat or leave windows on before update? Is this the same as # 3? Installed before update

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

8-If optimizer was Installed before the update did you run it? YES

9-Bios and windows setting before update? IDE - My Bios doesn't have any options (Gateway)

10-Setting during update? IDE

11-Setting after update? IDE

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

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? No change

15-When booted in Windows 7 did it install a driver? I dont think so. It rebooted but I dont think there was a new driver installed. There is no option to rollback the driver.

16-Is the G2 drive bricked or working fine? GOOD

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1-Bios updated to Latest? YES

1-What g2 size 80 or 160g? 160

2-Is the drive partitioned? No

3-other harddrives installed? YES

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

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

5-Was it aligned before and after update? I assume so

6-Did you reformat or leave windows on before update?INSTALLED

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

8-If optimizer was Installed before the update did you run it? N/A

9-Bios and windows setting before update? RAID (only sey for HD RAID arrays)

10-Setting during update? AHCI (fw update wouldn't see SSD unless set to this)

11-Setting after update? RAID

12-Did you run the flasher twice before booting or installing Win7? 2x (second time to check fw had taken)

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? GOOD

PC spec:

Asus P6T Deluxe v1

i7 920

6gb

nVidia GTX 285

Intel G2 160gb (system)

3x WD 1TB hard disks in RAID 5

2x Segate 320GB hard disks in RAID1

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1-Bios updated to Latest? NO (Latest brings only support for new CPUs)

1-What g2 size 80 or 160g? 80

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

3-other harddrives installed? YES

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

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? INSTALLED

7-Was Intel optimizer installed before or after update? AFTER (on the first bootup)

8-If optimizer was Installed before the update did you run it? N/A

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

10-Setting during update? IDE (fw update wouldn't see SSD unless set to this)

11-Setting after update? AHCI

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

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? BRICKED!

PC spec:

Asus P5B

Q6600

4GB DDR2

ATI HD5850

SB X-Fi Xtreme Gamer

Intel X25-M G2 80gb (system)

3 other SATA hard disks

1 other PATA hard disk

Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit (MSDN)