10-26-2009 12:10 PM
Just did the firmware update and it hosed my Windows 7 installation. The updater showed a successful firware update. Initially the computer booted just fine, but once I was within Windows it installed some drivers and asked for a reboot. That's when the trouble started. Now the drive won't boot Windows 7 anymore. I don't know if it's a Dell problem or Intel problem. The Dell BIOS claims a SMART error. I have a Dell XPS 8000.
10-27-2009 05:57 AM
Just an update for my situation. I got Windows 7 reinstalled (still hangs on boot with a SMART error, but I can bypass it). Downloaded the SSD toolkbox and clicked Check SMART attributes. I got a warning about attribute B8 (End to End Error Detection Count) Raw - 7381, Normalized - 1, Threshold -99. It says Contact your reseller or local Intel representative for assistance. So something definitely corrupted the drive during that initial reboot in Windows.
10-27-2009 06:03 AM
My 160gb G2 firmware update worked fine. However my roomate's failed as described with failed/corrupt SMART data. Looks like Intel really screwed up somewhere.
10-27-2009 06:59 AM
georgewillow wrote:
So something definitely corrupted the drive during that initial reboot in Windows.
That's really bad . It makes my earlier thought of just preparing well with a backup and giving it a go a very bad idea.
10-27-2009 07:27 AM
Same problem here; ran the new firmware tool on my 80 GB X25-M drive, flash went fine. Booted into Windows 7 x64 no problem, Windows installed some drivers and prompted for a reboot. On reboot, SMART says failure predicted and Windows boots most of the way through and reboots.
10-27-2009 07:35 AM
How do you know it installed some drivers? Do you find any new drivers in Device Manager?