Crucial M4 256GB 2.5 MLC SSD SATA3 Hard Drive CT256M4SSD2 - Brand New Holiday Special: 1TB USB-C 3.1 Ultra. Crucial M4 256GB 2.5' MLC SSD SATA3 Hard Drive CT256M4SSD2 - Brand New. And desktop users alike. Low power, lightweight, and durable, it empowers high-speed synchronous MLC NAND, advanced controller technology, optimized NAND. Crucial® m4 SSD 2.5” Technical Specifications. Controller technology, optimized NAND management, and the SATA 6Gb/s interface. Integrated 8-channel single chip. Integrated 8-channel single chip.
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Hungry for more? The new m4 SSD built on the success of the award-winning, wildly popular Crucial RealSSD C300 solid-state drive offers mobile and desktop users scorching-fast read and write speeds, groundbreaking SATA SSD computing, and unparalleled performance for the dollar.
The Crucial m4 incorporates Micron's industry-leading 25nm NAND flash technology in a 2.5' form factor. It also supports the SATA 6Gb/s interface, opening up the data path between the host processor and the SSD, and resulting in improved overall system responsiveness, including faster boot times and application loads. The Crucial m4 SSD reaches read speeds of up to 415 MB/s, a 17% increase over its predecessor. Ideal for client computing, Crucial m4 SSD provides benefits for notebooks, desktops, workstations, and industrial applications, including low power consumption, lightweight construction, and resistance to shock and vibration.
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Ownership: more than 1 year
Pros: Fast. Quiet. Reliable. Relatively inexpensive (for an SSD). 19 months of use with no issues whatsoever.
Win7 Home Premium 64-bit installed in about 25 minutes. After enduring multiple 4+ hour installs of WinXP on HDDs over the prior 6 years, this was amazing. EDIT 06/09/2016: Purchased April 2013. As of June 2016 this SSD is still my main working drive. No problems. EDIT 06/13/2018: This has been my main working drive for over 5 years. Everything I download from the internet goes here, and any files I create start out here. No problems whatsoever.
Cons: None. None at all.
Other Thoughts: I bought my first-ever SSD - a 128GB Crucial M4 - as my main OS drive for a brand new build. I liked it so much that 7 days later I bought second one - this 256 GB model - as my main 'scratch' drive.
19 months later, both drives are working perfectly. I'm writing this review now because I logged in today to buy a 512 GB Crucial M4 on which I intend to reinstall my OS, as well as have room for some additional programs. I considered a 1TB SSD, but the prices are still too high for me. Years and years of HDD failures make me leery about putting too much money into a drive. I considered a Samsung SSD due to their reputation for reliability, but found a lot of recent stuff online about their 'old data slowdown' bug. So went with my tried and true Crucial for my new drive.
Ownership: more than 1 year
Pros: - Fast
- Consistent - Problem free
Cons: - None?
Other Thoughts: Built a new computer with all new hardware exactly 4 years ago with this as my C: drive (along with 16GB RAM, 3570K OC'd to about 4.2ghz) installed Win7 Pro 64bit in about 25 minutes, still boots up in about 15-20 seconds. Have never had a single problem with this drive. Had to RMA a stick of RAM after a few months but otherwise I've never had to touch my Windows install or re-install programs.
I've worked in IT my whole life and have no qualms troubleshooting issues and even expect them after a few years, but I'm seriously amazed at how smooth this computer runs. I can't recall the last desktop I built where Windows was this stable after 4 years of solid use. I do hobbyist coding with SQL server, light gaming, along with music production with Ableton and DJing with Traktor. All my media (along with documents, downloads etc) is stored on mechanical disks but all of my programs and games live on C:. Photoshop CS6 starts in the blink of an eye. Even after weeks of uptime programs still install and load faster than ever. I don't even hesitate to to recommend this drive to others and have on many occasions. Sure you can get 256GB SSD drives for cheaper these days but I'd gladly pay this price for this drive again in a heartbeat.
Ownership: more than 1 year
Still Going after years of Use6/30/2016 6:37:06 PM
Pros: - Fast
- Quiet - Purchased on 7/19/2011
Cons: - had to apply an update as there was an internal limit on hours of use initially... minor nuisance
Other Thoughts: - I would suggest this drive to anyone, even better value as the price has dropped since my initial purchase
Ownership: more than 1 year
Pros: Very fast drive at time of purchase. Good price.
Cons: Drives fail constantly. Replacement drives under warranty fail as well. I have about 10 of these in Win 7 Dell E6530 laptops and they have cost me a ton in labor due to drive failures. Crucial tech support acts amazed every time we call to get a drive replaced as if it's the first failure they have heard of. On a few of the drives they have had us connect only the power cable to the drive (or boot into the BIOS only) and let it sit over night to let the drive do 'housekeeping'. This has revived a few drives but in every case it has failed again in a year or less.
Ownership: more than 1 year
M4 Ct256m4ssd2 Firmware
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: N/A
Cons: New SSD die after 6 months. Got replacement via RMA . Today my replacement SSD die after 5 months. Stay away from this hard drives.
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
Pros: The transfer kit disk cloning and SSD installation was straightforward and flawless. The new SSD performance is worth every penny. Booting is so much faster as are program startups like Google Earth, Adobe Elements and some other large image files programs are unbelievably faster to load. What a difference! And my laptop is only SATA-II while the SSD is SATA-III. I can only imagine the improvement if my laptop was SATA-III capable.
