M4 firmware 0309 is now available

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Revision Firmware 0309 is now available. This firmware resolves the issue where a m4 SSD required restarts after approximately 5,000 hours of actual “on time” use.



If you are using a SAS Expander please do not download this Firmware. We are working on a Firmware Update that will work in these applications. We do not have a ETA for this right now.



http://www.crucial.com/support/firmware.aspx


Release Date: 01/13/2012
Change Log:

Changes made in version 0002 (m4 can be updated to revision 0309 directly from either revision 0001, 0002, or 0009)
Correct a condition where an incorrect response to a SMART counter will cause the m4 drive to become unresponsive after 5184 hours of Power-on time. The drive will recover after a power cycle, however, this failure will repeat once per hour after reaching this point. The condition will allow the end user to successfully update firmware, and poses no risk to user or system data stored on the drive.

This firmware update is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for drives in the field. Although the failure mode due to the SMART Power On Hours counter poses no risk to saved user data, the failure mode can become repetitive, and pose a nuisance to the end user. If the end user has not yet observed this failure mode, this update is required to prevent it from happening.

If you are using a SAS Expander please do not download this Firmware. As soon as we have a Firmware Update that will work in these applications we will release it.

 

[Broken Hope]

Pick the firmware that matches your drive.

Then use this

http://www.storagereview.com/how_upgrade_crucial_ssd_firmware

 

[Broken Hope]

No data loss, and you can flash in AHCI mode, just make sure the SSD is on port 0, which will be your first SATA port.

Mine has flashed fine.

 

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Not at all, why would it be a joke?

To let a product on the market that "becomes unresponsive after 5184 hours" isn't great to be honest.

Don't get me wrong it's good they fixed it and all that but surely it would have been better that this showed up in their testing before they released the product!

HEADRAT

You expect them to test a drive for over 7 months of continuous 24/7 use before bringing it to the market, that seems a bit extreme?

 

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The drive is new, sat on my desk in front of me

Take home
download firmware update to USB (make bootable somehow - I have yet to find out)
Fit in machine in SATA port 0
Go into bios and set AHCI
Run firmware update
Reboot
Install Windows etc

Should be fine doing it like that, leave it in AHCI mode for best performance.