Hi, [replying to my earlier report]
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 08:56:47AM +0200, Andreas Mohr wrote: > Hi, > > after having failed to access SMART info via USB connection, > I now activated my recently purchased > > SITECOM eSATA Cardbus Card CB-040 v1 001 > 07:00.0 Mass storage controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3512 > [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 01) > > and was successfully able to read SMART attributes of TS32GSSD18M-M via > eSATA. Yay :) I wanted to report that JMF601 SSDs *are* unreliable indeed, with some cases of data loss/corruption (some flash blocks erased with random data, possibly due to premature power loss during write activity). This time, it was so bad that it lost its firmware and changed its PID to 0xf601 (and a characteristic "flash me" ID string). So I went on a hunt for a flash tool, which in fact is available and where version history appears to be this: B.2.2 60X MP Tool for XP vB.2.6 (090331) 60X MP Tool for XP vB.2.9(090508S) 60X MP Tool for XP vB.2.11 (090928).rar .2.11.8 http://www.osslab.com.tw/index.php?title=Service/Sample/SSD_%E6%81%A2%E5%BE%A9 60X MP Tool for XP vB.2.12 (091021B) JMMassProd B[1].2.16 (100415) http://download.csdn.net/detail/cnhbhg/3650601 www.upan.cc/tools/mass/others/2012/JMicron_JMF602_JMMassProd_vB.2.16.html JMMassProd_B.2.16.3 04 JMMassProd B[1].2.16 (100415)_8Bank_128pages JMF602 SSD JMMassProd vB.2.16 http://www.liangchan.net/soft/softdown.asp?softid=2610 http://www.upan.cc/tools/mass/JMicron/3174.html I managed to use B.2.16, the seemingly newest JMF60x version, to recover my device, *with full data content preserved*, fortunately (BUT MAKE SURE TO NOT CHECK ANY ACTIVITY OPTION OTHER THAN Download Program!! no disruptive Flash Test, no Pre-Format, nothing!). Note that USB 1.1 connection did NOT WORK - I had to plug a USB 2 CardBus adapter to actually get it recognized successfully. Detection/configuration/flashing actually was quite easy then. So much for a detailed report for other people ending up in similar undesireable situations... Hrmm. Not sure what kind of use I'll dare to entrust in this device in future... (but with this somewhat newer firmware it might actually work more reliably now, hopefully, perhaps, fingers crossed, cats sacrificed). Phew... now I'm slightly better off than before :) Andreas Mohr ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Smartmontools-database mailing list Smartmontools-database@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/smartmontools-database
