Intel X-25M Gen2 owners, is mine performing as it should?

[Heilage]

Hey guys.

So, previously I've had a Vertex in my MBP, until it died. But before that, it was lightning fast. Somehow, I feel that the X25-M Gen2 80GB for a few months now, and it kinda doesn't feel as fast.

So I benched it with XBench, to get some numbers. Can you guys look it over and compare it to your own results of different kinds when using this?




It might just be some placebo stuff. But I want to check it all out.

 

[Hellhammer]

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/823114/

Looks quite average. Are you using the latest firmware?

 

[Heilage]

Looks quite average. Are you using the latest firmware?

I think so, it doesn't look like Intel has released a firmware update since last year, or am I wrong?

Thanks for the link BTW. Mine seems to be a bit below what those guys are getting, but still not "this is defective"-bad.

 

[Hellhammer]

I think so, it doesn't look like Intel has released a firmware update since last year, or am I wrong?

Looks like they haven't. The latest firmware was posted on 30th of November 2009

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=18363

 

[Heilage]

Well, since mine was bought in May 2010, I'll assume that I have the latest firmware running.

 

[Hellhammer]

Well, since mine was bought in May 2010, I'll assume that I have the latest firmware running.

I would still check that it has the latest firmware, it should be listed in System Profiler. I think the latest firmware for your drive is 02HD.

 

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