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Old October 27, 2009, 12:02 PM
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Default Intel Releases Solid-State Drive Toolbox and TRIM Firmwave Update for SSD's [PR]
On the heels of the Microsoft Windows 7 introduction, Intel Corporation today announced the availability of the Intel Solid-State Drive (SSD) Toolbox, with Intel SSD Optimizer and firmware update, for its 34nm Intel X25-M Mainstream SATA SSDs. The latest tools are designed to help better manage and retain the out-of-box performance of Intel SSDs... [ Read full article ]
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Old October 27, 2009, 02:24 PM
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This update has now been pulled by intel due to bricking of drives.. AGAIN!

DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ALREADY DOWNLOADED!
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Old October 27, 2009, 02:29 PM
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This update has now been pulled by intel due to bricking of drives.. AGAIN!

DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU ALREADY DOWNLOADED!
Yup. DailyTech - Intel X-25M G2 "TRIM" Firmware Pulled Due to Data Corruption Problems in Windows 7

Brutal. Thats two botched firmwares. Who the heck does intel have working for them?
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Old October 27, 2009, 02:57 PM
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hell i guess i should be thankful. gskill is very late with there FW updates unlike all the other indilinx ssd. but late is much better then a brick. I think anyways
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I downloaded this a couple days ago when I read about it on anandtech. Sure glad I didn't update.
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Thanks for the updates guys - going to inform people on this asap
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Old October 28, 2009, 01:45 AM
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well, I think I'll hold off on my Intel SSD until they get this sorted.
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