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The Crucial m4 SSD Award-winning quality. Award-winning performance.The award-winning Crucial m4 SSD delivers powerful performance gains for SATA 6Gb/s systems. Designed to empower your system, the Crucial m4 SSD offers faster application load times, faster boot times, and increased durability compared to a traditional hard drive. The results speak for themselves: blazing-fast sequential read speeds of up to 500 MB/s for any file type. Cutting-edge technology. Quality component testing. Built with advanced controller technology, Micron proprietary firmware and high-speed synchronous MLC NAND, the Crucial m4 SSD is engineered to deliver consistent, blazing-fast SSD performance. From the extensive research and development that led to its ultimate design, to the hours of testing and validation spent on each NAND component, to rigorous compatibility testing in the Crucial Performance Labs to ensure component functionality, the Crucial m4 SSD is built to last. Theres a reason the Crucial m4 SSD has garnered numerous international awards since its launch, it does what its supposed to do. No matter what kind of files you're working with on a Crucial SSD, you'll experience high speeds with no drop in performance.Consistently fast speeds. No exceptions and no fine print. Unlike other SSDs on the market, Crucial SSDs treat all files the same, regardless of whether they're compressed or uncompressed. This is important because the files most people use everyday videos, mp3s, advanced graphics files and zip files - are compressed files and thus unable to be compressed any further. While many SSDs on the market achieve faster speeds by using file compression, many of the most common file types cant be compressed, resulting in SSDs that often deliver drastically slower speeds than originally advertised. With the advanced technology of a Crucial SSD, however, you'll never have this problem! Crucial quality you can depend on. Crucial is a trusted name when it comes to SSDs, and that's no coincidence. As a brand of Micron, one of the worlds leading manufacturers of SSDs, we work with our engineers to design, refine, and support our drives. With over 15 years of experience in the memory industry, NAND component testing, and the ongoing development of advanced technology, we continue to innovate without sacrificing what has made us great: high-quality upgrades and outstanding customer service. Crucial SSDs. Performance you can trust. The 128GB CRUCIAL M4 2.5IN SATA 6GB/S
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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Failed after 6 months, unable to exchange, July 18, 2012
By Hun Boon (Singapore) - See all my reviewsAmazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Crucial 64 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s CT064M4SSD2 (Personal Computers)
The SSD worked fine for about 6 months. Then it started crashing within minutes of booting up. After restarting, it would crash again. The data is preserved on the drive, but I was unable to resolve this problem even by flashing to the latest SSD firmware.
Since this drive was purchased from Amazon and well past the RMA date, I tried getting an exchange on the Crucial web site. To my disgust, the system would not recognise the batch or product number printed on my SSD.
Which makes me wonder whether the drives sold here on Amazon are "unofficial" products without manufacturer warranty.
The best (or worst) part is, these drives are actually 3 bucks cheaper on Crucial! So, just buy direct from them and get peace of mind. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
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23 of 30 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Died after 2 months, May 6, 2012
By Felix Matathias (Manhattan, NY, USA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE) This review is from: Crucial 256 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s CT256M4SSD2 (Personal Computers)
Drive died after 2 months of very light usage, crucial was giving me hard time at the beginning but I am in the process of returning now. Very disappointing,. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Drive failed after 3 weeks, May 30, 2012
By James (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviewsAmazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Crucial 256 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s CT256M4SSD2 (Personal Computers)
I was very happy with the drive until it failed. Reading the reviews this appears to be a rather rare event, so I opted for a replacement instead of a refund. I will update this review with more stars if the second drive turns out to be more reliable than the first. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
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31 of 42 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Severe Bug Warning - See review!!, October 3, 2011
By Richard C. Drew "Anaal Nathra/Uthe vas Bethod... (Oak Lawn, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crucial 64 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s CT064M4SSD2 (Personal Computers)
The Crucial M4 SSDs encounter a critical error that renders drives unstable after 5184 hours of use. Lockups, BSOD's and unrecognizable in BIOS are common. 5184, or approximately 7 months of total use. A BIOS update may fix this - but first you have to get the SSD powered up so your BIOS can find it! I've been through almost 75 cold boots with no luck. So AVOID the M4's unless the have the absolute newest firmware!!! Even after updating the firmware I still had the problems. Removing the SSD and replacing it with a different make and model fixed all the problems. This one was sent back. Newer models supposedly do not have this issue.
