TRIM update hosed my Windows 7 install

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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.

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Fore those who did not have AHCI enabled doing the update:

BIOS STORAGE CONFIGURATIONThis tool will only function correctly with the BIOS SATA ports configured to "Legacy" / "Compatibility" mode, or "AHCI" mode. Some BIOS configurations support SATA port modes such as "IRRT", "RAID", and "Native + IDE" mode, which are not supported by this utility.

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ambizytl, Dude give it a rest. I know you are trying to say that we did something wrong. The firmware updater won't even find the SSD if SATA is in a RAID mode so you can't bork it that way. We all did the firmware update correctly. User error is not the problem here. I know you are proud of yourself for having a successful firmware update. Good for you! Go enjoy your fast drive.

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This is not user error, this is Intel's error. As georgewillow pointed out you can't update the firmware unless RAID is disabled. The problem is occurring across all sorts of hardware including laptops where enabling RAID wouldn't even be an option. Intel is 0 for 2 on firmware updates for the 2nd generation SSD drives.

Ambizytl you are not helping anyone because you refuse to accept that this is a problem with the drive and not an end user problem.

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Nope, not a problem with the drive, problem is somewhere else. I never said the cause of all these issues is user-oriented, but if the show fits, wear it. :-)))

The problem may be related to MB, BIOS, or the mad SSD guy who helped make your drive. Now I know why Intel doesn't give out a support number to call. 😉

Oh, I ain't proud to have successfully installed the firmware, lots of others have as well.

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What a smug asshole you are ambizytl. So the fact that there seems to be no pattern in the success or failure of the update based on user hardware or how the update was performed means absolutely nothing to you? Its most likely (and when I say most I mean 99.999999999999999999%) that Intel released a bad batch of drives. I returned my drive so I can't look at the batch number and compare that with others who have failed, but since no other correlation can be found I'm going to go with Occam's Razor on this one.