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... attributes are above their threshold levels. • Warning (red) - Note: Drive Health is reported for Firmware Updates. Note: The Intel SSD Optimizer does not run on an Intel® X25-E Solid-State Drive or Intel® Solid-State Drive 510 Series, use the Intel® SATA Solid-State Drive Firmware Update Tool available at http://www.intel.com/go/ssdfirmware. Firmware Version On the home screen, Firmware...
... attributes are above their threshold levels. • Warning (red) - Note: Drive Health is reported for Firmware Updates. Note: The Intel SSD Optimizer does not run on an Intel® X25-E Solid-State Drive or Intel® Solid-State Drive 510 Series, use the Intel® SATA Solid-State Drive Firmware Update Tool available at http://www.intel.com/go/ssdfirmware. Firmware Version On the home screen, Firmware...
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...not include the time that could not be tracked. Program Fail Count AB The raw value shows total count of times SATA interface selected lower signaling rate due to 100 percent availability of these events, and therefore, must be recovered using Error Correction Code (...number of power-on an offset from internal temperature sensor. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 13 Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Start/Stop Count 04 For Intel SSDs, reports a fixed value of erase fail. Erase Fail Count AC The raw value ...
...not include the time that could not be tracked. Program Fail Count AB The raw value shows total count of times SATA interface selected lower signaling rate due to 100 percent availability of these events, and therefore, must be recovered using Error Correction Code (...number of power-on an offset from internal temperature sensor. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 13 Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Start/Stop Count 04 For Intel SSDs, reports a fixed value of erase fail. Erase Fail Count AC The raw value ...
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...and refresh the SMART information for this workload timer. The normalized value is likely that are read by the host system. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 14 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Device Internal C2 Reports internal temperature of the reserved space. Timed...value direct from 0 to 100 percent availability of the SSD. Timed Workload Timer E4 Measures the elapsed time (number of encountered SATA interface Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) errors. Available Reserved Space E8 Reports the number of cycles the NAND media has undergone. Media...
...and refresh the SMART information for this workload timer. The normalized value is likely that are read by the host system. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 14 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Device Internal C2 Reports internal temperature of the reserved space. Timed...value direct from 0 to 100 percent availability of the SSD. Timed Workload Timer E4 Measures the elapsed time (number of encountered SATA interface Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) errors. Available Reserved Space E8 Reports the number of cycles the NAND media has undergone. Media...
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... the firmware following icon appears next to the latest firmware available with this release of Intel SSD Toolbox. Note: To update firmware on an Intel® X25-E Solid-State Drive or Intel® Solid-State Drive 510 Series, use during the firmware update process. To update the firmware on these ...a newer version, click Check For Updates at http://www.intel.com/go/ssdfirmware. Minimize system use the Intel® SATA Solid-State Drive Firmware Update Tool available at the bottom of the Intel SSD Toolbox. Reboot your Intel SSD contains an older version of firmware than the version...
... the firmware following icon appears next to the latest firmware available with this release of Intel SSD Toolbox. Note: To update firmware on an Intel® X25-E Solid-State Drive or Intel® Solid-State Drive 510 Series, use during the firmware update process. To update the firmware on these ...a newer version, click Check For Updates at http://www.intel.com/go/ssdfirmware. Minimize system use the Intel® SATA Solid-State Drive Firmware Update Tool available at the bottom of the Intel SSD Toolbox. Reboot your Intel SSD contains an older version of firmware than the version...
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...Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 22 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US The System Tuner displays services that uses any Intel SSD(s). Superfetch is also used applications to system memory to reduce load times. DIPM should be disabled on an Intel SSD and should be disabled for managing SATA...write files to and from the disk. In Windows XP, ReadyBoost is the most frequently used to facilitate SuperFetch. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Tuning your System Running System Tuner Use the System Tuner to check your system and adjust settings ...
...Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 22 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US The System Tuner displays services that uses any Intel SSD(s). Superfetch is also used applications to system memory to reduce load times. DIPM should be disabled on an Intel SSD and should be disabled for managing SATA...write files to and from the disk. In Windows XP, ReadyBoost is the most frequently used to facilitate SuperFetch. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Tuning your System Running System Tuner Use the System Tuner to check your system and adjust settings ...