Unfortunately users were NEVER informed of this severe bug. I found out AFTER this paperweight basically bricked my computer. It BSOD'd while I was writing large files to several of my HDD's. I had to spend over a week recovering files because it trashed the drives - BSOD in the middle of writes. If there were a class action suit, I'd gladly join in. I'm STILL recovering 500,000 files from one drive. I had to spend almost two solid weeks fixing the mess this SSD caused.
If a manufacturer sells a product, and later find out it has a defect that can trash a customer's equipment, they should notify the customer! I have received recall notices through Amazon in the past, so I know Amazon would notify customers. I registered the drive when I purchased. There is NO EXCUSE for this type of behavior from a manufacturer. It took hours of online research. Amazingly, Crucial initially denied there was a problem. Why would they REFUSE to notify customers BEFORE they crashed? EVERY ONE of these drives with that firmware WILL crash, guaranteed. EVERY M4 drive. I'd love to here an explanation - why were customers never informed? Why not at least try to recover our data? It's still there - once Crucial fixed the firmware, the data would be accessible. But, no. Why go the extra mile to keep customers happy? Why not try and mitigate the damage? They could not care less.(I'd call it criminal negligence, but I'm not a lawyer)
An in-place firmware upgrade works if the SSD has not already crashed. If you have already crashed, the ridiculous method of resetting (unplug, reboot, wait, boot, wait, plug in, boot, wait, try again several times...) MAY allow your BOIS to find the HDD. MAY. Then you have to hope the update takes. Mine did not. It was replaced. All my data was lost, as Crucial REFUSED to recover the data lost due to their lousy design. I am NEVER purchasing a Crucial product again.
The replacement SSD sits on a shelf - no way I will EVER trust another product from Crucial. Would you trust your data to equipment manufactured by a company that initially denies there is a problem, refuses to notify users of this problem, and basically tells you to kiss your files goodbye?! Not to mention allows hardware to be released with this major defect? One that can literally physically damage your other equipment? I would not and will not.
It's akin to purchasing a brand new muscle car. Wow! Fast, powerful - does it all. You love it. But the moment the odometer hits 5184 miles the engine explodes, brakes fail, and you hit a wall. Not so much fun then.
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When I pulled the box product from the Amazon shipping box, I thought it was empty. It's that light!
To install in a desktop you WILL need:
An adapter - I used the SILVERSTONE SDP08 3.5 to 2 X 2.5-Inch Bay Converter - this will hold two SSD's.
Next, you'll need a SATA III cable.
You MAY need a power adapter - something like the Connectland CL-CAB40021 Molex to SATA Power Cable - it's not included.
Takes a couple of minutes to install.
One feature I have not seen mentioned - Windows will use SSD's as a Readyboost drive - for this SSD it would use up to 32 gig! I'll have to order another SSD and try Readyboost on it.
I'm using it for a working drive for panorama stitching and editing gigapixel images. A 400mb TIFF file will preview in about 3 seconds - on my SATA II HDD this takes a minimum of 15 seconds.
Work with a lot of graphics or huge files? You can ass a SATA III drive with cable, card and adapter for about $125! Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Stopped working after 4 months, July 8, 2012
By Igor Borovikov "Igor B." - See all my reviewsThis review is from: Crucial 256 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s CT256M4SSD2 (Personal Computers)
Usually I am a happy reviewer but I feel like I need to cast a vote against this SSD.
The SSD died on a weekend after 4 months for no apparent reason. Customer support of Crucial is not available on weekends. (While being under time pressure I immediately bought a replacement - SanDisk 240Gb SSD - works fine so far. Then I spent a day installing necessary software.)
