The raw value of SMART attribute 9 (Power-on Hours) provides a 4-byte hours count and a milliseconds count in the remaining (3) bytes (Reference: Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series Specification, February 2012, section 4.5.1). This is the format used...
Hello, I just replaced a faulty OCZ Vertex2 with Intel 520 and so far am very pleased with the Intel SSD. OCZ is being RMA'd. One thing I noticed is that my HDD is constantly flashing, CPU monitor shows a lot of activity (i7-2600K) however HDD monito...
I have an application where I'm trying to compute wearout - I'm considering using 520 or 710 SSDs -- of course the 520 line comes at a very attractive price/performance point as compared to the 710 offering extended reliability.My application does co...
Hi there, I have just purchased and installed a 520 series 120 gb drive and my AHCI controller is version 8.9.0.1023and I seem to be experiencing some lag, would I be advised to update driver ? and to what version ?Thanks Ken
