Intel Confirms SSD Data Corruption Issue, Suspends Shipments

jmke · 31st July 2009, 14:22

A lot of excitement and demand has been built up for Intel's second generation SSDs which use 34nm NAND flash chips produced through a joint venture with Micron. There is a slight reduction in latency, but the big news at launch was the massive price cuts that Intel was introducing.

However, Intel has confirmed that it is delaying shipments of its new SSDs due to a data corruption issue affecting all of the new drives.

The problem occurs when a user sets a BIOS drive password on the new SSDs and then disables or changes the password. If the user powers off the computer, the drive will become inoperable and the data stored on it will remain inaccessible.

http://www.dailytech.com/Intel+Confi...ticle15827.htm

31st July 2009, 14:22	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	Intel Confirms SSD Data Corruption Issue, Suspends Shipments A lot of excitement and demand has been built up for Intel's second generation SSDs which use 34nm NAND flash chips produced through a joint venture with Micron. There is a slight reduction in latency, but the big news at launch was the massive price cuts that Intel was introducing. However, Intel has confirmed that it is delaying shipments of its new SSDs due to a data corruption issue affecting all of the new drives. The problem occurs when a user sets a BIOS drive password on the new SSDs and then disables or changes the password. If the user powers off the computer, the drive will become inoperable and the data stored on it will remain inaccessible. http://www.dailytech.com/Intel+Confi...ticle15827.htm __________________

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