legitreviews.com - 10/26/2009
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Intel today announced the availability of the Intel Solid-State Drive (SSD) Toolbox, with Intel SSD Optimizer and a firmware update to enable TRIM and to boost performance on select 34nm Intel X25-M Mainstream SATA SSDs. Read on to see how the Intel X25-M Mainstream 160GB Generation 2 SATA ...
techgage.com - 10/27/2009
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techgage.com —
Introduction Along with the Windows 7 launch last
week, came the long-awaited support for TRIM. As the...
OS natively supports the new storage command, if there's an SSD installed and no other storage drivers are present, TRIM will work. It's that ...
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Intel's 34nm TRIM Firmware & SSD Toolbox
pcper.com - 10/26/2009
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Today Intel released a new firmware for their
X25-M G2 line of SSD's. The firmware adds long...
awaited support for native TRIM, which should boost performance when used under Windows 7. Also released was an "SSD Toolbox" utility to view drive stats and ...
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Intel X25-M 'G2' TRIM Enabled Firmware and SSD Toolbox ...
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Pick up Intel's 2nd Gen 34nm SSD for just $85
TweakTown News RSS Feed —
... 2nd gen 45nm SSD) is now available for a mere $85 MSRP. And unlike the first batch of V series SSDS which had highly underwhelming read and write rates, this V series offering is more like the V+ range with a 170MB/sec read rate, though its write rate is still left severely crippled at just 40MB/sec due to the use of just five MLC chips. Check out a full review of it over at Legit Reviews as well as Cowcotland . Further to that, both PC Perspective and Legit Reviews also talk about the new TRIM firmware for Intel's 34nm SSDs that's been released ...
Intel Launches TRIM Firmware For 34nm SSDs
DV Hardware —
... 7 Trim command along with an end user tool to allow users to optimize the performance of their SSD on Windows XP and Vista operating systems. Those that have the 160GB 34nm SSDs got a very nice performance boost this morning as well. By just installing this firmware update you will see an instant performance boost on the sequential write speeds that allows you to reach speeds well over what you could have gotten with the existing firmware version..."More details at Legit Reviews.
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Intel Launches TRIM Firmware For 34nm SSDs @ Legit Reviews :: Posted by THRASHER2
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... that supports the Windows 7 Trim command along with an end user tool to allow users to optimize the performance of their SSD on Windows XP and Vista operating systems. Those that have the 160GB 34nm SSDs got a very nice performance boost this morning as well. By just installing this firmware update you will see an instant performance boost on the sequential write speeds that allows you to reach speeds well over what you could have gotten with the existing firmware version..."
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Intel updates 34nm SSDs with TRIM support, speed boost
TechSpot —
... and Legit Reviews recently benchmarked the drives using the 02HA firmware and saw nothing but positive results. The introduction of TRIM support for the 34nm based X25-M series means that the drives will always perform as close to their optimal, clean state as possible under Windows 7 by scheduling the Intel SSD Optimizer (part of the Intel SSD Toolbox) to run daily. What's more, Intel is releasing this optimization tool for Windows Vista and XP users as well, so they can benefit from TRIM even though it's not natively supported by either operating system. Owners of the ...
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Intel Releases TRIM-Enabling Firmware for Its Second-Gen SSDs
technologyexpert.blogspot.com 10/26/2009 — As promised, Intel has released firmware for its second-generation 34nm solid-state drives (SSDs). TRIM is a feature of Windows 7 (and of course, that OS just launched) that will (hopefully) prevent SSDs from seeing performance degradation over time. At the same time, the new firmware ( 02HA ) ...
Intel pulls SSD firmware update amid Windows 7 issues
techspot.com 10/27/2009 — Intel has temporarily pulled its just-released TRIM firmware update (02HA) and associated SSD Toolbox from their download site, following a number of reported problems with the new software. Details remain scarce at the moment, but according to several posts on Intel's support forums , users ...
Intel pulls TRIM firmware after data corruption complaints
techreport.com 10/28/2009 — Are Intel's new 34-nm solid-state drives just naturally predisposed to eating your data? The chipmaker had to halt shipments this summer after a BIOS-password-related data corruption issue came to light, and today, Engadget writes that Intel has ...
Intel Pulls 34nm SSD TRIM-enabled Firmware Due to Possible Bug —
Techgage News
Earlier today, we posted a story which discussed both the TRIM command and also Intel's new SSD Toolbox software, which is what issues the command for operating systems that don't automatically support the feature. Today, however, Intel has pulled the firmware update due to initial reports that ...
Intel's 34nm TRIM Firmware & SSD Toolbox —
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Few people would argue that the solid-state drive is one of the best types of storage ever created, but there have been certain downsides up to this point. Aside from general pricing, eventual slowdowns caused some to think twice about a purchase. But, TRIM, along with Windows 7, is here, and ...
Intel Updates SSDs, Supports TRIM, Faster Writes —
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MojoKid writes "Intel has just released a firmware update for their 34nm Gen X25-M solid state drives that not only boosts sequential write performance, but adds support for the TRIM command as well. A performance optimization tool is also being released today, for users of Windows Vista and XP, ...
Intel's 34nm TRIM Firmware & SSD Toolbox —
Techgage Reviews
Few people would argue that the solid-state drive is one of the best types of storage ever created, but there have been certain downsides up to this point. Aside from general pricing, eventual slowdowns caused some to think twice about a purchase. But, TRIM, along with Windows 7, is here, and ...
40% performance jump for Intel X25-M —
InsideHW
On the heels of the Windows 7 introduction, Intel today announced the availability of the Intel Solid-State Drive (SSD) Toolbox, with SSD Optimizer and firmware update, for its 34nm Intel X25-M Mainstream SATA SSDs. The latest tools are designed to help better manage and retain the out-of-box ...
Intel debuts SSD Toolbox and Optimizer —
DV Hardware
Intel has announced the Intel SSD Toolbox, with Intel SSD Optimized and firmware update, for its 34nm Intel X25-M disks. This update adds support for the TRIM command and promises 40 percent faster sequential write speeds for the X25-M 160GB SSD.
An SSD is built to replace a traditional ...
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