Intel 320 SSD Reexposure: Only 8MB Left

Intel’s consumer-grade SSDs enjoy a reputation for performance, but the stability is somewhat daunting. The first two generations of the X25-M have been exposed to firmware defects and have undergone multiple updates and upgrades. Now the orthodox third-generation SSD 320 series is in trouble.

PC Review, the UK evaluation site, first revealed that “Careful with the new Intel SSD 320 series. At present, there is a bug in the controller that will result in only 8MB of hard disk capacity during power down. As far as I know, they (Intel) also There was no public announcement of the matter, and firmware repairs had to wait until the end of July."

The media further explained: "We got an SSD 320 60GB 2.5" SATA SSD from Intel and we evaluated it. By rebooting repeatedly, I just "killed" it in two or three hours. According to Intel During power-down, the SSD tries to reconnect to the SATA interface, instead of starting the proper shutdown (process.) I don't know what's going on, the reconnection priority is higher than the correct shutdown."

"The 80GB model also repeats the mistake. We have already sent two hard drives back to Intel and they will test our pre-released firmware."

There is no further news. Intel has not made any public announcement so far and does not know if the new firmware has been completed. Netizens also received no response to the discussion thread posted on the Intel official forum.

There are also users who report that using the Intel SSD Toolbox tool to perform a secure erase can recover all the capacity, but the lost data will not be returned.

Some irony is that Intel also deliberately emphasized stability and reliability when releasing the SSD 320 series, claiming that it has learned the lessons and lessons learned from the X25-M and integrated it into the new 320 series.