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X25-M G2 Update failed, reboot, says firmware already updated
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12-02-2009 12:52 AM
I tried to update the FW and it failed, saying I should boot up in legacy IDE mode (I'm using ahci). I rebooted in IDE mode, and then when it came to updating the firmware, it said the firmware was already updated. Anyone else have this problem?
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01-23-2010 03:21 AM
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12-28-2012 07:34 AM
Whilst this thread is a little old, I thought i'd post this just in case someone else comes across it too. I have a X25-V 40GB which has been fine on 02HD, but is being repurposed elsewhere, so a secure-erase and firmware upgrade were in order. On a Q965 chipset machine, with SATA mode set to IDE/Legacy, I was surprised to get the error:
"Firmware failed to update from 2cv102hd to 2cv102m3"
It appeared to take about 30-40 seconds for this to come up, so I figured something crashed. However on next boot, I ran hdparm from linux and the firmware was reported as 02M3. I then secure-erased it, tried running the firmware update again just to check, and it reported no SSDs needed updating. Firmware update tool 1.93 CD, released 27/11/12.
I guess it updated, but for some reason, the wrong message was displayed.
Anyway, I eaggggggerly await seeing the S3700 consumer iteration hit the market. Love my X25-M's still, and few X25-V in netbooks!
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12-29-2012 02:31 AM
Firmware updates can be flaky like that, I have seen users reporting a failure message when updating firmware, and the firmware was updated fine. That was with a few non-Intel SSDs, and all it takes is one bad bit in a return result to trigger a failure message. There is also much more going on inside a PC running a program than we ever realize, it's a miracle they work at all.
For example, in the iso disk Firmware Update Tool's Readme file, there is a warning about using that tool with one certain motherboard. The board, made by a very well know manufacture, using one of Intel's latest chipsets with SATA 6Gb/s support, cannot update an Intel SSD's firmware when it is connected to one of the SATA 6Gb/s ports. It will work with one of the Intel SATA 3Gb/s ports. That same Intel chipset is used by the same manufacture on other boards, and by other manufactures, on probably a total of 100 different models of mother boards. Yet only that one board has that issue. What did they do, or not do, that causes that? The board is not cheap, over $200, one of that manufactures best products. With things this complex, we're lucky it doesn't happen more often.
Hmm, I've used X-25 M SSDs myself, that would be quite an upgrade to the client version of the DC S3700, from an X-25V.
