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3. ViewtheModelNumber(Word27‐46).IfthenumbercontainsG1,theIntelSSDis
50nm.
Running System Tuner with specific drivers
IntelSSDToolboxSystemTunercanconfigureDeviceInitiatedPowerManagement
(DIPM)settingsforthefollowingconfigurationsonly:
•Intel
®
RapidStorageTechnology(Intel
®
RST)driver
•MicrosoftAHCIdriverinWindows7
Known Issues
Error message: Cannot run Intel SSD Optimizer on RAID configurations
SomesystemswithoutaRAIDconfigurationdisplaythefollowingerrormessage
whenrunningIntelSSDOptimizer:CannotruntheIntelSSDOptimizeronRAID
Configurations.Thereisnoworkaroundforthisissue.
Not all drives in a RAID configuration are recognized by Intel SSD Toolbox
NotalldrivesinaRAIDconfigurationarerecognizedbyIntelSSDToolbox.Drive
detailsandSMARTinformationmaybeobtainedwithanotherprogram.
Intel SSD Toolbox does not communicate with drives on some systems
Onsomesystems,IntelSSDToolboxdoescommunicatewithdrivesandall
functionalityisdisabled.Thereisnoworkaroundforthisissue.
RAID volume may display extended serial number
WhenaRAIDvolumeisselectedonthehomescreen,theserialnumbermaycontain
anextendednumberofcharacters.Thereisnoworkaroundforthisissue.
SSD may report BAD_CONTEXT if Secure Erase operation is interrupted
DuringaSecureEraseoperation,iftheSSDlosespoweroriftheSSDisremovedfrom
thesystemoncetheSecureEraseoperationis40%ormorecomplete,theSSDmay
reportBAD_CONTEXTintheSerialNumberfield.Thereisnoworkaroundforthis
issue.
Intel SSD Optimizer fails to complete and temporary files remain on system
OnNewTechnologyFileSystem(NTFS)partitionswithallocationsizesof32Kor64K,
theIntelSSDOptimizerfailstocompleteandleavestemporaryfilesonthe targetSSD.
Thereisnoworkaroundforthisissue;however,ifthisoccurs,considerremovingthe
partitionandrecreatingitwithasmallerallocation
size.
Knowndrivesaffected:DriveswithNTFSpartitionswith32Kor64Kallocationsizes