Any Issues With The Intel 520 SSD With Early 2011 Base 13" MBP

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gregpod9

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Yesterday I ordered the 240GB Intel 520 SSD for my early 2011 base 13" MBP and I would like to know if there are are issues with this SSD with the MBP?

 

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Xerotech

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gregpod9 said:

Yesterday I ordered the 240GB Intel 520 SSD for my early 2011 base 13" MBP and I would like to know if there are are issues with this SSD with the MBP?

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The SSD itself is known to cause BSOD and kernal panics because of the sand force. I believe there were a few firmware updates, however, sand force is a little unreliable. I'd go for the 510 or the samsung 830.

 

Spink10

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gregpod9 said:

Yesterday I ordered the 240GB Intel 520 SSD for my early 2011 base 13" MBP and I would like to know if there are are issues with this SSD with the MBP?

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I purchased one from BestBuy and used it for about a week - then returned it to purchase something different. I had zero problem with it - just wanted to try a faster drive. I had zero problem with it - didnt even need to update the firmware.

 

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lisiac

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the thing is, i cannot do the guid, right now i went to the recovery disk and i'm trying to install the Lion and a friend of mine had installe w7, i just erased it and aparently that was problem, i don't know, i'll wait and see what'll happen.
wish me luck.

 

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gregpod9

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I decided that I will refuse shipment on the Intel 520 SSD from Newegg, because I read from Intel support forums that a lot of people are having issues with the 520 SSD in their MBP. Today I ordered the Crucial M4 256GB SSD.