<s>
The	O
Intel	B-Device
X25-M	I-Device
was	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
Serial	O
ATA	O
interface	O
solid-state	B-Device
drives	I-Device
(	O
or	O
SSDs	B-Device
)	O
developed	O
by	O
Intel	O
for	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
,	O
announced	O
in	O
late	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SSD	B-Device
was	O
a	O
multi-level-cell	O
solid-state	B-Device
drive	I-Device
available	O
in	O
a	O
2.5	O
"	O
form	O
factor	O
,	O
came	O
in	O
80GB	O
and	O
160GB	O
capacities	O
and	O
utilized	O
NAND	O
flash	O
memory	O
on	O
a	O
50nm	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second-generation	O
SSD	B-Device
which	O
was	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
X25-M	B-Device
G2	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
X25-M	B-Device
G2	O
was	O
also	O
available	O
in	O
a	O
2.5	O
"	O
form	O
factor	O
and	O
80GB	O
and	O
160GB	O
capacities	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
NAND	O
flash	O
memory	O
on	O
a	O
more	O
efficient	O
34nm	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
May	O
2008	O
,	O
rumors	O
and	O
various	O
leaks	O
about	O
a	O
possible	O
mainstream	O
affordable	O
SSD	B-Device
released	O
by	O
Intel	O
surfaced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
then	O
released	O
its	O
X25	O
series	O
of	O
SSDs	B-Device
which	O
consisted	O
of	O
three	O
different	O
drives	O
:	O
The	O
X25-V	O
,	O
X25-M	B-Device
,	O
and	O
X25-E	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
X25-M	B-Device
was	O
released	O
in	O
an	O
80GB	O
capacity	O
with	O
50nm	O
NAND	O
flash	O
memory	O
in	O
a	O
2.5	O
"	O
form	O
factor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
Intel	O
used	O
the	O
same	O
exact	O
name	O
for	O
these	O
new	O
drives	O
,	O
the	O
consumers	O
nicknamed	O
the	O
34nm	O
SSDs	B-Device
as	O
the	O
"	O
X25-M	B-Device
G2	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
third	O
generation	O
drive	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
X25-M	B-Device
G3	O
"	O
was	O
rumored	O
to	O
come	O
out	O
in	O
late	O
2010	O
but	O
was	O
delayed	O
until	O
early	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
a	O
blog	O
said	O
it	O
was	O
quietly	O
sold	O
on	O
Taobao	O
,	O
a	O
Chinese	O
eBay-esque	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
the	O
X25-M	B-Device
was	O
released	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
multi-level	B-Device
cell	I-Device
(	O
MLC	O
)	O
drives	O
were	O
the	O
same	O
piece	O
of	O
hardware	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
a	O
different	O
company	O
logo	O
on	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
notable	O
feature	O
about	O
the	O
X25-M	B-Device
is	O
how	O
well	O
it	O
performed	O
in	O
comparison	O
to	O
other	O
MLC	O
and	O
single-level	O
cell	O
(	O
SLC	O
)	O
SSDs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
it	O
ran	O
out	O
of	O
good	O
blocks	O
to	O
write	O
(	O
nearing	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
drive	O
's	O
lifespan	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
SSD	B-Device
will	O
write	O
to	O
this	O
additional	O
space	O
on	O
the	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X25-M	B-Device
G2	O
Trim	O
command	O
support	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trim	O
support	O
gives	O
the	O
SSD	B-Device
the	O
ability	O
to	O
take	O
the	O
memory	O
that	O
is	O
marked	O
to	O
be	O
deleted	O
to	O
erased	O
immediately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
firmware	B-Application
also	O
increased	O
overall	O
sequential	O
write	O
times	O
of	O
the	O
160GB	O
X25-M	B-Device
G2	O
,	O
though	O
not	O
of	O
the	O
80GB	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
refused	O
to	O
release	O
any	O
trim-supporting	O
firmware	B-Application
for	O
the	O
first	O
generation	O
X25-M	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
bugs	O
with	O
the	O
firmware	B-Application
on	O
the	O
X25-M	B-Device
G2	O
were	O
fixed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
bug	O
had	O
complications	O
with	O
a	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
HDD	O
password	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
HDD	O
password	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
reduce	O
functionality	O
of	O
the	O
computer	O
unless	O
the	O
user	O
inputs	O
the	O
correct	O
password	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
problem	O
was	O
that	O
certain	O
X25-M	B-Device
G2	O
drives	O
that	O
shipped	O
with	O
the	O
bugged	O
(	O
02G2	O
)	O
firmware	B-Application
gave	O
difficulty	O
to	O
any	O
users	O
that	O
used	O
a	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
HDD	O
password	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
means	O
that	O
users	O
who	O
bought	O
the	O
drive	O
with	O
this	O
firmware	B-Application
had	O
to	O
do	O
the	O
following	O
until	O
the	O
next	O
firmware	B-Application
update	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
should	O
not	O
set	O
a	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
HDD	O
password	O
,	O
change	O
or	O
disable	O
the	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
password	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2009	O
,	O
Intel	O
released	O
firmware	B-Application
that	O
incorporated	O
Trim	O
support	O
that	O
further	O
increased	O
the	O
speeds	O
of	O
the	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
when	O
users	O
upgraded	O
to	O
this	O
firmware	B-Application
,	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
chance	O
the	O
firmware	B-Application
would	O
instead	O
just	O
brick	O
the	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Intel	B-Device
X25-M	I-Device
G2	O
specifications	O
:	O
</s>
