Crucial releases firmware fix for M4 SSD's

**Kerry56** · 14-01-2012

The popular M4 SSD's have started malfunctioning after 5184 hours of use. They cause a BSOD in Windows or kernal panic in Linux operating systems. There are reports of crashes in Mac OS X sytems as well.

Crucial has released a new firmware to address this problem, and recommends that it be applied to all M4 SSD's. This will prevent the problem from occurring if you haven't reached that amount of use on your M4 SSD.

The new firmware can be downloaded from here: http://www.crucial.com/support/firmw...&SID=u00000626

*bigmike7* · 15-01-2012

Yo Kerry-

Thank you so very much for this information-eh.

*harley2ride* · 16-01-2012

Just in case anybody else had this issue:
On my win 7 64bit system, I downloaded the firmware and opened the downloaded file,then used the windows "burn to cd" function. Changed my boot sequence, and when it tried to boot, it couldn't recognize the cd as a boot drive, and tried to run a repair.
After a few attempts, I decided to download it to my other system, and burn to cd with imgburn. Put in pc, rebooted (with asrock z68, had to hit f11 to select boot menu, and then select my cd drive). It found the firmware cd and booted properly, but then my Razr Lycosa keyboard wouldnt type to enter "yes". Then I had to grab my old ps2 keyboard, plug it in, reboot again, then the firmware update worked like I charm..

*bigmike7* · 18-01-2012

Yo-

Burned my CD-R with Active@ISO Burner program at 16x - rebooted and it slicked right in with no problems and said '0309' firmware installed at the end.

Thanks again Kerry!

*deanimator* · 09-07-2012

Moi, "ARRRGGGGHHHH....Dang it...it got me...I´m hit!!! cough cough..."

Kerry, "Whoa, Deanimator...ya hit baaard???"

Moi, "F**# you Kerry...yo eva heard of anyone gettin hit good???"

Righto...I has a Crucial M4 128GB SSD with 5243 hours on it...was chuggin along fine...passed the dreaded 5184 hours of use...smiled smugly (eh!) and carried on. Well...a few weeks ago, just before a job in Barvaria (it´s true, the beer is VERY good there!), it did it: BSOD with "missing operating system"
Restarting didn´t help.
Swapped it with the clone copy on a Vertex SSD in my lappy...same.

BUT...the Crucial booted up and ran like normal in my lappy...so seemed to eliminate an SSD failure.
Today...wriggled all the connections, took the RAM sticks out and put them back...et voilà...up and running. Just a loose connection...YAY!

Well, the devil loves a smug idiot eh!

Trying to do a bit of work and down it goes after an hour or so..re-wriggled stuff...restarted, all good...then down boy!

Methinks old Kerry may be right...worth a try anyway.

BRB...or not!

**alan1476** · 09-07-2012

My 512gb Crucial M4 is working just fine. I'll install the update when I get close that amount of hours.

*deanimator* · 09-07-2012

JOB DONE...EASY PEASY...they´ve set up a ZIP file, everything in it. Download, put it on the desktop, open, accept the license stuff, continue...and stand well back with a smallish beer...goes fast all by itself and restarts...says it has the latest firmware...and the world is all pretty colours again!!!

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**alan1476** · 09-07-2012

It was easy ( I needed Wendy help LOL) It fecked up the alignment

**Kerry56** · 09-07-2012

Mine came with the latest firmware already installed, so I didn't have any worries at all. But then, I bought mine almost six months after the fix was released.

*deanimator* · 10-07-2012

After 12 hours, she´s still running.

I pronounce you healed...! Go in peace.

*deanimator* · 10-07-2012

I guess you could call it a crucial update

*bigmike7* · 10-07-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by deanimator

I guess you could call it a crucial update

**alan1476** · 12-07-2012

The neww firmware made the drive a little faster, I wouldnt know about the hours problem as I have not reached that limit yet.

