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Intel® Solid State Drive Firmware Update Tool
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Intel® SSD Firmware Update Tool Revision History
Date
Software
Revision
Description
March 2018
3.0.1
This revision adds a firmware update for the Intel® SSD 540s, Pro 5400s, E 5400s and
DC S3100 Series drives.
February 2018
3.0.0
This revision adds a firmware update for the Intel® SSD DC S4500/S4600 Series and
Intel® SSD DC P4500/P4600 Series and Intel® SSD DC P4510/P4610 Series and Intel®
Optane™ SSD DC P4800X Series devices along with following tool changes:
Convert interface from GUI to CLI only. Refer to latest user guide.
September 2017
2.2.3
This revision adds a firmware update for the Intel® SSD 545s and DC S3520 Series.
July 2017
2.2.2
This revision adds a firmware update for the Intel® SSD 540s and Pro 5400s Series.
May 2017
2.2.1
This revision adds a firmware update for the Intel® Optane™ Memory, the Intel® SSD
600p, Pro 6000p, E 6000p, 540s, Pro 5400s and E 5400s Series, and Intel® SSD DC
P3100 and DC S3100.
Known Limitation: Intel SSD Firmware Update Tool will not work on Intel® Optane™
Memory when configured as a system accelerator.
April 2017
2.2.0
This revision includes updates to the tool’s bootable Linux environment addressing
various loading issues seen on earlier versions.
This revision adds firmware updates for the Intel® SSD 750, Intel® SSD Pro 5400s
(80/120GB), Intel® SSD DC P3520 and Intel® SSD DC S3520 Series products.
December 2016
2.1.7
This revision adds a firmware update for the Intel® SSD 600p, Intel® SSD Pro 6000p,
Intel® SSD E 6000p, Intel® SSD DC P3100, Intel® SSD DC S3610 and the Intel® SSD DC
S3710 Series products.
October 2016
2.1.6
This revision adds a firmware update for the Intel® SSD 750 Series products.
July 2016
2.1.5
This revision adds a firmware update for the Intel® SSD 540s, E 5400s, Pro 5400s
Series and the Intel® SSD DC S3100 Series products.
June 2016
2.1.3
This revision adds a firmware update for the Intel® SSD 540s, E 5400s Series and the
Intel® SSD DC S3100 Series products.
March 2016
2.1.2
This revision adds a firmware update for the Intel® SSD DC S3700, DC S3500, DC
S3710, DC S3610 and DC S3510 Series products.
November 2015
2.1.1
This revision adds a firmware update for the Intel® SSD 750 Series products.
October 2015
2.1.0
This revision adds a firmware update for the Intel® SSD 750, 535, and Pro 2500
Series and the Intel® SSD DC S3710, DC S3610, DC S3510, DC S3500 M.2 and DC
S3500 HD Series drives along with the following tool changes:
Prevents firmware update on unhealthy drives
Added notification if drive in bootloader state
Added detection of PCIe* NVMe* products
December 2014
2.0.14
This revision clarified 512B/4KB support for the Intel® SSD DC S3700 and S3500
products. No firmware changes were made from the previous release.
July 2014
2.0.13
This revision fixes issues associated with working on several Apple* systems. No
firmware changes were made from the previous release.
February 2014
2.0.10
This revision adds firmware updates for both Intel® SSD DC S3700 and S3500
products.
December 2013
2.0.9
This revision adds a firmware update for all of the Intel® SSD 530 Series drives.
August 2013
2.0.6
This revision adds a firmware update for the Intel® SSD 530 Series. No other firmware
changes were made from the previous release.
July 2013
2.0.4
This revision adds a firmware update for the Intel® SSD DC S3500 series. No other
firmware changes were made from the previous release.
June 2013
2.0.3
This revision changes the Firmware Update Tool from a command line to a graphic
user interface and adds the ability to update multiple Intel SSDs with a single button.
November 2012
1.9.3
This revision adds a firmware update for the Intel® SSD 335 series
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Date
Software
Revision
Description
No other firmware changes were made from the previous release.
September 2011
1.9.2
This revision of the Firmware Update Tool:
Fixes issues associated with correctly detecting Intel SSDs in Apple* systems
Updates Intel 320 Series firmware specific to Lenovo* systems to the most
current version.
