@desiderius

Could you keep us posted about your testing?

Have any drives failed thusfar?

Now i have the last 16 in test. The 48 pieces before passes all an full run h2testw and 2-3 days Stresstesting with bonnie++ in ( 8xSSD / Raid10 / Adaptec 5805 )

Only problem is that they usually fail when we least expect it regardless how many times we test them.

Before my 8M problem I stress tested 6 x 320 series x 160G and all seemed to to be doing wonderfully...until freeze ups came along with the dreaded 8m issue which happens even as I type  this post.

@sogersortep

At least one can say there is a difference after the firmware update.

Before the update 20% failed the test desiderius is performing, after the update 0% failed (until now).

Did you have the 8MB error after you updated to the latest firmware?

Out of the 6 drives it I had 2 that failed after the update...again!

sogersortep schrieb:

 

Out of the 6 drives it I had 2 that failed after the update...again!

Holy crap!

When will it end...

Also the last 16 SSDs pass the tests without problems. Now we send them to our customer and hope they will also survive in productive competition.

Greetings

Desiderius

How important is it to disconnect & reconnect SSD after the firmware update?

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?92465-Where-we-are-with-Vertex3-Agility3-Solid3-drives

OCZ technician's posts in their forum indicate that Sandforce drives must be disconnected for full 30 seconds after firmware update in order to let the system see the new acpi table. Yeah, I know OCZ's SSDs have very little to do with intel's, but I wonder if intel's controllers have similar requirement, so the firmware update didn't 'take' for some users who rebooted immediately after the update?

Exactly my thoughts!

Maybe it was my "fault", I was waiting only for a few seconds and rebooted then... On my first bsod -> 8mb. I did 15-20 hard shutdowns now, trying to reproduce the 8MB error with no "luck".

Maybe Intel can clarify this, how important it is to wait longer or even plug on/off the ssd after flashing the firmware.

I'd like to see clarification or specifics on the phrase "caused by an unexpected power loss under specific conditions".  What "specific conditions" are necessary?

I just saw revision 1.92 of the  Firmware Update Tools has been released yesterday:

http://www.intel.com/go/ssdfirmware

It seems it addresses problems in updating the SSD firmware on Apple and Lenovo systems, while not providing any new change in the firmware.

Mauro.

Updated firmware (4PC10362) at Aug 20. and today i got Blue Screen = 8MB // Intel 320 - 120GB

Same exact thing happened to me on a 300GB drive.

I must say, I'm a bit envious of the amount of open dialogue between users and engineers they have going on at OCZ forums. Not enough to jump ship and risk BSOD with sandforce controllers, mind you.

How did the blue screen happen;

- after a reboot

- after a sudden shutdown

- after doing something specific

- just out of the blue

- ?