Intel Halts Shipments of 32nm SSDs

[exfileme]

Intel's new Postville SSDs contains firmware that will corrupt data.

Intel Halts Shipments of 32nm SSDs : Read more

 

[ckthecerealkiller]

I can't remember, do these drives require a wipe before doing a firmware upgrade?

 

[bulldoza99]

great to see that intel have been proactive on this one!

 

[Guest]

Not to nitpick, but aren't these SSD's 34nm and not 32nm? Thought the 32nm fab was reserved for Intel's upcoming CPU's.

 

[gekko668]

Well they should be quick about releasing firmware fix consider those drives aren't cheap.

 

[rcpratt]

The real story here - how long will it take for Tom's to realize that these drives are 34nm, not 32nm?

 

[daft]

i would figure that this article will never be changed and kevin will never get an editor/proper editor

 

[daft]

nevermind. thank you kevin for listening

 

[TheZander]

[citation][nom]daft[/nom]i would figure that this article will never be changed and kevin will never get an editor/proper editor[/citation]

I am just as tired of seeing comments like this as I am of seeing typos.

Actually more so.

 

[bk420]

ROLFMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mikestech]

I didn't realize these things were actually shipping and hitting shelves already. At least they caught it pretty quickly. Better to be cutting edge than bleeding edge...

Mike
http://solidstatedrivehome.com/forums/

 

[heoaheoa]

The real story here - how long will it take for Tom's to realize that other sites have already reviewed these drives. Where is the review?

 

[amnotanoobie]

At least they were more proactive with stopping distribution to figure out the problem rather than almost ignoring it, not like others.

* I just live my Seagate drives.

 

[randomizer]

How many people BIOS password their drives?

 

[gwolfman]

[citation][nom]randomizer[/nom]How many people BIOS password their drives?[/citation]
Nobody.

 

[blackened144]

[citation][nom]randomizer[/nom]How many people BIOS password their drives?[/citation]

[citation][nom]gwolfman[/nom]Nobody.[/citation]

My company puts BIOS passwords on the drives for every laptop we distribute.

 

[randomizer]

[citation][nom]blackened144[/nom]My company puts BIOS passwords on the drives for every laptop we distribute.[/citation]
Would you distribute laptops with $300 SSDs?

 

[anamaniac]

Cool, they're out! (Atleast were, and will be back again soon.)

Would it be worth it to be able to load games and the OS in only a fraction of the time? Maybe.

 

[hok]

wow... compared to seagates. 7200.11 firmware screwup this is quick and very responsive action from intel... they have convinced me to buy a drive from them...

 

[bobwya]

[citation][nom]hok[/nom]wow... compared to seagates. 7200.11 firmware screwup this is quick and very responsive action from intel... they have convinced me to buy a drive from them...[/citation]

Yeh Intel are flashing the returned drives themselves. Seagate are like "problem... what problem??"