Cons: I am sorry I did not do it sooner
Other Thoughts: Newegg is a class act! Good products, great service, quick delivery and there when you need them.
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: Lightweight
Cons: Put unit in new build as system disk. Worked for about a week then errors started happening (I thought I was getting an SSD not a HD) frustrated I just pulled the unit out and bought a different SSD from a Korean mfg which has been working flawlessly.
Crucial M4 Ct256
Other Thoughts: Poor mfg and quality control and wasted a lot of time believing it was a different component on a i7 2011 build.
Crucial M4 Ct256m4ssd2 Controller Driver Windows 10
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Crucial M4 Ct256m4ssd2 Controller Drivers
Thanks Koolkat77.
It has taken quite a while to work through the instructions. Here are the results: 1. The firmware for the Crucial M4 SSD was 0309. I have updated it to the latest (040H). 2. I checked the BIOS. It was already the latest version (3.22) 3. Updating chipset drivers. I was a bit confused as to where I could find the current chipset driver version. In Device Manager I found 'Mobile Intelо 4 Series Chipset Processor to DRAM Contoller Ц 2A40' which had the following details: Driver Provider: Microsoft Driver Date: 21/06/2006 Driver Version: 6.1.7601.17514 I then applied all optional Windows updates, but there was nothing that appeared to be to do with the chipset drivers. There was no change in Device Manager under 'Mobile Intelо 4 Series Chipset Processor to DRAM Contoller Ц 2A40'. I then used the Lenovo System Update software, which gave no option to update the chipset drivers. I then visited the Lenovo Support website and downloaded and ran 'Intel Chipset Support for Windows 8 (32-bit, 64-bit), 7 (32-bet, 64-bit), Vista (32-bit, 64-bit), XP (32-bit, 64-bit) - ThinkPad Version 9.3.0.1021'. This has a release date of 19.10.12. This seemed to run OK. Afterwards I could again see no change in Device Manager under 'Mobile Intelо 4 Series Chipset Processor to DRAM Contoller Ц 2A40'. So I still have the driver version 6.1.7601.17514 which was released in June 2006. I guess this is the most up to date chipset driver? While on the Lenovo Support website I also found 'Intel AMT 4.2 Management Engine Interface for Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit), Vista (32-bit, 64-bit) and XP (32-bit) - ThinkPad Version 4.2.0.1008'. This is shown as having a release date of 15.4.10. I downloaded this and tried to run it. It would not run, giving 'Error - This computer does not meet the minimum requirements for installing the software - Setup will exit' I don't really understand what the Intel AMT Management Engine is. I guess my laptop does not need it? 4. Updating hard disk controller drivers/SATA drivers. In Device Manager under 'Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller' and 'ATA Channel 0' I had the same driver listed: Driver Provider: Microsoft Driver Date: 21/06/2006 Driver Version: 6.1.7601.17514 I used the Lenovo System Update to install Intel Matrix Storage Manager driver for Windows 64bit, version 8.9.2.1002. This ran successfully. In Device Manager I now no longer have the 2 devices 'Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller' and 'ATA Channel 0'. Instead I have 'Intelо ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller'. The driver details are now: Driver Provider: Intel Driver Date: 07/08/2009 Driver Version: 8.9.2.1002 I have also noticed another device in Device Manager, 'M4-CT256M4SSD2', i.e. the Crucial SSD. The driver details are: Driver Provider: Microsoft Driver Date: 21/06/2006 Driver Version: 6.1.7600.16385 I cannot see any more recent driver available from Windows Update, the Lenovo System Update tool nor from the Lenovo website. 5. Perform a System File Check. Did this and it reported that 'Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations'. 6. Run Disk Check. I ran the check only and no problems were found. I also did the 'check and automatically fix file system errors' and the 'scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors'. I don't think either showed any problems. 7. Number down items at start-up. I only have one application in the start up folder: Windows Home Server. 8. Memtest86 v 4.20. I did 9 passes (it took 12 hours!) with no errors. 9. Windows Memory Diagnostics. Ran it, no errors. 10. Temperatures. I used CPUID Hardware Monitor to record temperatures and ran Prime95 and FurMark to stress the CPU/GPU. The results (in degrees centigrade): Min Max THM0 42 105 THM1 38 98 Core#0 33 93 Core#1 33 93 You can see it is getting pretty hot. The temperatures rise to the maximums shown above, and then fall sharply. After a few minutes the temperatures would rise as before. I figured that the CPU/GPU is throttling because of the heat. I can see in CPU-Z that the CPU speed is normally 1.8GHz (multiplier of 7) but that it throttles back to either 798MHz (multiplier 3) or sometimes 399MHz (multiplier 1.5). I think this throttling causes the Event ID 37 warning ('The speed of processor x in group x is being limited by system firmware...'). I don't know if this is anything to worry about. Under normal usage I don't think I am likely to be pushing the CPU/GPU hard enough to cause throttling. Since updating the Crucial M4 firmware I have had no more BSOD. I did have an unexpected shutdown, which occurred when I had closed the laptop lid (which should put it into Sleep). When I opened it again in the morning Windows 7 restarted, saying that it had unexpectedly shut down. I had a look in Event Viewer to try to see what might have been the cause, but I couldn't see anything. I have attached a new file created with the SF Diagnostic Tool. I have made this post rather detailed just in case it helps anyone else with similar problems. Sorry if it is longwinded and boring. Thanks again Koolkat77 and thanks in advance to everyone for any comments on the above and the attached. Comments are closed.
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