Firmware update 320ABBF0 for ADATA AS511S3-120GM-C works (ADATA S511 Firmware Update)
Bought an ADATA S511 120GB SSD drive recently and I was going to return it because it was crashing my system about once every day. It required a full power cycle to get the drive back after the crash too. The good news is that the latest firmware from ADATA has fixed the problems.
Since I had some trouble updating the firmware thought I'd post about what worked for me.
First, you'll need to download the updates:
http://adatausa.com/index.php?
Get the ADATA firmware upgrade tool and the firmware for your drive. They've compressed using RAR (not sure why they didn't use ZIP) so you'll also need a program such as 7-zip to extract the files.
Plan on the firmware update as the first thing you do with the drive. There is a possibility of data corruption using the old firmware. For peace of mind, you're better off installing the latest firmware right after you physically install the drive.
When installing the SSD drive make sure that the SATA port you use supports AHCI and the BIOS is configured for AHCI. For me, the firmware update only worked under AHCI mode. The firmware update tool failed silently under IDE mode (that is, it displayed happy green "it worked!" check marks but failed to update the firmware).
Don't use an SATA port with a Marvell controller. My motherboard has a discrete Marvell SATA controller and I had the SSD connected to the Marvell controller. As was the case updating in IDE mode the update failed silently when the drive was connected to the Marvell ports.
Finally, the documentation says the firmware revision will be 3.2.0. However, the actual firmware revision is 320ABBF0.
Good luck.
Since I had some trouble updating the firmware thought I'd post about what worked for me.
First, you'll need to download the updates:
http://adatausa.com/index.php?
Get the ADATA firmware upgrade tool and the firmware for your drive. They've compressed using RAR (not sure why they didn't use ZIP) so you'll also need a program such as 7-zip to extract the files.
Plan on the firmware update as the first thing you do with the drive. There is a possibility of data corruption using the old firmware. For peace of mind, you're better off installing the latest firmware right after you physically install the drive.
When installing the SSD drive make sure that the SATA port you use supports AHCI and the BIOS is configured for AHCI. For me, the firmware update only worked under AHCI mode. The firmware update tool failed silently under IDE mode (that is, it displayed happy green "it worked!" check marks but failed to update the firmware).
Don't use an SATA port with a Marvell controller. My motherboard has a discrete Marvell SATA controller and I had the SSD connected to the Marvell controller. As was the case updating in IDE mode the update failed silently when the drive was connected to the Marvell ports.
Finally, the documentation says the firmware revision will be 3.2.0. However, the actual firmware revision is 320ABBF0.
Good luck.
Comments
Maybe this sorts your problem, all is working fine for me as of yet.
should i re-format and start from scratch again?
like it bsods all the time when i play bf3
It's hard to say for sure but I would guess that the prior system crashes corrupted your file system.
It could be related to the new firmware but what I would do is restore from backup or rebuild. Also you should install the latest 3.3.2 firmware before doing the restore / rebuild.
If everything looks right in terms of the drive firmware I'd do a windows restore or minimal rebuild and try out BF3 again. It's possible that Windows was corrupted before you updated the firmware.
As far as the latest firmware goes, I can say that I've been running for weeks now with no BSODs or hangs. However, based on other users complaints it seems that the drive is not compatible with all motherboards / controllers.