Intel 320 80GB SSD 8MB Bug

[idata]

Hi there,

I got an Intel 320 and copied my system with Acronis Disk Director on it, reboot and Windows 8 booted fine. After Login (30 seconds) the System crashed and displayed "critical_process_died".

On a reboot there is no data to boot on disk.

So I switched to the BIOS, the SSD is displayed with BAD_CTX 0x ....

I booted Linux and searched for information, i found this link, wrote it to CD and tried...

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=18363 Download Center

It just displays that the update of the drive does not success and I may try to disable password, enable SMART or switch to IDE legacy mode. The third one is the only one on my (latest version) BIOS which is possible.

So I switched to SATA "IDE Mode" and retried, with no success. The same message displayed as on the first try.

So I switched to Intel Support and selected my product ... which results in "Keine Ergebnisse gefunden für Solid-State-Laufwerke und Caching + Intel® Hochleistungs-Solid-State-Laufwerk + Intel® 320er-Solid-State-Laufwerke (80 GB, 2,5"/6,35 cm, 3-Gbit/s-SATA, 25-nm-Technik, MLC)" ... means no result found.

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=DEU&ProductFamily=Solid-State-Laufwerke+und+C... Download-Center

Where do I find the latest firmware for my device which enables it again?

Thanks

Ruben

[idata]

2 Mails later I got a response from the support how may I send a package via dhl with my SSD-Drive.

Great!

Best regards

Ruben

[AVass1]

Had the same issue - "Enable SMART" when attempting to apply new firmware (via SSD toolbox and with CD).

What worked is that in SSD Toolbox (you need a working Windows machine for that) I first erased the drive. After that Firmware update went without a glitch.

What I read this error anyway did not allow data recovery, so this is not a concern.