No other firmware changes were made from the previous release.
Intel® Optane™ Memory
Click on the appropriate Memory to go to the firmware revision history for your unit:
Memory
Latest Firmware Version(s)
Intel® Optane™ Memory Revision History
K3110310
List of Intel® Solid State Drives
NOTE: If you purchased your Intel SSD from an OEM, your firmware version may have a different naming. Contact your
local OEM representative for the latest firmware revisions.
Click on the appropriate SSD to go to the firmware revision history for your drive:
Solid State Drive
Intel® Solid State Drive DC P3520 Series
Intel® Solid State Drive DC P3100 Series
Intel® Solid State Drive DC S3710 Series
Intel® Solid State Drive DC S3700 Series
Intel® Solid State Drive DC S3610 Series
Intel® Solid State Drive DC S3520 Series
Intel® Solid State Drive DC S3510 Series
Intel® Solid State Drive DC S3500 Series
Intel® Solid State Drive DC S3100 Series
Intel® Solid State Drive DC S4500/S4600 Series
Intel® Solid State Drive DC P4500/P4600 Series
Intel® Solid State Drive DC P4510/P4610 Series
Intel® Solid State Drive E 6000p Series
Intel® Solid State Drive E 5400s Series
Intel® Solid State Drive Pro 6000p Series
Intel® Solid State Drive Pro 5400s Series
Intel® Solid State Drive Pro 2500 Series
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Solid State Drive
Intel® Solid State Drive 750 Series
Intel® Solid State Drive 600p Series
Intel® Solid State Drive 545s Series
Intel® Solid State Drive 540s Series
Intel® Solid State Drive 535 Series
Intel® Solid State Drive 530 Series
Intel® Solid State Drive 335 Series
Intel® Solid State Drive 320 Series
Intel® X25-E (50nm) SSD
Intel® X18-M/X25-M (50nm) SSD
Intel® X18-M/X25-M/25-V (34nm) SSD
Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X Series
Intel® Solid State Drive DC S4500 and S4600 Series Revision History
Date
Firmware Revision
Description
February 2018
SCV10111
SBUB0018
The following changes are included in this firmware update:
Improved Random Read performance
Faster Secure Erase of the drive
Bug fixes from previous firmware SCV10100.
Please see Intel SSD DC S4500 S4600 Series updated sightings report
for all bug fixes in SCV10111
Intel® Solid State Drive DC P4500 and P4600 Series Revision History
Date
Firmware Revision
Description
February 2018
QDV10170
QB1B0122
The following changes are included in this firmware update:
Fixed SATA CRC errors seen when running at 3Gbps
Corrected SMART 05h behavior
Fixed power consumption on Staggered Spin-up.
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Intel® Solid State Drive DC P4510 and P4610 Series Revision History
Date
Firmware Revision
Description
February 2018
VDV10120
VB1B0053
The following changes are included in this firmware update:
Support for higher capacity 4, 8 TB SKUs. Unified binary for
1, 2, 4, 8 TB SKUs.
Other drive stability & functionality fixes.
Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X Series Revision History
Date
Firmware Revision
Description
February 2018
E2010324 (375GB)
EB3B0306
E2010325 (750GB)
EB3B0309
The following changes are included in this firmware update:
Bug fixes from previous firmware on 375GB (from FW:
E2010320)
Note that 750GB was qualified on firmware E2010325. There
is no maintenance release past that FW. Additionally, there is
limited applicability of this firmware on qual samples. Please
reach out to Intel representative if your 750GB samples are
on earlier revision than FW E2010325.
Intel® Optane™ Memory Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
May 2017
K3110310
This firmware version contains fixes for intermittent enumeration issues.
Intel® Solid State Drive DC P3520 Series Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
March 2017
MDV10271
This firmware versions contain the following enhancements:
Improvements to drive behavior during die offline events, LBA
mismatches, handling errors during PLI events
Boot drive capability issue addressed
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Intel® Solid State Drive DC P3100 Series Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
May 2017
119D
This firmware versions contain the following enhancements:
Improved link initializations
This firmware versions contain fixes for the following issues:
Drive hangs intermittently after Format NVM command.
Format NVM command occasionally failing with PCIe ASPM
enabled.
