SSD Write Endurance 25nm Vs 34nm

[Christopher]

Most likely controller failure for the Corsair drive. Too bad because it even had LTT removed. So I guess with the Mushkin disconnecting, we won't get to see how SF does perform !? Maybe SF is just not suitable for this kind of testing. Or maybe Anvil's drive will give us some results without the controller crapping out.

I don't think you should worry about results with the Mushkin or the Force 3. It's not like total drive failures are common, but I'm not really surprised one drive (the F40-A) died from something other than wearing out the NAND. The chances of it happening to another drive in the near future is minuscule.

I've bought a new motherboard, it should be here this later this week. While I think it's ridiculous to have to buy hardware that works with the SF2281 rather than just having a drive that works with anything (you know, like it's supposed to), I'm committed to figuring out what the hell is going on. I can always reboot once a day as this should stop the drop outs from occurring, but that's not a very good solution (I'm not always going to be here to babysit the Mushkin). I've made some other changes this weekend, and as a result, I'm already past my own personal consecutive time between drive failures. If I can make it to 40 - 50 hours I may just be on to something.

The new motherboard is a Maximus IV Gene-z, so that makes one P67, H67, and Z68 board I'll end up testing on with the only hardware difference being motherboards. The P67 and H67 were basically the same at no more than 30 hours of running. Either the Mushkin lasts no more than 30 hours with the new motherboard, or it just works. Like I said, in the meantime I'm trying something else, but it would be hilarious if the Mushkin worked for the next 3 days until the Gene-z gets here. But it would also be hilarious if people have been swapping out the wrong components the whole time...