ATTENTION Crucial M4 SSD owners

[Britton30]

I just opened up a new 128GB M4.

 

[Hopalong X]

I just opened up a new 128GB M4.

It will take a while to reach 5,000 hours of power on.

24 hours a day times 208 days is 4992 hours.

I do beleive the fix will be out before you need it.

Post it up on the SSD thread when you get time.

 

[Britton30]

I will Mike, may be a few days. I'm using the 64GB SSD to make my wife a new Frankenstein PC in a new case, and then will get on with building my new one using my old case.
Lotsa parts swapping mostly, but I have a new mobo to use for mine.
The FW update is supposed to be available next week, 01-16-12

 

[whs]

I wonder whether the new update will need FW 09 as prerequisite. Mine came with FW 02 which I have not updated yet because of the IDE/AHCI question. I would like to do the update in one run now that we know that AHCI works too.

 

[Hopalong X]

I wonder whether the new update will need FW 09 as prerequisite. Mine came with FW 02 which I have not updated yet because of the IDE/AHCI question. I would like to do the update in one run now that we know that AHCI works too.

I would wait and see and just do one FW update if possible.

I would think FW 09 fixes would be included with the new FW "??".

That seems to be what OCZ and Intel have been doing.
That would make sense anyway.

Mike.

 

[Britton30]

I wonder whether the new update will need FW 09 as prerequisite. Mine came with FW 02 which I have not updated yet because of the IDE/AHCI question. I would like to do the update in one run now that we know that AHCI works too.

Good point Wolfgang. At the moment I can't seem to get any Crucial page to display properly.

 

[Hopalong X]

When it is released it will state any prerequisites needed.

Supposed to be out the week of Jan. 16th according to Crucial.> BSOD Crucial M4 - Crucial Community

We are currently targeting the week of January 16th, 2012 to publicly release the new firmware update.

 

[Nemix]

Just ordered a new M4 128GB. Supposedly the bug is to be fixed on the 16th or worst case scenario end of this month.

That leaves me plenty of time before I can reach 5200 hours.

 

[GeneO]

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

 

[niemiro]

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

Very nice. I shall give it a try on my 64GB M4 tomorrow.

 

[Hopalong X]

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]

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]

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

 

[mjf]

Thanks - looks like I misinterpreted the wording.

 

[Hopalong X]

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]

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]

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]

Thanks GeneO.

That answers some questions that came up.

 

[Britton30]

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

View attachment 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]

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

View attachment 193030

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