Does the DC P3700 work in a PCI-e 2.0 slot?
Hello, We are looking at getting some of the DC P3700 PCI-e 3.0 add in cards for some servers at work. Do you know if they work on PCI-e 2.0 slots? I thought it would be backwards compatible, but I...
View ArticleWhy "secure erase" is still unavailable in Windows 8 ?
Windows 8 has been released for nearly 2 years and windows 9 is upcoming in 2015, why Intel only keep this function in windows 7 ?
View ArticleIntel® SSD 520 Series [SSD toolbox]
Hello, When I launch the Intel SSD Toolbox [version 3.2.3] I get a blue screen. Intel® SSD 520 Series (120 GB)Windows 7 professional 64-bitAsus Rampage 3 gene I would appreciate any help.
View ArticleComputer running on SSD 530 cannot wake up from sleep
I am using SSD 530 120Gb on my Z97 Gigabyte motherboard. SSD firmware is DC32. My computer occasionally will not wake up from sleep. What's wrong here? I though Intel have solved the bug on the SSD 530...
View ArticleSSD not showing in disk management
Hello all, This is my first post here, thanks for having me.I have a bought an ASUS N550JK and now I want to add a 240GB SSD to it (Intel SSDSC2BW240A401). I removed my optical disk and have a HDD...
View ArticleIRST RAID 0 Volume 1 Error Occured (0)
Hello, I have a problem here. Yesterday morning, when I turn on my VAIO S (VPCSA2GBX WIN 7 Ultimate) suddenly find out IRST RAID 0 Volume 1 Error Occurred (0) displayed as image attached, and I can't...
View ArticleDefinitions for Events
I have 730 Sata and 530 mSata SSDs. When I check the smart logs(sudo smartctl --log=devstat /dev/sdx),the 730 seem to be giving me high . Number of Hardware Resets. Number of ASR Eventsand the...
View ArticleTCG Opal 2.0 Support for DC S3500, DC S3700
Hi there, Please can you tell me if either of these SSD models support TCG Opal 2.0 (and therefore also edrive)? The specification lists AES 256 encryption (presumably self-encrypting), but I cannot...
View ArticleSSD Toolbox crashing windows 8.1 64bits
Does anybody else have a problem while booting Windows 8.1 64 bits. I have updated the Java to the latest version posted in their website, I also checked the .Net frame work version. I recently...
View ArticleIntel 510 SSD 0xa Blue screen during data integrity test everytime (also...
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View ArticleData Encryption on DC S3500, DC S3700 with ATA Password
Hi there, The spec for the DC S3500 and DC 3700 drives say they use AES-256 encryption; if I use the hdparm utility with the ATA security commands to set a user password on these drives, please can you...
View ArticleDC S3500 failed after 4 weeks - what to do?
Hi everybody, I bought a DC S3500 120 GB in June. It worked fine initially, but after about 2 weeks it started giving me I/O errors. After 4 weeks it failed completely. It still reports its size...
View ArticleIntel SSD Toolbox has stopped working V3.2.1 and V3.2.3
So I've been trying to get the SSD Toolbox to work for several months. Each time I run it the blue Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox screen comes up. I can see the Version number and it looks like it...
View ArticleSSD 530 drives "disconnecting/reconnecting"
I have 2 Dell XPS 9000 series (9000 and 9100), both with Intel SATA Raid controllers, both with Raid1 mirror of WD standard drives. Both Win7 x64 Ultimate.Purchased 2 240GB SSD 530s from Best Buy in...
View ArticleSuspected Bug in DC S3500 Firmware relating to ATA Security Behaviour?
Hi there, I am trying to evaluate the security features of the DC S3500 SSD, being used as a data drive in a Linux host system. In particular, I use the hdparm tool to set the ATA user password and...
View ArticleDC S3500 started reporting 4k sector sizes after firmware 0370. How to make...
We've ordered various DC S3500 SSDs and the ones with firmware before 0370 report a 512 byte sector size, but the ones with 0370 report a 4k sector size. This is causing a lot of issues for us. Is...
View ArticleIntel ssd 530 nforce mcp79 Asus k70IO
Hi.Only getting SATA Gen 1 Speed with INTEL 530 SSD on my laptop. CHip is nforce nvidia.My Laptop have SATA II. Normal hard disk works in SATA II speed.Could intel correct this bug in the next release...
View Articlessd toolbox 3.2.3 appcrash with Intel SSD 320, Windows 7 Pro 64-bit,...
The Intel SSD firmware was verified to already be up-to-date by burning an ISO (since SSD Toolbox bombs), so out-of-date firmware is not the issue:The application brings up the GUI when run on an HP...
View ArticleIntel SSD 530 not re
My new Intel SSD 530 does not seem to communicate with the Intel SSD Toolbox software. The drive appears to be working fine but when I try to run the SSD Optimizer it show the following message "The...
View ArticleSSD Toolbox crashing windows 8.1 64bits
Does anybody else have a problem while booting Windows 8.1 64 bits. I have updated the Java to the latest version posted in their website, I also checked the .Net frame work version. I recently...
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