Data miscompare caused by intermittent data corruption during
heavy write workload with small file transfer size.
Incorrect drive behavior for command with Forced Unit Access
setting.
December 2016
109D
This firmware versions contain the following enhancements:
Improvements to PHY initialization process
Improved end of life management of bad blocks for better
reliability
This firmware versions contain fixes for the following issues:
Fixed potential issue of incorrect data may be read during
resume from low power state
Intel® Solid State Drive DC S3710 and DC S3610 Series Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
December 2016
G2010160
This firmware version includes support for the ACS-3 command set.
March 2016
G2010150
The following changes are included in this firmware update:
Fixed SATA CRC errors seen when running at 3Gbps
Corrected SMART 05h behavior
Fixed power consumption on Staggered Spin-up.
This latest firmware also includes a fix for a specific use condition where
in certain cases if the device receives a command that violates the SATA
protocol specification, the drive may ASSERT or stop responding to host
commands (See Intel Advisory INTEL-SA-00050).
October 2015
G2010140
This release provides the following improvements:
Added support for SMART Attribute F3h
Modification to Secure Erase to include NAND Erase
Improvements to the Maximum Latency for all Sequential and
Random Write workloads
Added a fourth PHY mode setting to accommodate long
interconnects (> 8-inches)
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Intel® Solid State Drive DC S3700 Series Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
March 2016
5DV12270
This latest firmware include a fix for a specific use condition where in
certain cases if the device receives a command that violates the SATA
protocol specification, the drive may ASSERT or stop responding to host
commands. (See Intel Advisory INTEL-SA-00050).
February 2014
0270
This release provides the following improvements:
In the unlikely event that a drive fails, the drive will now report
the correct serial number and actual capacity. The error code is
available in ID block word 140 and GPL address 0xDD.
When a power-off is less than 500ms the drive will automatically
reset and allow proper drive enumeration.
Support for the reporting of both 512B and 4KB physical sector
size. The default setting is 4K as reported in Word 106 of the
identifying drive data. The default sector size can be changed by
using the Intel® Solid State Drive Data Center Tool.
As blocks are retired, the SMART E8h value will decrease linearly.
After a power cycle, timed workload variables will resume from
the last saved values and update after 60 minutes and every
minute thereafter.
SMART Attribute 05h now has a normalized value of 100.
SMART Attribute C2h now reports the correct temperature.
June, 2013
0265
This release addresses the following issues:
The drive may exhibit longer latency behind certain HBA/RAID
cards under specific sequential workloads.
SMART attribute EAh was not correctly incrementing.
Drive returns incorrect response or becomes unresponsive to an
LBA write above 32bit address.
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Intel® Solid State Drive DC S3520 Series Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
September 2017
N2010121
These firmware versions contain fixes for the following issues:
Subsequent firmware updates no longer require a power cycle of
the system.
Drive may enter a disabled logical state or report SMART AFh
failure if powered on after storage in certain conditions.
Drive may enter disabled logical state when executing SMART
Extended self-test routine in captive mode.
Sanitize feature set cannot be re-enabled following an SSP
disable and COMRESET
Misc. sightings closure and improvement on product health.
March 2017
N2010112
(2.5” only)
These firmware versions contain fixes for the following issues:
Correction to SMART attribute BBh and F1h increment behavior
Fix to drive behavior when power loss occurs during Secure
Erase
Fixed issue where SCT Extended Status Code, Action Code and
Function Code were not being cleared on a COMRESET
Fix to address occasional Standby Immediate failure
Legacy ATA commands not relevant in ACS-3 no longer aborted
Correction to drive behavior when running SMART self-test using
Smartctl* and ABORT command received
Intel® Solid State Drive DC S3510 Series Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
March 2016
G2010150
The following changes are included in this firmware update:
Fixed SATA CRC errors seen when running at 3Gbps
Corrected SMART 05h behavior
Fixed power consumption on Staggered Spin-up.
This latest firmware also includes a fix for a specific use condition where
in certain cases if the device receives a command that violates the SATA
protocol specification, the drive may ASSERT or stop responding to host
commands (See Intel Advisory INTEL-SA-00050).
