Jimbo Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 I know several of you guys are running them, FYI -"The Register reports some users of Intel's 320 solid state disks are suffering from a bug in the controller that can revert the device to 8MB during a power failure: "Poster Goose" wrote a message on 1 June, quoting from a PC Review forum: Be wary of the new Intel SSD 320 series. Currently, there's a bug in the controller that can cause the device to revert to 8MB during a power failure. AFAIK they have not yet publicly announced it, and won't have a firmware fix ready for release until the end of July."Bug causing early death of Intel 320 SSDs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 (edited) Yeah, I've seen this... apparently they power-cylced the SSD for 3 straight hours and then it died... well, not really a real-life scenario. I wouldn't worry too much, it's definitely a bug and should get fixed, but it's unlikely to happen to any normal user.Edit: Here's what I've read online:Be wary of the new Intel SSD 320 series. Currently, there's a bug in thecontroller that can cause the device to revert to 8MB during a powerfailure. AFAIK they have not yet publicly announced it, and won't have afirmware fix ready for release until the end of July.We had an SSD 320 600GB 2.5" SATA drive in for evaluation from our Intelrep. I was able to kill it in two or three hours by power cycling it.Apparently (according to the Intel rep) when the power failure ishappening, the SSD device tries to reconnect with the SATA port instead ofinitiating a proper shutdown. Something to do with interrupt prioritybeing higher for reconnection rather than a proper shutdown.Can be found in this thread. Edited July 12, 2011 by svl7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Brian Posted July 12, 2011 Founder Share Posted July 12, 2011 Well I certainly won't be doing 2-3 hour power cycle sessions but thanks for the heads up! Will be looking out for a firmware update. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder StamatisX Posted July 12, 2011 Founder Share Posted July 12, 2011 You can restore it to its proper size by secure erasing it, just make sure you have your important files backed up elsewhere 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 No one would power cycle that many times in a row. He said 2 hours what about 2 hours worth of power cycles spread out over a day probably wouldn't happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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