Keep in mind that will all the issues the 530 SSD has, or has had, this automated self-test, may be nothing more than a workaround to some bug in the drive/firmware design.It would be nice to know _why_ the Intel 530 SSD does this automated self-test...
The new firmware didn't change anything for me. The Intel 530 SSD is still missing in action after waking my machine from sleep or a warm reboot.My system is a Dell Precision T3600 and the Intel 530 SSD is running off one of the SATA2 ports provided ...