October 2015
G2010140
This release provides the following improvements:
Added support for SMART Attribute F3h
Modification to Secure Erase to include NAND Erase
Improvements to the Maximum Latency for all Sequential and
Random Write workloads
Added a fourth PHY mode setting to accommodate long
interconnects (> 8-inches)
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Intel® Solid State Drive DC S3500 Series Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
March 2016
For DC S3500 M.2,
DC S3500 HD only
G2010150
For DC S3500 only
D2012370
These latest firmware versions include a fix for a specific use condition
where in certain cases if the device receives a command that violates the
SATA protocol specification, the drive may ASSERT or stop responding to
host commands (See Intel Advisory INTEL-SA-00050).
October 2015
For DC S3500 M.2
DC S3500 HD
only
G2010140
This firmware release is only applicable for the Intel® SSD DC S3500 M.2
and DC S3500 HD Series drives.
This release provides the following improvements:
Added support for SMART Attribute F3h
Modification to Secure Erase to include NAND Erase
Improvements to the Maximum Latency for all Sequential and
Random Write workloads
Added a fourth PHY mode setting to accommodate long
interconnects (> 8-inches)
February 2014
0370
This release provides the following improvements:
In the unlikely event that a drive fails, the drive will now report
the correct serial number and actual capacity. The error code is
available in ID block word 140 and GPL address 0xDD.
When a power-off is less than 500ms the drive will automatically
reset and allow proper drive enumeration.
Support for the reporting of both 512B and 4KB physical sector
size. The default setting is 4K as reported in Word 106 of the
identifying drive data. The default sector size can be changed by
using the Intel® Solid State Drive Data Center Tool.
As blocks are retired, the SMART E8h value will decrease linearly.
After a power cycle, timed workload variables will resume from
the last saved values and update after 60 minutes and every
minute thereafter.
SMART Attribute 05h now has a normalized value of 100.
SMART Attribute C2h now reports the correct temperature.
July, 2013
0355
This release provides an update to the SMART Error Log after download
microcode command is executed. Other ongoing improvements were
made to address manufacturability and IOPs consistency.
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Intel® Solid State Drive DC S3100 Series Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
March 2018
042D
This firmware version contains fixes for the following issues:
Fixed issue that, in some extreme cases, may result in user losing
access to drive.
May 2017
041D
This firmware versions contain the following enhancements:
Optimized SATA signal integrity
Optimized behavior entering and resuming from low-power
states
This firmware versions contain fixes for the following issues:
Intermittent errors when resuming from unsafe shutdown
Fixed issues around use in Connected Standby
Fixes to intermittent boot error in Linux
Mitigates a security vulnerability which in some cases resulted in
corruption of user’s data (see Intel Advisory INTEL-SA-00079)
July 2016
036D
This firmware release provides the following change
Fixes issue that BSOD occurs during S3/S4 resume on systems
supporting devsleep
Mitigates a security vulnerability which in some cases resulted in
corruption of user’s data (see Intel Advisory INTEL-SA-00055)
June 2016
031D
This firmware release provides the following changes:
Corrected SMART AAh, E8h, ABh, and ACh behavior
Corrected DIPM enabled after COMRESET issue
Corrected errant FIS causing BSOD when Write Cache disabled
Corrected SATA NCQ Command Error log reporting issue
Mitigated a security vulnerability which in some cases resulted in
corruption of user’s data (see Intel Advisory INTEL-SA-00053).
Intel® Solid State Drive E 6000p Series Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
May 2017
121E
This firmware versions contain the following enhancements:
Improved link initializations
This firmware versions contain fixes for the following issues:
Drive hangs intermittently after Format NVM command.
Format NVM command occasionally failing with PCIe ASPM
enabled.
Data miscompare caused by intermittent data corruption during
heavy write workload with small file transfer size.
Incorrect drive behavior for command with Forced Unit Access
setting.
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Revision
Description
December 2016
109E
This firmware versions contain the following enhancements:
Improvements to PHY initialization process
Improved end of life management of bad blocks for better
reliability
These firmware versions contain fixes for the following issues:
Fixed potential issue of incorrect data may be read during
resume from low power state
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Intel® Solid State Drive E 5400s Series Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
March 2018
042E
This firmware version contains fixes for the following issues:
Fixed issue that, in some extreme cases, may result in user losing
access to drive.
May 2017
041E
This firmware versions contain the following enhancements:
Optimized SATA signal integrity
Optimized behavior entering and resuming from low-power
states
This firmware versions contain fixes for the following issues:
Intermittent errors when resuming from unsafe shutdown
Fixed issues around use in Connected Standby
Fixes to intermittent boot error in Linux
Mitigates a security vulnerability which in some cases resulted in
corruption of user’s data (see Intel Advisory INTEL-SA-00079)
July 2016
036E
This firmware release provides the following change
Fixes issue that BSOD occurs during S3/S4 resume on systems
supporting devsleep
Mitigates a security vulnerability which in some cases resulted in
corruption of user’s data (see Intel Advisory INTEL-SA-00055)
June 2016
031E
This firmware release provides the following changes:
Corrected SMART AAh, E8h, ABh, and ACh behavior
Corrected DIPM enabled after COMRESET issue
Corrected errant FIS causing BSOD when Write Cache disabled
Corrected SATA NCQ Command Error log reporting issue
Mitigated a security vulnerability which in some cases resulted in
corruption of user’s data (see Intel Advisory INTEL-SA-00053).
Intel® Solid State Drive Pro 6000p Series Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
May 2017
121P
This firmware versions contain the following enhancements:
Improved link initializations
This firmware versions contain fixes for the following issues:
Drive hangs intermittently after Format NVM command.
Format NVM command occasionally failing with PCIe ASPM
enabled.
Data miscompare caused by intermittent data corruption during
heavy write workload with small file transfer size.
Incorrect drive behavior for command with Forced Unit Access
setting.
Mitigates a security vulnerability INTEL-SA-00078
December 2016
109P
This firmware versions contain the following enhancements:
Improvements to PHY initialization process
Improved end of life management of bad blocks for better
reliability
These firmware versions contain fixes for the following issues:
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Fixed potential issue of incorrect data may be read during
resume from low power state
Intel® Solid State Drive Pro 5400s Series Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
March 2018
042P/016P
This firmware version contains fixes for the following issues:
Fixed issue that, in some extreme cases, may result in user losing
access to drive.
July 2017
041P/015P
Added support for 256GB/512GB skus: - same firmware changes as listed
below.
May 2017
This firmware versions contain the following enhancements:
Optimized SATA signal integrity
Optimized behavior entering and resuming from low-power
states
This firmware versions contain fixes for the following issues:
Intermittent errors when resuming from unsafe shutdown
Fixed issues around use in Connected Standby
Fixes to intermittent boot error in Linux
Mitigates a security vulnerability which in some cases resulted in
corruption of user’s data (see Intel Advisory INTEL-SA-00079)
March 2017
036P
Added support for missing 80/120GB skus – same firmware changes as
listed below.
July 2016
This firmware release provides the following changes:
Fixes issue that BSOD occurs during S3/S4 resume on systems
supporting devsleep
Fixes drive issues occurring when using WinMagic* software with
drive Opal security
Mitigates a security vulnerability which in some cases resulted in
corruption of user’s data (see Intel Advisory INTEL-SA-00055)
Intel® Solid State Drive Pro 2500 Series Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
October 2015
M.2 – TG16,
2.5” – TG21
This firmware release provides the following changes:
Devsleep wake optimizations for more robust resume after
devsleep
Fix for Windows’ disk error occurring after devsleep on systems
with ATA user password
Fix for I/O abort due to Sanitize Freeze Lock after COMRESET
Fix for Drive Self-Test reporting incorrect status after test abort
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Intel® Solid State Drive 750 Series Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
March 2017
8EV101H0
8B1B0133
This firmware version contains fixes for the following issues:
XN022 Assert Fixes
Sequential read performance improvement at end of life from
firmware 8EV101F0
Misc. sightings closure and improvement on product health.
October 2016
8EV101F0
8B1B0133
This version provides a firmware and bootloader update for the Intel® SSD
750 Series. This firmware version contains fixes for the following issues
Added NVME IO Queue Metrics log page support
Added Secure Erase Command Monitoring log page support
Updated Secure Erase Command User Data Erase option
Fix for drive entering disable logical mode after frequent,
repeated O/S reboots
Prefetch activate/deactivate logic enhancement
Fix for sequential read performance decay
Fix for formatting 4k+DIF causing read errors when using Intel
SPDK
Misc. sightings closure and improvement on product health.
