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Intel SSD update bricks drives
Author: Gareth HalfacreePublished: 29th October 2009
The new firmware - dubbed TRIM - promised 40 percent speed boosts, but has left some Windows 7 users without a working SSD.
As reported over on Engadget, the SSD Toolbox - and the 02HA 'TRIM' firmware update which came with it - promised to improve performance of Intel's X-25M solid-state drive by up to 40 percent, and was welcomed by users with open arms. Sadly, users soon started reporting that their devices had suddenly gone away as a result of updating to the new firmware.
It soon became apparent that all those affected by the bug were running Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 7. As a precaution, Intel has removed both the toolkit and the updated firmware from its website pending an investigation into exactly what appears to be causing the issue.
A message on Intel's website states that the company has "been contacted by users issues with the 02HA firmware upgrade on Windows 7 systems" and reassures users that the removal of the performance-boosting firmware is merely "temporary."
So far there doesn't appear to be a resolution for those who have already attempted to apply the update and found themselves left with an unusable drive, although users are being encouraged to get in touch with Intel on the official support forums.
Are you shocked that an update would go out without apparent testing on Microsoft extremely popular new operating system, or was this an unavoidable glitch that Intel cannot be blamed for? Share your thoughts over in the forums.
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Oh, get a grip. Or a stone tablet.
Only a very small percentage of them got problems.
This is what you get, if you nest with Microsoft. (without an insecticide).
i have the feeling that if there was a way to make an ssd 40% faster, they would have implemented it from the beginning...
No you just have to stop playing PC Games or the modern OS that would help you enjoy your investment more.
Fail, next!
No plasma?
What game have you seen that has win7 as a requirement?
I think 'bricked' is an appropriate technical term. Just like 'stuff'.
Seriously.