Intel x25 m postville ssd and gaex58ud5 best bios settings do enable ahci this will increase performance for this particular ssd and do not install the intel chipset sata drivers as they do not support trim yet, the microsoft drivers that come with windows 7 are great and do support trim. Intels x25e ssd walks all over the competition toms hardware. Any experience with boot times windows 7 x64 with intel ssd. This is more than double that returned by the ocz core and nearly three times that of the highend. Aug 01, 2009 part 2 of 2 today i tested and installed my brand new intel x25 m generation 2 postville ssdsa2mh080g2c1 ssd. The ssd x25m postville intelequipped cell flash memory in 34 nanometers, have now an updated firmware which opens the gates of the trim command, now run natively on windows 7. Product description the future of computer storage is here. Jun 27, 2009 however, doubts regarding the x25m s performance began to emerge last year. Nov 06, 2009 intel replicated the issue on windows 7 x64 with version 1.
Intel x25m postville ssd and gaex58ud5 best bios settings do enable ahci this will increase performance for this particular ssd and do not install the intel chipset sata drivers as they do not support trim yet, the microsoft drivers that come with windows 7 are great and do support trim. Intel have pushed out their promised update to the x25m ssd, along with the intel ssd toolbox and optimizer, the standout factor of which is a 40. Intel solidstate drive toolbox is reporting it as version 2cv102hd, which is the same as it was before the update. The leaked roadmap reveals intel s first 25nm solid state disks will arrive in q4 2010, the 25nm x25 m postville refresh units will have higher capacity, encryption, s. The latest firmware release adds performance improvements in the ncq. Intel x18m sata ssd 34nm products do not require this firmware update. How to update your intel ssd x25 firmware video dailymotion. New firmware for intel x25m is out anandtech forums.
The intel x25m mainstream sata ii solid state drive supports selfmonitoring, analysis, and reporting technology smart commands, as. The intel x25m was a line of serial ata interface solidstate drives or ssds developed by intel for personal computers, announced in late 2008. Generation 2 cometh updated on 30th september 2009. The higher end intel ssdsa2m160g2gc 160gb drive or x25m g2 160gb can also be flashed from the older 2cv102g9 firmware to the new version. Yet another highlight of these new drives is that intel will release a newer firmware as soon as windows 7 is launched to support its new drive management features such as the trim function to keep the drive well optimized at all times. Doing a firmware flash on this drive will allow trim support in windows 7. Intel releases new firmware for x18m, x25m and x25v ssds. Additionally, when its installed in a laptop, the x25m will give you better battery life, which means you can work longer on crosscountry plane trips. Bad performance intel x25m postville with msi 790fxgd70. Intel ssd toolbox does not allow us to update the firmware nor secure erase the drive. From googling i get intel has released a firmware update recently that lowered benchmark results.
Oct 26, 2009 intel have pushed out their promised update to the x25m ssd, along with the intel ssd toolbox and optimizer, the standout factor of which is a 40percent increase in performance for the 160gb driv. The good news is the patch does a great job of restoring. As i mentioned yesterday, the new drive has a silver. Intel x18 m sata ssd 34nm products do not require this firmware update.
This video shows how fast windows 7 x64 installs and how it reacts. Any experience with boot times windows 7 x64 with intel. Everything seemed to go fine but upon rebooting i seem to have the same firmware version as before. With the intel x25m mainstream sata solid state drive, youll experience dramatically faster disk performance and greater durability than traditional hard drives. The intel x18mx25m sata solid state drive ssd delivers leading performance in industry standard 1.
Intel has released a firmware update that addresses and apparently resolves a performance problem caused by. Intel x25m g2 80gb postville ssd solid state drive unboxing linus tech tips duration. While intels new x25m is certainly a killer in terms of performance, the inherent economic issues remain and will hinder widespread consumer acceptance. Nov 15, 2019 intel mixes flash to match other ssd manufacturers capacity, but is it too late for postville to compete with sandforce or is the new 120gb x25 m the perfect holiday ssd. Intel x25 m postville in the earlier days of sata ssds, we actually have a lot to thank intel for. Feb 03, 2011 intel has just released a new firmware for its x18 m, x25 m and x25 v solid state drives with 34nm nand flash, the new update promising to resolve various issues that users encountered, like slow. Intel x25m ssd firmware update boosts write speeds 40%. Good news, users of intel x25m and x18m solidstate drives. Sep 08, 2008 the intel x25m and the x18m, available in 80gb capacities, 2. Their x25 and later lowercost x25 m ssds paved the way for making ssds affordable to the enthusiast while offering the performance and reliability that people expect. On september 8, 2008, intel began shipping its first mainstream solidstate drives ssds, the x18m and x25m with 80 gb and 160 gb storage capacities. Intels x25e ssd walks all over the competition toms. Oct 12, 2011 everything seemed to go fine but upon rebooting i seem to have the same firmware version as before. Intel x25m g2 solid state drives page 11 overclockers.
