Crucial M4 SSD disk error

DennisMadsen · Jan 1, 2013, 04:34 AM

For about an year ago, I got an Crucial M4 SSD installed in my iMac (mid 2011) by an authorized Apple Mechanical. In the old Lion days, it was working absolutely perfect, but after I upgraded ti Mountain Lion there has been some issued with this disk.

First of all, I was no longer able to enable FileVault on the disk. This is strange, as it works absolutely fine on my MacBook Pro (medio 2010) where I have replaced the HDD with a Crucial M4 SSD too.

In the last couple of month, my iMac has been where unstable. I've experienced several times, that I cannot open applications (they never opens when I click the icon ) and sometimes I see an disk IO error in the Console.

I've tried to repair the disk using Disk Utility both in OSX and in the Recovery Mode. But this get me this error:

I'ved tried to restore the OSX from my Time Capsule and a couple of days ago I made a completely clean install of OSX Mountain Lion (I formatted the disk several times), but still I got the same error yesterday. I've updated the firmware on my SSD to version 040H, but this doesn't change anything.

Does anyone have any clues on how to fix/repair my disk? Is there a way to completely reset the SSD?
For me it sound like an corrupt disk, but sadly it is not very easy to replace the disk in an iMac.

After doing the Repair Disk in Recovery Mode I'm no longer able to boot my iMac. I have to reinstall OSX.

myuserid08 · Jan 1, 2013, 05:25 AM

Have you tried removing the partition ?

DennisMadsen · Jan 1, 2013, 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by myuserid08

Have you tried removing the partition ?

Yes, I think. I selected the drive in Disk Utility in Recovery Mode and choose "1 partition" in partition layout instead of Current and clicked Apply. I think that will erase the current partition table and create a new one?

NVRENUF! · Jan 1, 2013, 07:28 AM

have you installed the older osx that worked before just to see if that works ?

if it doesn't then i would say drive has just gone faulty.

if it works fine with old os . then could be some compatibility issue :?

not sure.

natesymer · Jan 1, 2013, 10:50 AM

Have you updated the firmware? What firmware revision are you running?

andrewkendall · Mar 21, 2013, 11:54 AM

Did you ever find out more about this? I have an iMac with a Crucial m4 which is having similar issues.

jmcgeejr · Mar 22, 2013, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrewkendall

Did you ever find out more about this? I have an iMac with a Crucial m4 which is having similar issues.

I had his issue, needed a firmware update to sort it out.

B.A.T · Mar 22, 2013, 08:24 AM

+1 on firmware

Jan 1, 2013, 04:34 AM	#1
DennisMadsen macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2010	Crucial M4 SSD disk error For about an year ago, I got an Crucial M4 SSD installed in my iMac (mid 2011) by an authorized Apple Mechanical. In the old Lion days, it was working absolutely perfect, but after I upgraded ti Mountain Lion there has been some issued with this disk. First of all, I was no longer able to enable FileVault on the disk. This is strange, as it works absolutely fine on my MacBook Pro (medio 2010) where I have replaced the HDD with a Crucial M4 SSD too. In the last couple of month, my iMac has been where unstable. I've experienced several times, that I cannot open applications (they never opens when I click the icon ) and sometimes I see an disk IO error in the Console. I've tried to repair the disk using Disk Utility both in OSX and in the Recovery Mode. But this get me this error: I'ved tried to restore the OSX from my Time Capsule and a couple of days ago I made a completely clean install of OSX Mountain Lion (I formatted the disk several times), but still I got the same error yesterday. I've updated the firmware on my SSD to version 040H, but this doesn't change anything. Does anyone have any clues on how to fix/repair my disk? Is there a way to completely reset the SSD? For me it sound like an corrupt disk, but sadly it is not very easy to replace the disk in an iMac. After doing the Repair Disk in Recovery Mode I'm no longer able to boot my iMac. I have to reinstall OSX.
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Jan 1, 2013, 07:28 AM	#4
NVRENUF! macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: PERTH, Australia	have you installed the older osx that worked before just to see if that works ? if it doesn't then i would say drive has just gone faulty. if it works fine with old os . then could be some compatibility issue :? not sure. __________________ 27" Late 2012 \| 120gb SSD \| 680mx 2gig \| 3.4ghz I7 \| 24gig ram \| 27" Late 2011, 120 gig SSD, 512mb GPU, I5 2 x Iphone 5, 1 x Iphone 4s, 1 x Ipad 3 , 1 x Ipad 2
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Jan 1, 2013, 10:50 AM	#5
natesymer macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: New Jersey	Have you updated the firmware? What firmware revision are you running? __________________ MacBookPro8,1 - 2.7 GHz i7, 16GB RAM, 2x 256GB Crucial M4 Hackintosh - i5 3570K, 16GB RAM, 3x 256GB Samsung 840 Pro
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Mar 21, 2013, 11:54 AM	#6
andrewkendall macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2005	Did you ever find out more about this? I have an iMac with a Crucial m4 which is having similar issues. __________________ http://www.andrewkendall.com/
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Jan 1, 2013, 05:25 AM	#2
myuserid08 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Mar 2008	Have you tried removing the partition ?
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Mar 22, 2013, 08:24 AM	#8
B.A.T macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Idaho	+1 on firmware
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