Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox version 3.3.5

The Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox (Intel SSD Toolbox) is drive management software that allows you to:

• View current drive information for Intel Solid-State Drives (Intel® SSDs), including:
  • Model number, capacity, and firmware version
  • Drive health
  • Estimated drive life remaining
  • SMART attributes (also available for hard disk drives and non-Intel SSDs)
  • IDENTIFY DEVICE information (also available for hard disk drives and non-Intel SSDs)
• Optimize the performance of an Intel SSD using Trim functionality
• Optimize the performance of an Intel SSD in RAID 0 using Trim functionality Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) 11.0 or greater. Note: Trim on RAID 0 is not supported on Windows 8* or Windows Server 2012
• Obtain proactive notifications of new Intel SSD Toolbox software versions for Windows 7 and Windows 8 systems
• Update the firmware on a supported Intel SSD
• Run quick and full diagnostic scans to test the read and write functionality of an Intel SSD
• Check and tune your system settings for optimal Intel SSD performance, power efficiency, and endurance
• View your system information and hardware configuration, such as central processing unit (CPU), chipset, controller name, and driver versions
• Run Secure Erase on a secondary Intel SSD

The Intel SSD Toolbox supports firmware updates on the following Intel SSDs:

• Intel Solid-State Drive 310 Series Firmware 2CV102M3
• Intel Solid-State Drive 311 Series Firmware 2CV102M5
• Intel Solid-State Drive 320 Series Firmware 4PC10362
• Intel Solid-State Drive 330 Series Firmware 300i
• Intel Solid-State Drive 335 Series Firmware 335u
• Intel Solid-State Drive 510 Series Firmware PPG2 or PPG4 (120GB SSD)
• Intel Solid-State Drive 510 Series Firmware PWG2 or PWG4 (250GB SSD)
• Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series Firmware 400i
• Intel Solid-State Drive 530 Series Firmware DC12
• Intel Solid-State Drive 710 Series Firmware 6PB10362
• Intel X18-M / X25-M SATA SSDs (34nm) Firmware 2CV102M3
• Intel X18-M / X25-M SATA SSDs (50nm) Firmware 8820
• Intel X25-E SATA SSDs Firmware 8850
• Intel X25-V SATA SSD Firmware 2CV102M3
• Intel Solid-State Drive DC S3500 Firmware 0355
• Intel Solid-State Drive DC S3700 Firmware 0265

Installation Instructions:

1. Copy the file TurboBoostSetup.exe to your system.
2. Double click on TurboBoostSetup.exe. Accept the UAC prompt, if one appears.
3. Follow the installer prompt instructions to complete installation.
4. If installing on the Windows Vista operating system, double click the 'Intel® Turbo Boost Technology Monitor' gadget in the gadget gallery that pops up to install the gadget to the Windows Sidebar. This is automatically done on Windows 7

What's New:

This version of the tool contains a firmware update for the Intel SSD 530 Series (to version DC32) with the following changes:

• Default Software Settings Preservation (SSP) for DIPM is changed from a default = on, to a DEFAULT = OFF. This addresses situations in older systems where the drive was not found after a warm reset causing blue screens.
• Corrects an occasional miss-reporting of SMART attribute E3h (Timed Workload Read/Write ratio).
• The drive no longer increments SMART 0Ch (Power Cycle Count) after a SECURE ERASE operation.