Next Monday Crucial customer support representative explained that the firmware version 0009 has problems. Power-cycling the disk supposed to complete internal garbage collection and return disk to a functional state. Luckily it did.
Quoting customer service email:
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Power Cycle
1. In a desktop, do not attach the SATA connector, just attach the power connector to the problematic SSD and power on the system.
2. Leave it on for around 30 minutes, preferably without using the PC, then power off and disconnect the SSD altogether.
3. After 30 seconds, reconnect the SSD and repeat steps 1 and 2 again.
4. Power off and connect the SATA connector again and power back on.
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The next step is to update firmware. An updater downloaded from crucial website failed to detect "SSDs that need to be updated". I guess I am looking into another series of conversations with customer support.
So far the damage is about a day and half of dealing with customer service and installing software on a replacement disk plus the cost of the replacement disk itself.
Bottom line: Think twice before purchasing this model of SSD from Crucial. And if you happened to have a disk with older firmware version - be ready for a nasty surprise. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Died after 24 hours, July 30, 2012
By DMilner - See all my reviewsAmazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Crucial 512 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s CT512M4SSD2 (Personal Computers)
I had this drive set up as the OS drive in a new laptop. Within 24 hours, it bricked. It happened while I was copying a relatively small set of files to it. Up until that time, the only things on the drive were the OS (Windows 7 SP1), patches, and drivers.
I was going to do an exchange to see if I had better luck, but the drive was going to take 2-4 weeks to even ship. I opted for a different drive. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Died 24 hours after installation..., July 28, 2012
By E. Holt (Indianapolis, Indiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crucial 256 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s CT256M4SSD2 (Personal Computers)
Picked this up on sale as I've been wanting an SSD for my 2010 MBP for a while now. Installation of the drive and a fresh copy of Mountain Lion went smoothly. VERY fast. Then, barely 24 hours after installation my MBP started acting funny. Couldn't launch new programs. Beachballs in Mail and Safari, the only two applications I had open. I rebooted, and the drive was no longer found. Nothing I could do would revive it. Dead, dead, dead. Now debating whether I want to return it for another M4, or if I want to pay the price premium for an Intel 330. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
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14 of 19 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Drive Failed - Slow Return Replacement Process, April 11, 2012
By D. Mayo "David M." (GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crucial 64 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s CT064M4SSD2 (Personal Computers)
The drive failed inexplicably within 4 months, no longer recognized as being present as shown in the bios. While it looks like crucial will be sending a replacement it will take two weeks. SSD's are touted as being ultra reliable which was not the case here and warranty turn-arounds should not be this slow. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars 4 weeks after install complete failure, July 21, 2012
By Gary L. Phillips "Gary Phillips" (Blytheville, AR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crucial 512 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s CT512M4SSD2 (Personal Computers)
Purchased on June 13, installed on the 17th, a bit by bit copy of my old drive. Immediate huge difference in performance. Today, July 22, less than 5 weeks later, the drive fails. Won't boot, nor recognized by Win 7 in either my desktop or two laptops. Plugged into an external SATA box, still not seen via USB.
Both laptops have Intel SSDs for over 6 months. No problems at all. Too bad I can't return this and get another Intel.
UPDATE 08/21/2012
Got the drive replaced by Crucial. Copied my boot drive to it, changed the boot sequence, booted. Everything worked great...for about 3 days. Drive dead again.
Avoid this Crucial drive. Too many problems... Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Two died in 4 months., June 19, 2012
By Randy Wilson - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME) This review is from: Crucial 256 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s CT256M4SSD2 (Personal Computers)
We have these in our laptops at work, and while the speed is nice, they have been failing an an unacceptable rate. I'm not sure why ours are dying when everyone else seems to be having such good luck with them--maybe because we beat on them with maven builds and other things? Not sure. On my two-person team, the other guy's died after a few months. Mine died the next day (two months old). Now, two months later, the replacement is dying as well (daily blue screen of death). Crucial is supposedly working on a firmware update that will help. If you buy one, keep an eye out for firmware updates and be sure to apply them when available.