X-Git-Url: https://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/df861561b6b165fef4757edd0a10845d607539bc..966a6490f82a195d9247ee488e3a3b83da328913:/blog/archive/2013/08/08.rss diff --git a/blog/archive/2013/08/08.rss b/blog/archive/2013/08/08.rss index 521de767c3..f75dc92b30 100644 --- a/blog/archive/2013/08/08.rss +++ b/blog/archive/2013/08/08.rss @@ -6,6 +6,35 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Intel 180 SSD disk with Lenovo firmware can not use Intel firmware + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Intel_180_SSD_disk_with_Lenovo_firmware_can_not_use_Intel_firmware.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Intel_180_SSD_disk_with_Lenovo_firmware_can_not_use_Intel_firmware.html + Sun, 18 Aug 2013 14:00:00 +0200 + <p>Earlier, I reported about +<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_fix_a_Thinkpad_X230_with_a_broken_180_GB_SSD_disk.html">my +problems using an Intel SSD 520 Series 180 GB disk</a>. Friday I was +told by IBM that the original disk should be thrown away. And as +there no longer was a problem if I bricked the firmware, I decided +today to try to install Intel firmware to replace the Lenovo firmware +currently on the disk.</p> + +<p>I searched the Intel site for firmware, and found +<a href="https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProdId=3472&DwnldID=18363&ProductFamily=Solid-State+Drives+and+Caching&ProductLine=Intel%c2%ae+High+Performance+Solid-State+Drive&ProductProduct=Intel%c2%ae+SSD+520+Series+(180GB%2c+2.5in+SATA+6Gb%2fs%2c+25nm%2c+MLC)&lang=eng">issdfut_2.0.4.iso</a> +(aka Intel SATA Solid-State Drive Firmware Update Tool) which +according to the site should contain the latest firmware for SSD +disks. I inserted the broken disk in one of my spare laptops and +booted the ISO from a USB stick. The disk was recognized, but the +program claimed the newest firmware already were installed and refused +to insert any Intel firmware. So no change, and the disk is still +unable to handle write load. :( I guess the only way to get them +working would be if Lenovo releases new firmware. No idea how likely +that is. Anyway, just blogging about this test for completeness. I +got a working Samsung disk, and see no point in spending more time on +the broken disks.</p> + + + 90 percent done with the Norwegian draft translation of Free Culture http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/90_percent_done_with_the_Norwegian_draft_translation_of_Free_Culture.html