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Intel pulls SSD firmware update amid Windows 7 issues
Intel has temporarily pulled its just-released TRIM firmware update (02HA) and associated SSD Toolbox from their download site, following a number of reported problems with the new software. Details remain scarce at the moment, but according to several posts on Intel's support forums, users are left with a disk read error and no way to load Windows after rebooting from a seemingly successful firmware upgrade.
The company gave its official statement on the matter to Engadget, claiming they are investigating and working toward resolution. Although some say they have had no problems whatsoever, and in their tests both PC Perspective and Legit Reviews were able to confirm the claimed speed gains, you should probably hold off on updating your X25-M drive until Intel works out all firmware defects -- again.
The company gave its official statement on the matter to Engadget, claiming they are investigating and working toward resolution. Although some say they have had no problems whatsoever, and in their tests both PC Perspective and Legit Reviews were able to confirm the claimed speed gains, you should probably hold off on updating your X25-M drive until Intel works out all firmware defects -- again.
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User Comments (9)
Post a comment| Darth Shiv on October 27, 2009 5:55 PM | Who tests these things? |
| Guest on October 28, 2009 12:30 AM | The same person who said 'you will only ever need 17k of
memory' Slog |
| Vrmithrax on October 28, 2009 7:31 AM | Keep in mind it's a brand new OS that is giving them
trouble. They probably tested, retested, tested the tests,
then tested the tested tests. And then the OS was released
and patched and the stuff they tested against was suddenly
completely different, with all sorts of hardware and driver
interactions subtly (or sometimes brutally)
altered. It's a common recurring theme with Windows releases, Microsoft changes things constantly on the fly after a big launch, and the hardware guys are left to scramble to make adjustments to their drivers and such. |
| fref on October 28, 2009 9:12 AM | Thanks for the info, I was just about to install one of
these for a customer and I probably would have installed
this firmware for TRIM support! Guess I'll tell him to do
it himself when the new version is out. 
|
| Guest on October 30, 2009 6:41 AM | To all users of windows 7 currently being bamboozled by
microsoft i say this: Vote with your feet and walk over to the nearest apple store today and free yourself from that zoon wilderness that is microsoft... sounds almost ecclesiastical yes? see ya real zoon at the apple store;-) you owe it to yourself! |
| Guest on November 1, 2009 7:09 PM | At least Microsoft 7 doesn't delete data when logging in as
a Guest and then logging back in as a regular user as Snow
Leopard currently does... lol! Apple isn't 100% perfect.
This is just a firmware issue is just one brand of hard drive. |
| Guest on November 2, 2009 1:53 AM | "at least windows 7 dosen't....." yeah right. Right now
windoze 7 isnt doing much of anything except creating alot
of angry, would be, users. LOL!! i dont have snow leopard
but if i did it: 1. would not cost a fortune to upgrade 2. would work and intall without me having to wipe out my hard drive 3. any version of OSX runs circles around windoze i know you're angry about the money and time you've wasted on windoze 7, look at it as a lesson learned and meet me at the apple store... as zoon as you can!!;-) BTW, i know this is a little off topic but... whats a zoon?? |
| sushrukh on November 2, 2009 3:33 AM | At least Microsoft 7 doesn't delete data when logging in as a Guest and then logging back in as a regular user as Snow Leopard currently does. |
| Guest on November 2, 2009 3:49 AM | I have one word for you dear friend. VISTA! |
