Solid State Drives

“Intel has released the new version of the Intel® SSD Toolbox (version 1.2) which fixes the issue with the Intel® SSD Optimizer

Intel has released a new firmware (02HD) and firmware update tool (version 1.5) to fix the issue with the firmware update process on 34nm (G2) Intel® X25-M SSDs (80GB and 160GB).

Intel recommends that end users Download this firmware update tool and upgrade your SSD

•        This new firmware provides Trim support (on 80GB and 160GB) and better sequential write performance (on 160GB)

•        If you experience any issues during the upgrade process contact Intel Customer Support

·        The purpose of the SSD community is to facilitate the sharing of experiences and learnings between the people that are using Intel® Solid State Drives. Not surprisingly, there are a number of technical and 'future plans' questions being asked.  In the event that an answer is not forthcoming from this community, one resource that may be useful in getting the technical answers you are looking for is the information posted on the Intel® Corporate site; http://www.intel.com/design/flash/nand/index.htm?iid=prod+prod_flash.  Another source is the Intel® Support site; http://support.intel.com/support/ssdc/. If the information you are looking for is not easily found, please call or email the contact center for assistance.  Contact information is available on line.   Since there are so many platforms and various platform hardware and software configurations, it can be difficult to provide the 'correct' answer here.  We want to use this community for our SSD customers to share experiences and to help each other. If you could direct your unanswered technical questions to Intel® Support we can help you troubleshoot your issue and get your question answered more quickly.  It also helps Intel® to capture the issues that our collective customers are experiencing and getting the information posted to the web where all can benefit from the learning.  Thank you for your interest in Intel® products.