November 2015
8EV10174
8B1B0131
The latest firmware revision is 8EV10174. The latest bootloader revision
is 8B1B0131 (no change). This firmware version contains fixes for the
following issue:
Fixed LED behavior to appear LED-On when drive active and
LED-Off when drive idle.
Fix for some use cases where user data may be inaccessible or at
risk of loss. (see Intel Advisory INTEL-SA-00047)
Misc. sightings closure and improvement on product health
October 2015
8EV10171
8B1B0131
The latest firmware revision is 8EV10171. The latest bootloader revision
is 8B1B0131. This firmware and bootloader version contains fixes for the
following issues:
Vendor Unique Command to change SM BUS address on
“NVMe™ Basic Management Command”
Improved TRIM IOPS operation
In-field Drive Configuration Update capability
Windows* Driver update with bug fixes
Misc. sightings closure and improvement on product health
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Intel® Solid State Drive 600p Series Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
May 2017
121C
This firmware versions contain the following enhancements:
Improved link initializations
This firmware versions contain fixes for the following issues:
Drive hangs intermittently after Format NVM command.
Format NVM command occasionally failing with PCIe ASPM
enabled.
Data miscompare caused by intermittent data corruption during
heavy write workload with small file transfer size.
Incorrect drive behavior for command with Forced Unit Access
setting.
December 2016
109C
This firmware versions contain the following enhancements:
Optimized drive shutdown sequence for better handling during
poor system shutdown
Improved power on behavior when resuming from an unsafe
shutdown.
Improvements to PS3 resume behavior
Improvements to PHY initialization process
Improvements to PERST# and CLKREQ# detection for corner
case issues
Improved end of life management of bad blocks for better
reliability
These firmware versions contain fixes for the following issues:
Fixed potential issue of incorrect data may be read during
resume from low power state
Intel® Solid State Drive 545s Series Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
September 2017
LHF002C
These firmware versions contain the following enhancements:
Improved drive behavior during unsafe shutdown scenarios
Improved drive behavior with non-aligned 4K workloads
Improved garbage collection capabilities
Updates to SMART table to provide persistent SMART behavior
during power cycle, firmware upgrade and secure erase
Optimized Power Management behavior with DIPM enabled and
transition to different power states
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Intel® Solid State Drive 540s Series Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
March 2018
042C/016C
This firmware version contains fixes for the following issues:
Fixed issue that, in some extreme cases, may result in user losing
access to drive.
July 2017
041C/015C
Added support for 256GB/512GB skus: - same firmware changes as listed
below.
May 2017
This firmware versions contain the following enhancements:
Optimized SATA signal integrity
Optimized behavior entering and resuming from low-power
states
This firmware versions contain fixes for the following issues:
Intermittent errors when resuming from unsafe shutdown
Fixed issues around use in Connected Standby
Fixes to intermittent boot error in Linux
Mitigates a security vulnerability which in some cases resulted in
corruption of user’s data (see Intel Advisory INTEL-SA-00079)
July 2016
036C
This firmware release provides the following change
Fixes issue that BSOD occurs during S3/S4 resume on systems
supporting devsleep
Mitigates a security vulnerability which in some cases resulted in
corruption of user’s data (see Intel Advisory INTEL-SA-00055)
June 2016
031C
This firmware release provides the following changes:
Corrected SMART AAh, E8h, ABh, and ACh behavior
Corrected DIPM enabled after COMRESET issue
Corrected errant FIS causing BSOD when Write Cache disabled
Corrected SATA NCQ Command Error log reporting issue
Mitigated a security vulnerability which in some cases resulted in
corruption of user’s data (see Intel Advisory INTEL-SA-00053).
Intel® Solid State Drive 535 Series Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
October 2015
M.2 – RG11,
2.5” – RG21
This firmware release provides the following changes:
Fix for Windows’ disk error occurring after devsleep on systems
with ATA user password
Fix for I/O abort due to Sanitize Freeze Lock after COMRESET
Fix for Drive Self-Test reporting incorrect status after test abort
Intel® Solid State Drive Firmware Update Tool
Release Notes March 2018
18 328292-021US
Intel® Solid State Drive 530 Series Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
December 2013
M.2 – DC31,
2.5” – DC32,
mSATA – DC33
This firmware release provides the following changes:
Default Software Settings Preservation (SSP) for DIPM is changed
from a default = on, to a DEFAULT = OFF. This addresses
situations in older systems where the drive was not found after a
warm reset causing blue screens.
