Crucial SSD Problem...

Adam-182 · 11 Sep 2010 at 08:48

Hey guys i ordered the Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SSD SATA 6Gb/s as my invoice states, from somewhere other that OCuk and this is what i recieved....

its too small to fit anywhere securely in my new build and i can only assume ive been sent a laptop version? do you think ill be able to send it back even though ive opened it?, thanks - Adam

WILD9 · 11 Sep 2010 at 09:24

That does look a little odd, its listed as 1.8Inch, I thought all ssds were 2.5?

edit: Crucial make both 2.5 and 1.8. If you've bought it from the obvious option then they are aparently quite good about returns. I see from the barcode sticker they've put on the box that they think its a 2.5 anyway so the fault is at their end, they will have to take it back.

RJC · 11 Sep 2010 at 09:37

I would speak to the place of purchase, they may of sold both and they have put it on the wrong shelf.

Wrap it up and return

reygjabla · 11 Sep 2010 at 10:50

Adam-182 said:
Hey guys i ordered the Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SSD SATA 6Gb/s as my invoice states, from somewhere other that OCuk and this is what i recieved....

Next time, always buy from OcUK.

Adam-182 · 12 Sep 2010 at 15:35

Thanks for the replys guys, ive now ordered one from OCuk which i agree i should have done in the first place with the rest of my OCuk order.... shame on me, i just hope i can get a refund on the other. Anyway least i get to get excited again about more parts coming haha, on the down side i have a new build sat on the table waiting for an SSD before i can do anything with it. Cheers Guys, much appreciated - Adam

kedge · 12 Sep 2010 at 16:08

Features: Active Garbage Collection. What, exactly, does the feature active garbage collection do on ssd's ?. I lol'd but am curious to know

kedge · 12 Sep 2010 at 16:20

WILD9 said:
edit: Crucial make both 2.5 and 1.8.

Yeah, i have seen ocz and super talent advertise 1.8" form factor ssd's.

reygjabla · 16 Sep 2010 at 10:01

kedge said:
Features: Active Garbage Collection. What, exactly, does the feature active garbage collection do on ssd's ?. I lol'd but am curious to know

The "Garbage Collection Process" eliminates the need to perform erasure of the whole block prior to every write. The "Garbage Collection process" accumulates data marked for erase as "Garbage" and perform whole block erase as space reclamation in order to reuse the block.

kedge · 16 Sep 2010 at 17:48

Thanks for the link reygjabla, interesting read up on ssd tech.

Broken Hope · 16 Sep 2010 at 20:48

Just be aware that even a 2.5" SSD won't fit securely in a system that doesn't have a mounting bracket for the SSD, or has a SSD specific installation space, since SSD's are physically smaller than normal HDDs

Lunatic Dreyfus · 17 Sep 2010 at 20:50

I think I might have kept it! I love little 2.5inch drives, and a 1.8incher would've been soooo cute.

As for securely mounting them. My X25m is velcro'd to the top of my Lian Li v351. Works a treat.