Intel SSD 320 firmware fix for 8MB bug

Posted on Thursday, August 18 2011 @ 22:33 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Intel has published new firmware for its SSD 320 series, this update fixes the 8MB bug. You can download the firmware over here.
Intel has posted a firmware update for the Intel® SSD 320 Series (firmware 4PC10362) which addresses the Bad Context 13x Error being discussed on the Communities site and elsewhere. You can download the new firmware here: www.intel.com/go/ssdfirmware

For users unfamiliar with the issue, an Intel SSD 320 Series drive may exhibit a drive capacity of 8MB and an electronic serial # field containing a message of “BAD_CTX 0000013x” caused by an unexpected power loss under specific conditions. Once this error occurs, no data on the SSD can be accessed and the user cannot write to or read from the SSD.


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