Had mine a week now, kept it with the standard firmware and no problems with the drive. Ok a few times the "hall.dll" has gone walkies, and had to sort that out. But found that was down to the PCIE sata 3 card i was using. Dont get that problem going through my sata2 port so its not the drives fault. Great drive, and very happy with it, its made a big difference. And will be even more happier when i upgrade my MB.