Update from Intel's NAND Solutions Group - Firmware issue

[Alan_F_Intel]

To 34nm (G2) Intel® X25-M Solid-State Drive consumers,

• Intel has confirmed an issue with the firmware update process for 34nm (G2) Intel® X25-M SSDs (80GB and 160GB). This predominantly affected Windows* 7 (64bit) users during or immediately after the upgrade process to 02HA firmware using the firmware update tool (version 1.3). Intel plans to release a fix for this issue by the end of November 2009.

• Please see below to decide what you should do:

• If you have not upgraded to 02HA but using 02G2 or 02G9 – then use new tool when available to upgrade to new firmware to get Trim support and better sequential write performance (160GB)

• If you have successfully upgraded to 02HA - then continue using the SSD, there are no known issues.

• If you have received a SSD with 02HA pre installed – then continue using the SSD, there are no known issues.

• If you have unsuccessfully upgraded to 02HA - then contact Intel Customer Support for instructions on how to recover the SSD via secure erase or return SSD to Intel for replacement or refund.

*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

Alan

NAND Solutions Group

Intel Corporation

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If you have not upgraded to 02HA but using 02G2 or 02G9 – then use new tool when available to upgrade to new firmware to get Trim support and better sequential write performance (160GB)

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Why do you specify 160GB? I've got a new (still in sealed package) 80GB. Is there an additional problem with the 80GB?

Kenneth Tan

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The firmware is for 80GB and 160GB drives, but only the 160 GB drive will have better sequencial speed after the upgrade.

Because the 160 GB drive has 2 times the number of chips of the 80GB, they could increase its sequencial speed a bit in the new firmware.

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afrosty, thanks for keeping us informed and providing an ETA. Very much appreciated!

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afrosty, thanks for keeping us informed and providing an ETA. Very much appreciated! Just click the "Announcement" link at the top of this forum's index.<!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:cd5fa88f-c2f9-4ece-af5d-5009e9ee0fd6] --><!-- BEGIN attachments --><!-- END attachments -->

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So your point exactly is ?

That I should not thank afrosty because the information is also accessible in another way and not only at the top of the thread that he created?