After a relatively straightforward physical installation of this drive into an older PC tower chassis, my troubles began. Countless attempts were made at installing Windows (more than half a dozen tries at the least) and it would seem that no sooner had I gotten the OS installed, the system would crash - especially when trying to install updates or device drivers (basically anything that would write long blocks of data to the SSD)
After banging my head against a brick wall, I discovered that Crucial had released updated firmware for the BX200 series just a few days before my purchase. My drive had shipped with a v.1 firmware, so I quickly set about the update process (which can be found on Crucial's website) This seems to have cured the glitches, as I was then able to do an OS install, driver updates etc. without any problems.
So: anyone who has bought or is considering buying this SSD would be well to check if it has the latest firmware when your drive arrives.
Oh, and on a related note about folk complaining about the drive being slow: SiSoft's SANDRA benchmark has the drive giving an average read performance of 216.14Mb/sec. Perhaps the updated firmware has somehow alleviated prior poor performance?
| Brand | Crucial |
|---|---|
| Product Dimensions | 13 x 1.91 x 13 cm; 100 Grams |
| Item model number | CT480BX200SSD1 |
| Manufacturer | Micron |
| Series | BX200 |
| Color | Silver |
| Form Factor | 2.5 inches |
| Hard Drive Size | 480 GB |
| Hard Drive Interface | Solid State |
| Hardware Platform | PC, Mac |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Item Weight | 100 g |