Before you put your data on it, check the firmware revision. Upgrade to whatever the latest is, at all costs!!

The "latest" should be 1.23 1.24. It was the release immediately before that which went DOA on me on the first day.

So, UPGRADE the FIRMWARE first!

On the plus side, with these Sandforce controller drives, the upgrades are non-destructive, so anything on the drive (backed up elsewhere for safety, though), is not normally erased by the firmware upgrade.

-ml