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... Management or Power Options. 8. Click OK. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Changing System Tuner Settings System Tuner can configure services to optimize your system for use these instructions, the selected Intel SSD must manually configure the service. To manually... Intel SSDs for managing SATA link power. Right-click Attributes in Microsoft Windows* 7. Click OK. 6. Click Change plan settings next to an AHCI controller. Expand the AHCI Link Power Management - HIPM/DIPM option. 12. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive ...
... Management or Power Options. 8. Click OK. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Changing System Tuner Settings System Tuner can configure services to optimize your system for use these instructions, the selected Intel SSD must manually configure the service. To manually... Intel SSDs for managing SATA link power. Right-click Attributes in Microsoft Windows* 7. Click OK. 6. Click Change plan settings next to an AHCI controller. Expand the AHCI Link Power Management - HIPM/DIPM option. 12. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive ...
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...The system must allow access to the SATA power cable connected to keep any data onto another drive if you run from the SSD. Secure Erase cannot be removed from the SSD. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 27 Secure Erase is... the ATA Security Erase Unit command and the Enhanced Erase Mode command to delete a partition on an Intel SSD in Microsoft Windows* in your Intel SSD. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Performing a Secure Erase About Secure Erase Secure Erase permanently deletes all data unavailable on ...
...The system must allow access to the SATA power cable connected to keep any data onto another drive if you run from the SSD. Secure Erase cannot be removed from the SSD. September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 27 Secure Erase is... the ATA Security Erase Unit command and the Enhanced Erase Mode command to delete a partition on an Intel SSD in Microsoft Windows* in your Intel SSD. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide Performing a Secure Erase About Secure Erase Secure Erase permanently deletes all data unavailable on ...
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... STANDBY IMMEDIATE command to the SSD, which results in the warning message. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 28 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US To prepare the SSD for hardware changes). Power-cycle the SSD by removing the SATA power cable from your system configuration, this may appear to stop responding during...
... STANDBY IMMEDIATE command to the SSD, which results in the warning message. Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox User Guide 28 September 2011 Order Number: 325912-001US To prepare the SSD for hardware changes). Power-cycle the SSD by removing the SATA power cable from your system configuration, this may appear to stop responding during...
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... information does not appear for a selected drive If the SMART Details option is not available for Intel SSDs only with SMART enabled. All Intel SSDs are supported except: • Intel® X25-E Solid-State Drive • Intel® Solid-State Drive 510 Series For these SSDs, use the Intel® SATA Solid-State Drive Firmware Update Tool located at: http://www.intel.com/go/ssdfirmware Note: The Firmware...
... information does not appear for a selected drive If the SMART Details option is not available for Intel SSDs only with SMART enabled. All Intel SSDs are supported except: • Intel® X25-E Solid-State Drive • Intel® Solid-State Drive 510 Series For these SSDs, use the Intel® SATA Solid-State Drive Firmware Update Tool located at: http://www.intel.com/go/ssdfirmware Note: The Firmware...
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... information on Intel Solid-State Drives, go to http://www.intel.com/go/ssd. Reference Documents Document Document No./Location ATA-7 Volume 1 Specification, April 2004 http://www.t13.org/Documents/UploadedDocuments/docs2007/D1532v1r4bAT_Attachment_with_Packet_Interface_-_7_Volume_1.pdf SATA Rev 2.6 Specification, February 2007 http://www.sata-io.org Revision History Date September 2011 Revision 001 Initial release Description Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox...
... information on Intel Solid-State Drives, go to http://www.intel.com/go/ssd. Reference Documents Document Document No./Location ATA-7 Volume 1 Specification, April 2004 http://www.t13.org/Documents/UploadedDocuments/docs2007/D1532v1r4bAT_Attachment_with_Packet_Interface_-_7_Volume_1.pdf SATA Rev 2.6 Specification, February 2007 http://www.sata-io.org Revision History Date September 2011 Revision 001 Initial release Description Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox...