Storage Solutions Dang! My kingston SSD 64GB Failed today... :(

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I am really frustrated. I never had a hard drive crash in my past 5 years of computing. And while disk drives work fine this SSD failed. Thankfully I had a backup of the important files.

In the kingston website it says that some SSDs fail because of a firmware problem which they are aware of. Affects the v100 SSDnow series.

Did I make a mistake by buying Kingston?

In future, which SSD should I prefer? Intel?
 
Intel is pretty decent as of now rest all companies have plague of firmware issues going on .Post your issue in the Kignston section.
 
Can anyone tell me whether I can go for Corsair Force series with SandForce 1200 Processor?

Also is Intel OK with the 8mb cache problem now? Just thinking why Intel SSDs are so costly than the rest.
 
@OP

i dont know much about the intel ssd's

the safest ssd's on the market today are the crucial m4 drives

the kingston hyperx drives are also great but since they are based on the sandforce 2200 controllers, their is a very small chance of random bsod

best of luck :)

ps the new corsair force drives with rev AB are good, read up on hardware bbq
 
i know newegg has them
i suggest that if you can't or don't want to get them from the states then you can always get the force drives from corsair ir the hyper x from kingston
since local warranty will apply in those cases. so even if their is a problem with the drives, you can rma and get a fixed drive :)
 
The crucial m4 series 128 and 256GB ones are one of the best you can get in terms of reliablility, price and performance. Got a new firmware which makes it even faster!!!
 
What are the downsides of ordering it from states? It doesn't have warranty? Also how about the shipping costs?

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Also can anyone tell me how to RMA my drive?

I contacted the service center in Kingston India website and they asked me to send the drive via courier. The guy was not very responsive and did not mention what else to do.

Anything else I need to do? He says I need not send the purchase invoice also. Just pack it up and send it?

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