Intel SSD now brings TRIM support

[ViZioN]

Holy crap I am so glad I didn't touch mine. I almost did it yesterday. :blink:

There's still a chance it would've worked fine. But then again, there's plenty of people in that situation right now, where they have upgraded fine, but are now wondering if their SSD is a ticking time bomb waiting to brick :o

[koppit]

resonable price , very good

They gave me a wicked deal on an i7 860 with a new DG55WB series mobo as well - $200. I couldn't resist. With that SSD and a cheap case with psu, i'm looking at a $400 KILLER pc. Of course, I'll have to take a video card out of my old PC, but that's nothing. Hopefully by the release date or even a month after, kingston in conjunction with intel will be releasing the TRIM support that is promised.... bug free.

[Piggy]

We have been contacted by users with SSD issues after using the firmware upgrade tool (version 1.3) in a Windows 7* 64 bit environment. Intel has replicated the issue on 34nm SSDs (X25-M) and is working on a fix. If users have downloaded 02HA firmware and not upgraded, Intel recommends they do not upgrade until further notice. Intel is pursuing the resolution of this as a high priority. No related issues have been reported by users who have successfully upgraded to 02HA firmware via the firmware upgrade tool (version 1.3).

No fix yet, but at least they have replicated the problem.

Source: http://www.intel.com/support/ssdc/hpssd/sb/CS-031021.htm

[ViZioN]

Yeah hopefully see a proper fix soon. I was looking at one of the OCZ Vertex drives also, but can't seem to get them anywhere. Some sites say ETA, some say out of stock so it's maybe not even released yet :p

[Piggy]

Well I'm beyond happy with my Intel 80g drive. The PC experience has never been the same.

[ViZioN]

Well I'm beyond happy with my Intel 80g drive. The PC experience has never been the same.

Is yours the G1 version? I was thinking of getting the 80GB G2.

[master2k27]

There is a cheep 40GB coming

[ViZioN]

There is a cheep 40GB coming

I think 40GB would just be a little too small for what I need. I think 60-80GB should be perfect. Is it going to be quite a bit cheaper? If so are they basically just cutting down the read and write speeds?

[Izlude]

I want to get into SSD. As a consumer, please advise me on what a low-risk solution would be. Don't worry about price, I want what IS satisfactory without having to read reviews on 5 different sites that say different things. :D

[Piggy]

Is yours the G1 version? I was thinking of getting the 80GB G2.

It's the G2.

[svnO.o]

Well I'm beyond happy with my Intel 80g drive. The PC experience has never been the same.

Agreed. Once you get used to the load time of apps you'll never want to go back xD

[ViZioN]

It's the G2.

Is there a bit of a supply shortage for SSDs right now? I can't find the Intel 80GB G2 available in the UK anywhere. Same goes for the OCZ Vertexn 60GB.

[master2k27]

yea i got that problem too.

scan.co.uk just got some OCZ's in

oh and there is a review of the 40gb here

[Piggy]

Is there a bit of a supply shortage for SSDs right now? I can't find the Intel 80GB G2 available in the UK anywhere. Same goes for the OCZ Vertexn 60GB.

Well here you can find the 160gb in stock but not the 80.

[Piggy]

It seems that they finally released the fix.

http://www.intel.com/support/ssdc/hpssd/sb/CS-031021.htm

I'll wait till a few guinea pigs try it out first.

[ViZioN]

Yeah I saw that today in BPN. I finally went for the G2 aswell, once it came back in stock in the UK. Unfortunately I can't update yet as my motherboard died and I'm waiting on the replacement. I'm still on the firmware before the bricked version.

From reading the Intel Community forums though, it seems this update has went off without a hitch.

[Rudy]

Too bad OSX still doesn't support TRIM :( Same with XP and Vista though....

[ViZioN]

Yeah but can't you use the SSD Toolbox to send TRIM commands to the drive? You can run that instead of de-fragmenting like you have to do on a normal HDD :p

I think there's one bug they're trying to fix before putting it back up for download.