Generation 2 cometh updated on 30th september 2009. To fix this, intel released a firmware patch in april. Intel x18mx25m sata solid state drive 34 nm product line. Intel x18m sata ssd 34nm products do not require this firmware update. Anyway, all of that diversion aside, this was an intel x25 m 34nm mlc drive with 160gb. The intel x25 m returned an average read rate that was extremely close to its 250 mbps claim.
As i mentioned yesterday, the new drive has a silver. Any experience with boot times windows 7 x64 with intel. 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. With the intel x25m mainstream sata solid state drive, youll experience dramatically faster disk performance and greater durability than traditional hard drives. Sep 08, 2008 the intel x25m and the x18m, available in 80gb capacities, 2. Intel x25 m postville in the earlier days of sata ssds, we actually have a lot to thank intel for. Thread ufficiale ssd intel x25m postville g2 80160gb. The ssd was a multilevelcell solidstate drive available in a 2. 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. From googling i get intel has released a firmware update recently that lowered benchmark results. Intel x18 m sata ssd 34nm products do not require this firmware update. While intels new x25m is certainly a killer in terms of performance, the inherent economic issues remain and will hinder widespread consumer acceptance. 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 intel x25m was a line of serial ata interface solidstate drives or ssds developed by intel for personal computers, announced in late 2008.
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. How to update your intel ssd x25 firmware video dailymotion. Intel x25m solidstate drive firmware update the register. The higher end intel ssdsa2m160g2gc 160gb drive or x25m g2 160gb can also be flashed from the older 2cv102g9 firmware to the new version. 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. 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. The intel memory and storage tool intel mas is a drive management tool for intel ssds and intel optane memory devices, supported on. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Additionally, this firmware revision includes several continuous improvement optimizations that provide increased write performance on 160 gb ssds.
Everything seemed to go fine but upon rebooting i seem to have the same firmware version as before. The good news is the patch does a great job of restoring. Any experience with boot times windows 7 x64 with intel ssd. Doing a firmware flash on this drive will allow trim support in windows 7. I didnt find the corresponding english article yet. The intel x25m and the x18m, available in 80gb capacities, 2. First of all, after their recent disastrous firmware for implementing the trim command, where several peoples drives got bricked. Iso bootable iso image intel sata ssd firmware update tool.
Intels x25e ssd walks all over the competition toms hardware. 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. This video shows how fast windows 7 x64 installs and how it reacts. Its in french but it basically stated that the new firmware and ssd toolbox will be released today from intel to enable support for trim on postville drives.
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. The company has placed the bug as a high priority and will deliver a fix as soon as. Intel has released a firmware update that addresses and apparently resolves a performance problem caused by. Intels x25e ssd walks all over the competition toms.
Product description the future of computer storage is here. 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 intel x25m returned an average read rate that was extremely close to its 250 mbps claim. Intel x25m g2 80gb postville ssd solid state drive unboxing linus tech tips. For more info about trim we refer to anands excellent writeup here. The intel x18mx25m sata solid state drive ssd delivers leading performance in industry standard 1. The intel x25 m mainstream sata ii solid state drive supports selfmonitoring, analysis, and reporting technology smart commands, as well as additional ssd monitoring. Oct 12, 2011 everything seemed to go fine but upon rebooting i seem to have the same firmware version as before. New firmware for intel x25m is out anandtech forums. Aug 01, 2009 part 2 of 2 today i tested and installed my brand new intel x25 m generation 2 postville ssdsa2mh080g2c1 ssd. Intel ssd toolbox does not allow us to update the firmware nor secure erase the drive.
Intel replicated the issue on windows 7 x64 with version 1. The intel x25m mainstream sata ii solid state drive supports selfmonitoring, analysis, and reporting technology smart commands, as. Intel x25m g2 solid state drives page 11 overclockers. Is this still the latest firmware version for the x25m 80gb. 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. The latest firmware release adds performance improvements in the ncq. Intel x25 m g2 80gb postville ssd solid state drive unboxing linus tech tips duration. 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. Jun 27, 2009 however, doubts regarding the x25m s performance began to emerge last year. Intel x25m ssd firmware update boosts write speeds 40%.
Recall that the latter allows the operating system to alert the controller when ssd flash memory cells are no longer used, so that he. 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. Apr, 2009 good news, users of intel x25 m and x18 m solidstate drives. Intel releases new firmware for x18m, x25m and x25v. Intels x25v uses the same controller as the x25m g2, but with half the nand and thus half the channels for months now you all have been asking me to tackle the topic of raiding ssds. Intel provides the download in an iso format intel sata ssd firmware update tool 011102m388208850. 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. 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. This is more than double that returned by the ocz core and nearly three times that of the highend. Intel has released a firmware update that addresses and apparently resolves a performance problem caused by internal fragmentation. 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. Intel releases new firmware for x18m, x25m and x25v ssds.
Support product highlights, featured content, downloads and more for intel ssd x25m series. Intel x25m postville ssd and gaex58ud5 best bios settings. Intel x25m 120gb retail solid state drive tweaktown. Nov 06, 2009 intel replicated the issue on windows 7 x64 with version 1. Intel x25m g2 80gb postville ssd solid state drive unboxing linus tech tips duration.
Bad performance intel x25m postville with msi 790fxgd70. Intel solidstate drive toolbox is reporting it as version 2cv102hd, which is the same as it was before the update. Is this still the latest firmware version for the x25 m 80gb. Additionally, when its installed in a laptop, the x25 m will give you better battery life, which means you can work longer on crosscountry plane trips.