SSD Write Endurance 25nm Vs 34nm

[Christopher]

I emailed them last week, the email told me to call. I called, sat on hold for 40 minutes, then was told I had contacted the wrong department (their phone system doesn't have an SSD department yet), so they transferred me to the right people. I discussed the issues and asked if there was some way to get ahold of the newer firmware (8860) because I could reflash it if I had newer FW (you can't downflash or reflash to the same version). That's when I was told that there was no newer FW than 8850 -- 8860 just means it was made in a different factory.

I can see the SMART data for the drive with Linux, I tried SEing it with PartedMagic, I tried other things as well, but any access of the drive causes the system to hang.

You live, you learn I guess. The lady I spoke with was quite nice, but there's nothing for it...

I was also able to run some diagnostics with linux, so I did quick and extended self tests, but they post passed.