Intel SSD Toolbox 3.0 Released

icedbullet · 28 Oct 2011 at 10:45

Thanks for the heads up

Bane · 28 Oct 2011 at 12:34

Didn't think it would be 48 MB file. No longer have the v2 file to check how large that was.

Broken Hope · 28 Oct 2011 at 15:27

Changelog

Looks really nice actually.

icedbullet · 29 Oct 2011 at 00:15

It does look great. Im loving how you can update the drives firmware from the utility now rather then going through all the hassle of the old way.

hitman · 30 Oct 2011 at 12:54

Tried to work this out but unsure if this firmware applies to my SSD:

Intel SSDSA2M080G2GC ATA Device

If anyone could help me out I would be most grateful.

cheers

feck199 · 31 Oct 2011 at 02:10

Thank you!, only wish i knew about this a month ago when i ran into a Lot of issues trying to get my firmware to update.

Ended up having to put it in another pc and it updated first time :/

NeoVo · 31 Oct 2011 at 02:21

Thanks very much!

twist3d0n3 · 31 Oct 2011 at 09:42

am i right in thinking that you can update the firmware on intel drives without it wiping them?

NeoVo · 31 Oct 2011 at 12:38

twist3d0n3 said:
am i right in thinking that you can update the firmware on intel drives without it wiping them?

Yeah, it will suggest backing up (in the event of failure i guess) and then will ask you to restart the PC. That is all.

Grimley · 31 Oct 2011 at 18:53

Thanks for this. I updated the firmware in my X25 with no problems.

LtMatt · 31 Oct 2011 at 19:15

Ah nice one thanks for this. Glad to see other dudes with this drive (Intel 320). I thought i was the only one.

Alexrose1uk · 31 Oct 2011 at 19:20

hitman said:
Tried to work this out but unsure if this firmware applies to my SSD:

Intel SSDSA2M080G2GC ATA Device

If anyone could help me out I would be most grateful.

cheers

It's not a firmware, it's a maintenance tool which now includes a firmware updater system

That said it will work with yours, I'm pretty sure that the above product code is an X25-M 80GB

hitman · 31 Oct 2011 at 22:57

It's not a firmware, it's a maintenance tool which now includes a firmware updater system
That said it will work with yours, I'm pretty sure that the above product code is an X25-M 80GB

cheers - I think its an x25m as well but couldn't remember!!

LtMatt · 1 Nov 2011 at 14:13

Intel toolbox is a great little tool. I've now managed to setup scheduled weekly automatic trim.

Dirk · 1 Nov 2011 at 14:31

LtMatt said:
Intel toolbox is a great little tool. I've now managed to setup scheduled weekly automatic trim.

You're not on Windows 7 then? It's a useful function for those still running XP.

LtMatt · 1 Nov 2011 at 17:02

Dirk said:
You're not on Windows 7 then? It's a useful function for those still running XP.

Yeah windows 7 64bit why? It says its recommended to do it once a week, or did in the last version of it i used.

Dirk · 2 Nov 2011 at 13:25

LtMatt said:
Yeah windows 7 64bit why? It says its recommended to do it once a week, or did in the last version of it i used.

It's there to benefit XP users, who otherwise wouldn't have TRIM functionality. No harm in running it on Win 7 but don't expect it to actually have any impact. Your drive will be Trimmed already.

twist3d0n3 · 2 Nov 2011 at 13:36

NeoVo said:
Yeah, it will suggest backing up (in the event of failure i guess) and then will ask you to restart the PC. That is all.

awesome, thank you

LtMatt · 2 Nov 2011 at 17:00

Dirk said:
It's there to benefit XP users, who otherwise wouldn't have TRIM functionality. No harm in running it on Win 7 but don't expect it to actually have any impact. Your drive will be Trimmed already.

Fair enough. Any idea how often windows will do that?