Resetting Intel G2 SSD?

[Transporteur]

Hi there

Is there a way to reset a G2 drive back to it's factory defaults, such like erasing all data?

My drive is a year old now, and doesn't provide the full speeds any more. Sequential read/write speeds are approximately 15-20% less and random access is noticeably slower as well.

My drive has the most current firmware and is used as a single drive, no RAID.

[flatfoot]

Hi there

Is there a way to reset a G2 drive back to it's factory defaults, such like erasing all data?

My drive is a year old now, and doesn't provide the full speeds any more. Sequential read/write speeds are approximately 15-20% less and random access is noticeably slower as well.

My drive has the most current firmware and is used as a single drive, no RAID.

I don't know too much about SSDs but erasing free space (--> Disk Utility) might help.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

[Hellhammer]

Some links that might help you:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=841182

http://www.iishacks.com/index.php/2009/06/30/how-to-secure-erase-reset-an-intel-solid-state-drive-ssd/

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProdId=3114&DwnldID=18455&lang=eng

[Warbitrary]

diglloyd offers a shareware utility for reconditioning SSDs.

http://macperformanceguide.com/Software-DiskTester.html