14-01-2012	#1
Kerry56 Administrator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: West Texas Posts: 14,419	Crucial releases firmware fix for M4 SSD's The popular M4 SSD's have started malfunctioning after 5184 hours of use. They cause a BSOD in Windows or kernal panic in Linux operating systems. There are reports of crashes in Mac OS X sytems as well. Crucial has released a new firmware to address this problem, and recommends that it be applied to all M4 SSD's. This will prevent the problem from occurring if you haven't reached that amount of use on your M4 SSD. The new firmware can be downloaded from here: http://www.crucial.com/support/firmw...&SID=u00000626 __________________ Basic Guide for BD Rebuilder BD Rebuilder Guide for MP4 or MKV conversion AVStoDVD Guide

15-01-2012	#2
bigmike7 MyCE Resident Old Fart Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Diehard Old CDFreak Lurking In The Back Of Your Mind Posts: 10,044	Re: Crucial releases firmware fix for M4 SSD's Yo Kerry- Thank you so very much for this information-eh. __________________ Mike (Y) <- - - (a tribute to someone) Brayden & Lil Burnits Proud Cyber Grampie - 'CERCA, TROVA' - 'NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM' Work Computer = ZT Systems i7-2600 CPU w/16GB DDR3-1333 RAM/ Win7 Pro-sp1 /Intel 510 120GB SSD @ SATA3 /Western Digital VelociRaptor 500GB Workstation HDD @ SATA3 /Corsair 650 watt PSU /Pioneer BDR-2207 as BD burner /Lite-On iHBS-112-04 as Reader/Ripper and BD Disc Quality Tester /AOC i2757fh 27 inch S-IPS monitor w/LED backlight /XFX Radeon HD6870 w/2GB GDDR5RAM /Ashampoo Burning Studio 2012 /DVDFab 8QT Burning Computer = HP xw8400 workstation w/ Two Xeon 5160, dual core, 3.0 mhz CPU's w/ 16gb PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM /Win7 Pro-sp1 /Intel X25-M G2 160GB SSD /Western Digital Caviar Black 640gb w/64mb cache HDD /Corsair 850 watt psu / Optiarc AD-5280S-CB-PLUS w/v1.Z7 fw as Disc Burner and Disc Quality Tester /Optiarc AD-5280S-CB-PLUS w/v1.Z7 fw as Disc Reader/Ripper /ATi Radeon HD 5770 w/1gb GDDR5 Ram Videocard /HP 24" LCD /Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 /DVDFab 8QT On The Shelf: (1) Benq 1640, (1)BenQ 1640 @EW168, Pioneer (2) 115D, (3) Optiarc 7200A, Optiarc 7260A, Asus DRW-24b1ST

16-01-2012	#3
harley2ride Video editing software expert Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,088	Re: Crucial releases firmware fix for M4 SSD's Just in case anybody else had this issue: On my win 7 64bit system, I downloaded the firmware and opened the downloaded file,then used the windows "burn to cd" function. Changed my boot sequence, and when it tried to boot, it couldn't recognize the cd as a boot drive, and tried to run a repair. After a few attempts, I decided to download it to my other system, and burn to cd with imgburn. Put in pc, rebooted (with asrock z68, had to hit f11 to select boot menu, and then select my cd drive). It found the firmware cd and booted properly, but then my Razr Lycosa keyboard wouldnt type to enter "yes". Then I had to grab my old ps2 keyboard, plug it in, reboot again, then the firmware update worked like I charm.. __________________ Rob IN WIN Dragon Rider case, Asrock z68 extreme4, core I7 2600k @4.0, cm hyper 212 plus, 8gb Gskill 1600mhz cl8 memory, xfx 6870 & xfx 6850 (crossfire), Samsung pinpoint f3 1tb 7200 rpm hdd, Crucial M4 128gb SSD, wd 600gb velociraptor, 4tb NAS, win 7 pro 64bit, Samsung S203N DVD burner,LG bluray burner, LG 23" IPS236V, Klipsch Pro-Media 5.1 C2D E6550,3gb DDR2-800mhz,150gb 10000rpm raptor (R.I.P.) - replaced with 180GB Intel 330 SSD ,1TB sataII hdd,g eforce 8800 gt, Vista Ultimate, Hanspree 25" LCD ,Samsung bluray DVD reader\dvd\rw16x, Samsung S203N, ADS Pyro A/V Link,Klipsch Pro-Media 5.1 SS

