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New X-25M/18M firmware out again - anyone tried it yet?

Yeah, installed it here. Absolutely no problems. I had installed the one that got pulled as well so already had the speed improvements that that brought.
 
macfrik said:
Same thing here. Installed in my gen 2 Intel SSD no problem at all.
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Did you guys install it without using the instructions in the .pdf, or did you simply just burn the .iso to a disk and straight install? The .pdf said that it is advisable to install the SSD in another non-NVIDIA based system, update the firmware and then return the drive to your mac.
 
No noticeable improvements, but I upgraded from the last firmware that was pulled due to TRIM issues under Windows 7, and there was a slight speed increase with that upgrade.

Regardless, it's working perfectly.
 
bware189 said:
Did you guys install it without using the instructions in the .pdf, or did you simply just burn the .iso to a disk and straight install? The .pdf said that it is advisable to install the SSD in another non-NVIDIA based system, update the firmware and then return the drive to your mac.
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Cheers for the responses people.

I upgraded mine no problems by burning the iso using disk utility and booting from it. The actual boot and loading of the utility takes a while, but then the flashing is instantaneous. I followed the instructions and rebooted again from the cd to make sure the right firmware was reported too. All was nicely stress-free.

No great shakes in xbench performance increases, but happy for the free speed increase nonetheless. I suspect mine may have come with a newer firmware anyway as it was only manufactured Oct 09.
 
just checking on this - does the flashing have any impact on the current contents of the disk?

Do you need to wipe it to perform the update??
 
louden said:
just checking on this - does the flashing have any impact on the current contents of the disk?

Do you need to wipe it to perform the update??
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No impact, you are flashing the drive's controller firmware, nothing on the drive's data itself.
 
I wish I had seen that NewEgg had the X-25M-G2 on Black Friday for $215... Now I refuse to buy one for more.
 
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