Intel Confirms Data Corruption Bug, Halts New SSDs

CWmike writes "Intel has confirmed that its new consumer-class X25-M and X18-M solid state-disk drives (SSDs) suffer from data corruption issues and said it has pulled back shipments to resellers. The X25-M (2.5-inch) and X18-M (1.8-inch) SSDs are based on a joint venture with Micron and used that company's 34-nanometer lithography technology. That process allows for a denser, higher capacity product that brings with it a lower price tag than Intel's previous offerings, which were based on 50-nanometer lithography technology. Intel says the data corruption problem occurs only if a user sets up a BIOS password on the 34-nanometer SSD, then disables or changes the password and reboots the computer. When that happens, the SSD becomes inoperable and the data on it is irretrievable. This is not the first time Intel's X25-M and X18-M SSDs have suffered from firmware bugs. The company's first generation of drives suffered from fragmentation issues resulting in performance degradation over time. Intel issued a firmware upgrade as a fix."

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Re:Test before you ship

[rtb61]

Nah, c'mon, everyone knows what happens if it had been a software fault rather than a hardware fault, you simply lie about it for the first few months, while you create a patch and, blame the software fault on user configurations, hardware, drivers and other applications, then secretly incorporate a fix in the next, bug 'er' security fix.

Weird isn't it, hardware costs more to design and far more to produce and it has real warranties not B$ fantasy warranties and is way more reliable to 'boot' (get it, heh).

Here is a hint, you want to know which product is the most reliable, RTFW, read the F*****G warranty.