Corrects an occasional miss-reporting of SMART attribute E3h
(Timed Workload Read/Write ratio).
The drive no longer increments SMART 0Ch (Power Cycle Count)
after a SECURE ERASE operation.
August, 2013
2.5” – DC12,
mSATA – DC13
This firmware release addresses an occasional drive hang after resume
from Link Power Management slumber state.
Intel® Solid State Drive 335 Series Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
June, 2013
335u
This firmware revision has several continuous improvement optimizations
intended to provide the best possible user experience with the Intel SSD.
November 2012
335t
This release adds a firmware update for the Intel SSD 335 Series fixing the
following issue :
- Incorrect reporting of the E9h media wear indicator value.
Intel® Solid State Drive 320 Series Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
August 2011
4PC10362
This firmware revision fixes various issues related to the BAD_CTX 13x
(8MB capacity) problems associated with unsafe power-loss situations.
Intel® X25-E (50nm product) Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
August 2011
No Change
No changes to Intel X25-E SATA SSD 50nm products. The most current
firmware remains at 045C8855.
January 2011
No Change
No changes to Intel X25-E SATA SSD 50nm products. The most current
firmware remains at 045C8855.
November 2009
045C8855
This firmware revision has several continuous improvement optimizations
intended to provide the best possible user experience with the Intel SSD.
October 2009
No Change
No change to Intel X25-E SATA SSD 50nm products. The most current
firmware remains at 045C8850.
August 2009
045C8850
This firmware revision is for Intel X25-E SATA SSD 50nm products only
and has several continuous improvement optimizations intended to
provide the best possible user experience with the Intel SSD.
Intel® Solid State Drive Firmware Update Tool
March 2018 Release Notes
19 328292-021US
Intel® X18-M/X25-M (50nm product) Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
August 2011
No Change
No changes to Intel X18-M/X25-M SATA SSD 50nm products. The most
current firmware remains at 045C8820.
January 2011
No Change
No changes to Intel X18-M/X25-M SATA SSD 50nm products. The most
current firmware remains at 045C8820.
November 2009
No Change
No changes to Intel X18-M/X25-M SATA SSD 50nm products. The most
current firmware remains at 045C8820.
October 2009
No Change
No changes to Intel X18-M/X25-M SATA SSD 50nm products. The most
current firmware remains at 045C8820.
August 2009
No Change
No changes to Intel X18-M/X25-M SATA SSD 50nm products. The most
current firmware remains at 045C8820.
August 2009
No change
No changes to Intel X18-M/X25-M SATA SSD 50nm products. The most
current firmware remains at 045C8820.
April 2009
045C8820
This firmware revision has several continuous improvement optimizations
intended to provide the best possible user experience with the Intel SSD.
Intel® X18-M/X25-M/X25-V (34nm product) Revision History
Date
Revision
Description
August 2011
2CV102M3
No changes to Intel X18-M/X25-M SATA SSD 34nm products. The most
current firmware remains at 2CV102M3.
January 2011
2CV102M3
This firmware revision fixes enumeration and slow boot issues on SATA
6Gb/s controllers, adds improvements to S.M.A.R.T. attributes for more
accurate reporting of drive health, along with improved NCQ capability.
November 2009
2CV102HD
This firmware revision includes several continuous improvement
optimizations intended to provide the best possible user experience with
the Intel SSD.
October 2009
2CV102HA
This firmware revision supports the ATA Data Set Management Command
“Trim”. Also, this firmware revision includes several continuous
improvement optimizations that provide for increased write performance
on 160GB drives.
August 2009
No Change
No changes to Intel X18-M/X25-M SATA SSD 34nm products. The most
current firmware remains at 2CV102G9.
August 2009
2CV102G9
This firmware revision is for Intel X25-M SATA SSD 34nm products only
(Intel X18-M SATA SSD 34nm products do not require this firmware
update) and fixes the following two issues:
1) System hangs with BIOS drive password enabled.
2) System inoperable when BIOS drive password disabled or changed.

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