ATTENTION Crucial M4 SSD owners

Hopalong X · 13 Jan 2012

GeneO said:

The firmware 0309 to fix this issue is now available at the Crucial site:

Crucial.com Product Downloads - Firmware Updates

Release notes say you can update from 0001, 0002 or 0009

That will bring a few smiles.

mjf · 13 Jan 2012

I have an ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe.
The firmware upgrade instructions say use Ports 0-3 and not 6 Gb/s ports.
Well my first 4 ports are 6 Gb/s!! It could be an issue for others in a similar situation.

Hopalong X · 13 Jan 2012

This refers to HBA drop ins which are usually PCI/PCI-E SATA port hubs not the mother board controllers.

mjf · 13 Jan 2012

Thanks - looks like I misinterpreted the wording.

Hopalong X · 13 Jan 2012

If still concerned post a question on the Crucial forum.
One of their techs should have an answer.

I feel 99% sure in my response. That 1% ....

Mike

whs · 13 Jan 2012

Thanks Gene for finding it.

I am lucky. I have only 4 ports - 2xUSB2 and 2xUSB3. Those Dell people are really skimping considering that this is their top of the line box.

GeneO · 13 Jan 2012

Just updated mine.

A note for anyone with motherboard add-ons like Jmicron and Marvell SATA controllers. I had to disable these in BIOS to get the update program to find the m4 drive. Also, I had to reboot twice - the m4 drive was recognized as a different hardware device after the firmware update.

Compared to the problem resolution of other SSD manufacturers I would give Crucial an A+.

Hopalong X · 13 Jan 2012

Thanks GeneO.

That answers some questions that came up.

Britton30 · 13 Jan 2012

Here's the insertions in full.
Wolfgang it syas nothing about the need to switch to IDE mode so you are fine. :)

ProductFlyer-letter_m4-firmware0309_01-12[1].pdf
Apparently the FW is the same for all four sizes of M4 drives too.
Thanks for finding it for us Gene!

whs · 13 Jan 2012

Britton30 said:

Here's the insertions in full.
Wolfgang it syas nothing about the need to switch to IDE mode so you are fine. :)

ProductFlyer-letter_m4-firmware0309_01-12[1].pdf

Thanks Gary. I think I will try it in the next hour. Have to burn the DVD.