Is this still the latest firmware version for the x25 m 80gb. Intel has released a firmware update that addresses and apparently resolves a performance problem caused by internal fragmentation. The intel x25 m was a line of serial ata interface solidstate drives or ssds developed by intel for personal computers, announced in late 2008. Intel x18mx25m sata solid state drive 34 nm product line. Intel provides the download in an iso format intel sata ssd firmware update tool 011102m388208850.
Review intel has updated the firmware for its four models of mainstream solidstate drives, the 80gb and 160gb 1. Additionally, this firmware revision includes several continuous improvement optimizations that provide increased write performance on 160 gb ssds. The intel x25m returned an average read rate that was extremely close to its 250 mbps claim. Intel x25 m g2 80gb postville ssd solid state drive unboxing linus tech tips duration. Intel mixes flash to match other ssd manufacturers capacity, but is it too late for postville to compete with sandforce or is the new 120gb x25m the perfect holiday ssd. Part 2 of 2 today i tested and installed my brand new intel x25m generation 2 postville ssdsa2mh080g2c1 ssd.
Is this still the latest firmware version for the x25m 80gb. Intel has just released a new firmware for its x18m, x25m and x25v solid state drives with 34nm nand flash, the new update promising to resolve various issues. The company has placed the bug as a high priority and will deliver a fix as soon as. The intel x25 m mainstream sata ii solid state drive supports selfmonitoring, analysis, and reporting technology smart commands, as well as additional ssd monitoring. I though intel was bsing when they loosely mentioned this but, when i tried it in ide mode id get a day or two of perfect usage and then suddenly the drive wasn. This was just the beginning of a series of confidenceshaking bugs like the ocz vertex 3corsair force gtsandforce bsod issue.
Oct 27, 2009 the ssd x25m postville intelequipped cell flash memory in 34 nanometers, have now an updated firmware which opens the gates of the trim command, now run natively on windows 7. For more info about trim we refer to anands excellent writeup here. Support product highlights, featured content, downloads and more for intel ssd x25m series. Intel x25m solidstate drive firmware update the register. Iso bootable iso image intel sata ssd firmware update tool. Intel x25m postville ssd and gaex58ud5 best bios settings. The intel x25m and the x18m, available in 80gb capacities, 2. Intel x25m 120gb retail solid state drive tweaktown.
Intel x25m g2 80gb postville ssd solid state drive unboxing linus tech tips. The intel x25 m returned an average read rate that was extremely close to its 250 mbps claim. Anyway, all of that diversion aside, this was an intel x25 m 34nm mlc drive with 160gb. Apr, 2009 good news, users of intel x25 m and x18 m solidstate drives. The leaked roadmap reveals intels first 25nm solid state disks will arrive in q4 2010, the 25nm x25m postville refresh units will have higher capacity, encryption, s. Intel releases new firmware for x18m, x25m and x25v. My x25m g2 started life in a desktop, moved to a gaming laptop for a couple years, and has since moved back to a desktop. In the description it says intel x25mx18m sata solidstate drive on 34nm silver case updates to fw version 02m3 sounds like fw version 02m3 is the same as 2cv102m3, are they the same i am asking and being careful because i read that updating to 10. To fix this, intel released a firmware patch in april. Thread ufficiale ssd intel x25m postville g2 80160gb. First of all, after their recent disastrous firmware for implementing the trim command, where several peoples drives got bricked. Of course, intel did have a little egg on their face, being an ssd manufacturer with a widely publicised firmware issues such as the x25m update brick bug and the 320series 8mb brick bug. I have owned intel x25 e 32gb, intel x25 e 64gb, intel x25 m 80gb first and second gen intel x25 m 160gb first and second gen. Recall that the latter allows the operating system to alert the controller when ssd flash memory cells are no longer used, so that he.