SSD fail

[G8AMB]

I upgraded my Aluminium Macbook with an SSD a week ago (Kingston 250GB).

Was very pleased with it but last night it failed to boot. I was able to boot from my snow leopard DVD and use disk utility. But I was unable to recover and ended up having to reformat and re-install.

I have to say the process was made easy after making a Lion recovery USB memory stick and using a time machine back up.

But it was not a happy process.

Has anybody else had this happen?

Is it likely to happen again? Could the SSD be faulty?

 

[blackburn]

Kingston jmicron based ssds have issues. I would advice you to return that ssd for a sandforce based one.

 

[G8AMB]

The thing is that it seems to be working again now. So if I returned it they would probably say it was ok when tested?

ANyone have any experience with returning SSDs.

I bought it from ebuyer.co.uk

 

[blackburn]

You can also try to update the ssd firmware. I never had issues with mine, but since yours is a week old they should replace it, I don't know the store return policy, you will have to check on that.

 

[accessoriesguy]

you can always call and ask about return policies. You could also try the firmware update.

That's the main reason I stick to intel and OWC. dependable to the max!