OK, I see that Intel has admitted there is an unsolved issue with the 320s. But seriously, there is absolutely no proof that their return rate is any higher than other Intel SSDs. You should totally go for it.
You should completely ignore all this crap about a 320 bug. I have heard that it doesn't even really exist. It was possibly completely made up by one of Intel's competitors. Just what I've heard. Not confirmed of course.
Someone finally got a response from Intel tech support (via phone) about the 320 problem here. Basically, they said they HOPE to have a firmware update in the next few weeks. But it's not guaranteed.
Another person is claiming here that Intel told him there is NO timeframe for the fix and...
2500k with a Gigabyte GA-H67A-UD3H-B3 board. No overclocking. Major motherboard problems within a few days (boot cycling in particular). Nothing wrong with the processor as far as I can tell.
Regarding the 320s...
I think the bottom line is that only Intel knows the real failure rate of these drives. Yes, it's possible that they are not failing any more than any other Intel SSDs. It's possible that, because the current issue is now identifiable as the "8MB bug", that you're...
Yes, I was going to RMA my "8MB bug"-infested (but now reformatted) 320 but I'm going to hold off now too, knowing that the issue will be resolved by Intel shortly.
I had this happen to me with a new Intel 320 120GB SSD (boot drive). Luckily I wasn't really using the system yet, just installing software and testing. But it's complete data loss and can only be "fixed" (i.e. reformatted) with a serious secure erase (using HDDErase in my case).
In my case...
You should be aware of a potential problem with the 320 drives before you order one.
http://communities.intel.com/thread/22227?start=0&tstart=0
Finally acknowledged by Intel
http://communities.intel.com/message/131852#131852
Obviously this isn't happening to every 320 SSD out there, but it is...
Apparently they're at least acknowledging it now, but they haven't said what they're going to do about it. I think I'll give them about two weeks before I return it for a refund.
Be careful with the Intel 320 SSDs. They can get zapped from 80GB to 8MB (complete loss of data) in some cases when power is cut.
See this recent thread: Is 320 firmware buggy?
Happened to me, though I just yesterday was able to fix it using HDDErase v3.3.
Intel hasn't acknowledged the...
I was able to reformat the drive with HDDErase using these instructions. The drive is once again showing up in BIOS as 120GB. Using it in Win7 as a non-boot drive and it passed all the Intel SSD "health" tests.
Now I just have to decide if I'm willing to continue to gamble with this thing...
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