SSD stopped being recognized

AlexRD · 13 Mar 2012

whs said:

Here is a link for the 0309 FW http://www.storagereview.com/crucial_m4_0309_firmware_update_5200_hour_bug_released

I think i am going to hold on this update. Last time i tried updating the firmware i killed my drive. I still have 5000 hours to go

whs · 13 Mar 2012

The update is actually very, very simple. Hard to make a mistake.

Britton30 · 13 Mar 2012

AlexRD said:

whs said:

Here is a link for the 0309 FW http://www.storagereview.com/crucial_m4_0309_firmware_update_5200_hour_bug_released

I think i am going to hold on this update. Last time i tried updating the firmware i killed my drive. I still have 5000 hours to go

Hey AlexRD, go here ATTENTION Crucial M4 SSD owners and read forward. As you'll see there was a bunch of us who updated successfully with a burn to a CD of the firmware. With the 0309 FW there is no need to first switch the drive mode to IDE in BIOS. I did it on a bare, new drive and it took all of 2 minutes. WHS and others had Win 7 on their drives. As always, I recommend have a way back if thing go bad, but none were reported with this process, that is make an image now or have you files backed up on some separate media.

AlexRD · 15 Mar 2012

So, this problem came back today.
I am going to try the power cycle again, but i am wondering what could cause this problem?

Thanks,
Alex

mjf · 15 Mar 2012

If you run from a spinner does everything work fine? (albeit slower!)
You have a relatively expensive SSD based on your specs. I'd RMA it if that's an option.

One additional thing ...based on little data I wonder if the Crucial M4s and ASUS Z68 motherboards may have a bit of an issue. My 4K-64 speeds are lower than expected even after a secure erase of the SSD. Another member reports declining performance over time.

Britton30 · 15 Mar 2012

AlexRD said:

So, this problem came back today.
I am going to try the power cycle again, but i am wondering what could cause this problem?

Thanks,
Alex

I suspect the SSD is failing.

AlexRD · 15 Mar 2012

I guess i am going to update the firmware to 309 and hope for the best
At least this time i will get to do a full backup

mjf · 15 Mar 2012

A personal view:
You say your 512GB SSD is ~1 month old. The 0309 firmware upgrade was more to do with the 5000 hour issue. I'd send it back for a replacement.

Maguscreed · 15 Mar 2012

It seems unlikely to me that only one change was made between 0009 and 0309.

whs · 15 Mar 2012

In any case it does not hurt to try 0309. It is dead simple to do.