Intel Bug Causes Failed SSDs Turn 600GB to 8MB

[Marcus Yam]

It may be solid state, but you should still make backups!

Intel Bug Causes Failed SSDs Turn 600GB to 8MB : Read more

 

[reprotected]

Why can't it be some kind of bug which allows users to unlock conveniently locked SSDs from a crappy 64GB to 300GB?

 

[f-gomes]

Oh no, Tom's. You didn't just quote TheRegister, did you?

 

[belardo]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

 

[nearly nil]

Don't get too excited about this folks. The error is caused by extreme power cycling. Yes, it should be fixed to avoid this bug, but it sounds like normal use will not sink the boat. We are, essentially, early adopters of SSDs right now, so it's not too surprising that these bugs are coming up. That said, power cycling seems like a very routine Quality Control test, so why didn't Intel find this error prerelease?

 

[Netherscourge]

...and the paid beta testing continues!

 

[lethal decipher]

I remember Western Digital spinners failing and showing up as 8MB failures...

 

[nearly nil]

lol related stories: Best SSDs for the money. Guess what gets big recommendation?

 

[hakkafusion]

i'm surprised with the amount of defective sandforce drives that just drop dead vs intel drives, the sandforce drives don't get a cover story but intel do

 

[wiyosaya]

Haha! I guess this is rather embarrassing to the behemoth, Intel.

 

[Guest]

After all,it's intel we are talking about,here, no surprises.
A bug here and there once in a while.
Cpu bugs,chipsets bugs,not news here.
but i want my data back ,i use them as a backup drive on an external case.
:-(

 

[borisof007]

Anyone remember the Sandy Bridge fiasco? Cmon people: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/sandy-bridge-cougar-point-chipset-sandy-bridge-recall,12123.html

 

[lethal decipher]

[citation][nom]borisof007[/nom]Anyone remember the Sandy Bridge fiasco? Cmon people: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/s [...] 12123.html[/citation]

Not to get off subject but that isn't a common scenario!

 

[eklipz330]

damn that blows for intel, they probably haven't announced it so their stocks don't drop lol

 

[reggieray]

I can hear greedy lawyers rubbing their hands together now.

 

[DjEaZy]

... sandforce rox... or the bug is jet to come...? wee will see...!

 

[hellwig]

Assuming you don't try to modify the drive in any way, I would assume the data is recoverable (perhaps re-flashing or replacing the controller). Maybe Intel would be so kind as to offer recovery services to the affected customers (and apparently, this isn't wide-spread, so it couldn't be that many people).

Still, don't know why you'd treat an SSD any different from other storage, i.e., MAKE BACKUPS!

 

[lethal decipher]

[citation][nom]hellwig[/nom]...Still, don't know why you'd treat an SSD any different from other storage, i.e., MAKE BACKUPS![/citation]

SSDs will outlast humans and most importantly roaches!

 

[-Fran-]

So much for a billion dollar R&D company, huh.

Cheers!

 

[xrodney]

[citation][nom]nearly nil[/nom]Don't get too excited about this folks. The error is caused by extreme power cycling. Yes, it should be fixed to avoid this bug, but it sounds like normal use will not sink the boat. We are, essentially, early adopters of SSDs right now, so it's not too surprising that these bugs are coming up. That said, power cycling seems like a very routine Quality Control test, so why didn't Intel find this error prerelease?[/citation]
Well SSD is already after early adopt stage being on market for 4 years.

 

[darkphox]

This happened to my wife's 120GB last night. Trust me, there is nothing excessive about her 'power cycling'. She turns it on during the day, and off at night. While it may not be widespread, it is a B.S. problem that Intel needs to fix.

Hoping my 160gb lasts until the supposed firmware update...my wife's lasted a little over a month. Feeling like mine is on borrowed time right now...

 

[drwho1]

just another reason to keep waiting for SSD's to mature.... and drop the prices

 

[lethal decipher]

[citation][nom]drwho1[/nom]just another reason to keep waiting for SSD's to mature.... and drop the prices[/citation]
I believe the previous comment regarding sandforce chip based drives are a good investment.

 

[WilliamMGeorge]

I work at a computer system builder, and we use exclusively Intel-brand SSDs. I checked out our failure reports, and so far we haven't had a single 320-series drive problem (either here during production or that a customer has reported in the field).

I'm sure that when Intel issues a fix we will be applying it, or course, but I just wanted to put this info out there since it seems this problem is a fairly limited in impact so far.

We've also found far more problems with other brands of SSDs over the years, which is why we only carry Intel now. I'm surprised to see Intel getting dinged about this when other manufacturers have had so many more issues.

 

[Netherscourge]

This is just another reason why I don't buy 1st generation products.

Call me when SSD 2.0 arrives and all the bugs and defects are stamped out during this retail beta test.


Oh, and maybe drop the price to something at least comparable to a HDD?