Intel Promises To Fix Bricked SSD Bug

SSD’s are nice, but that doesn’t mean they’re immune to problems. Last month Intel released a bugging firmware update tool for its 34nm X25-M SSD. Unfortunately the software was pulled the next day because a number of Windows 7 users running a 64-bit version of the OS complained that the software bricked the SSDs. Intel is classifying this issue as high priority, and are asking folks with affected drives to send the drives directly back to Intel. Apparently the firmware update (02HA) itself is fine, just that the firmware upgrade tool was buggy. Ouch.