18-01-2012	#4
bigmike7 MyCE Resident Old Fart Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Diehard Old CDFreak Lurking In The Back Of Your Mind Posts: 10,044	Re: Crucial releases firmware fix for M4 SSD's Yo- Burned my CD-R with Active@ISO Burner program at 16x - rebooted and it slicked right in with no problems and said '0309' firmware installed at the end. Thanks again Kerry! __________________ Mike (Y) <- - - (a tribute to someone) Brayden & Lil Burnits Proud Cyber Grampie - 'CERCA, TROVA' - 'NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM' Work Computer = ZT Systems i7-2600 CPU w/16GB DDR3-1333 RAM/ Win7 Pro-sp1 /Intel 510 120GB SSD @ SATA3 /Western Digital VelociRaptor 500GB Workstation HDD @ SATA3 /Corsair 650 watt PSU /Pioneer BDR-2207 as BD burner /Lite-On iHBS-112-04 as Reader/Ripper and BD Disc Quality Tester /AOC i2757fh 27 inch S-IPS monitor w/LED backlight /XFX Radeon HD6870 w/2GB GDDR5RAM /Ashampoo Burning Studio 2012 /DVDFab 8QT Burning Computer = HP xw8400 workstation w/ Two Xeon 5160, dual core, 3.0 mhz CPU's w/ 16gb PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM /Win7 Pro-sp1 /Intel X25-M G2 160GB SSD /Western Digital Caviar Black 640gb w/64mb cache HDD /Corsair 850 watt psu / Optiarc AD-5280S-CB-PLUS w/v1.Z7 fw as Disc Burner and Disc Quality Tester /Optiarc AD-5280S-CB-PLUS w/v1.Z7 fw as Disc Reader/Ripper /ATi Radeon HD 5770 w/1gb GDDR5 Ram Videocard /HP 24" LCD /Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 /DVDFab 8QT On The Shelf: (1) Benq 1640, (1)BenQ 1640 @EW168, Pioneer (2) 115D, (3) Optiarc 7200A, Optiarc 7260A, Asus DRW-24b1ST

09-07-2012	#5
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09-07-2012	#6
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deanimator MyCE Resident Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Between a rock and a ...bar (usually nearer the bar than the rock) Posts: 6,866	After 12 hours, she´s still running. I pronounce you healed...! Go in peace. __________________ ATTENTION THIEVES...I have stuff for you: Dell Vostro 1400 laptop, 2.0 GHz dual core, 3 GB RAM, Vertex 2 60GB SSD, W7 Ultimate, internal Litey clone, external Lite-On 1635SU, & a BenQ EW 164B, numerous external HDDs by Trekstor, Transcend & WD (total about 4TB). ...and a PC with i7-2600k, 12Gb RAM, Crucial M4 128GB SSD & 2TB HDD, W7 Ultimate, and a Dell Ultrasharp U2410 monitor. Canon iP4600 printer, Canon 4200F scanner, Samsung Galaxy S2 i9100 (32GB) phone. GoPro Hero camera. Canon G12 and Canon 5D MkII cameras. Assorted mountain and road racing bikes (one is as pink as this font!) , and a slightly scuffed black BMW 316i coupé to impress chicks with... Oh, and bars, locks, electrified door handles, alarms, video surveillance...& sometimes a hungry dog hangs out there too.What else: Feel free to join my fan club on Facebook as "Dean Nixon Photographer" and on Instagram as "instamann" (just add beer...!).Click here to get to Mordor! Get AnyDVD CloneDVD2 CloneCD here, and don´t forget to read The Rules.

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