Crucial Firmware Update - problems

Mel_P · 18 Oct 2009 at 15:02

I am starting a new thread as I suspect I may not be the only one with "issues".

I installed the SSD and allocated it a primary partition of the full disc size. Shows up in windows.

I have downloaded the firmware and put it on a bootable CD and I also put it in the root of my normal Win7 enterprise test HDD.

I boot to the normal SATA CD and nothinh happens
I boot using a tempory PATA CD drive and it boots to DOS
I can't see the exe file on the CD but I can load it from the HDD.

I run the exe file but the crucial exe says it can't find the SSD drive - it doesn't recognise any SATA drives in DOS?

mb = GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD5P (i7 etc)

Help please!

Mel_P · 19 Oct 2009 at 10:06

Nobody else had this problem??
I'm stuck!

Paul11 · 19 Oct 2009 at 10:10

great idea for a thread , as i am about to update mine and install win 7 (when it arrives)

so any help is greatly appreciated

dagwoood · 19 Oct 2009 at 11:06

Apparently, the boot cd that Crucial offer wont work with SATA drives. Have a look here, it seems creating a bootable USB flash drive with the files on is a workaround for this problem:

http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Solid-S...mware-upgraders-re-Boot-CD-and-SATA/td-p/5921

Mel_P · 19 Oct 2009 at 11:32

Thanks - will try tommorow night - not home till then!

MadMatty · 19 Oct 2009 at 11:49

Have you checked the sata ports are running i ide emulation mode ? this will be required. Then flick em back to whatever they were set at before booting into windows.

Mel_P · 19 Oct 2009 at 20:04

Yes I think so - had IDE at the bottom of the BIOS page.

crazybones · 19 Oct 2009 at 21:30

Yep - same problem despite selecting IDE mode. It wouldn't boot from the ISO image on a cd rom or from a bootable flash drive.

In the end, I dug out a floppy and re-enabled "A" drive. Worked a treat

rick fowler · 20 Oct 2009 at 09:30

please help me get my crucial 64gb ssd to update

ok i have tried for the last hour to get my 2gb usb pen to act as a bootable device for dos,

i downloaded the software from bay-wolf ect

fomated the usb to fat32

add the win98boot file

and nothing is on the usb pen,i changed my boot priority to removable device,rebooted and all i get is please insert a bootable device ect.

what else is there to do to get this to work,i am starting to wish i never brought this ssd now as it all seems like hard work to update the firmware.

please could someone advise me or even help me get this sorted

what files should i be using could someone post them for me please,im not all that techy on things like this so all the help would be great

i d/l loaded the the firmware from crucial i see three files in the rar ct64m,ct128m,ct256m do i use the ct64m only.

please help

Showboat · 20 Oct 2009 at 12:08

I could not get this working with a sata cd drive, even with IDE set in BIOS, i think you either need to have an IDE cd drive or get a bootable usb and copy the .exe to it. Worked a treat for me and only took 1min to flash after the 3hours trying to get the thing booted!

Simon D · 20 Oct 2009 at 12:11

If you drive is a crucial 64gb ssd you should use the ct64m.exe file.

I copy file (CT256M.exe) to a bootable floopy disk and use a usb floppy drive to update my 256gb SSD drive.

I enter my bios change settings to boot from USB floppy drive, also reset SATA drives to IDE mode in my Bios, saved bios and then booted from the floppy drive.

Type in CT256M.exe as I have a 256GB drive software loaded and I followed the instructions.

Rebooted and enter bios settings again and change SATA drive to AHCI mode and saved.

rick fowler · 20 Oct 2009 at 14:27

all sorted now many thanks

where can i get the wiper software want to clean the ssd ready for win7

Showboat · 20 Oct 2009 at 15:59

Surely a format will do the same trick?

Showboat · 20 Oct 2009 at 16:11

Wiper tool:

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=57434

Mel_P · 21 Oct 2009 at 15:31

As I started this thread I will report how I sucessfully updated the firmware on my 128GB drive:

- did it on an "old" P4 machine which has its main C: drive on IDE and the CD drives on IDE but 2 SATA connection on the motherboard (P4P800S)

- burnt a bootable CDRW using Nero with the CT128M.exe file

- booted to the CD and then found the CT128M.exe file on the CD

- typed CT128M at G:drive prompt (my CD drive)

- the Crucial programme ran and found the SSD drive.

- I typed "Y" in response to prompts and it took about 1 millisec to update the firmware and then asked me to reboot. In "control panel / hardware devices / hard drives" the firmware now appears as version 1819.

WHERE IT DIDNT WORK - on my new Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5P PC:

- new PC with SATA CD drive - DOS won't run.
- new PC with old floppy or IDE CD - runs Crucial prog but can't find SSD.

Seems that Crucial software only works on old PCs!!!! It won't work in DOS as the SATA drivers haven't yet been loaded. Presumably on my old PC they are preloaded by the BIOS and are "IDE connections via a SATA socket"?

Mel

Simon D · 21 Oct 2009 at 15:40

Worked OK on my new Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 MB using a USB floppy drive

Mel_P · 21 Oct 2009 at 15:44

Simon D said:
Worked OK on my new Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 MB using a USB floppy drive

Peculiar. Tried a few times - I could boot to DOS with a boot FDD (or a boot CD) on the i7 board but the Crucial prog couldn't find the SSD - which socket did you have it plugged in? An Intel (SATA) or a Gigabyte (GSATA) sockets? Mine was in an Intel socket.

Must have had some setting incompatible!

Mel

Simon D · 21 Oct 2009 at 16:41

It was a Intel (SATA) in IDE mode in Bios

Your board is it Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5P or Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5?

Xelene · 21 Oct 2009 at 17:16

worked for me on ud5-extreme with BIOS in IDE mode using a bootable USB key.

Mel_P · 21 Oct 2009 at 17:28

Peculiar - I had set up RAID1 initially but disconnected these two 1TB drives to connect the SSD and set the thing back to ACHI - perhaps this has left some setting intact that is causing the problem?