Trouble getting the SSD updater to detect my drive

[carleeto]

So I'm trying to run the updater to update the firmware to v5.02

Problem is it's not detected.

So, I ran CrystalDisk as per the instructions in the FAQ.

CrystalDisk only detects the drive when I enable the following:
Function->Advanced Feature->[Beta]Intel RAID(CSMI)->Enable (Access All Disks)

On doing so, I get this:

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CrystalDiskInfo 4.6.2 (C) 2008-2012 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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OS : Windows 7 Ultimate Edition SP1 [6.1 Build 7601] (x64)
Date : 2012/05/11 20:06:01

-- Controller Map ----------------------------------------------------------
- ATA Channel 0 (0) [ATA]
- ATA Channel 1 (1) [ATA]
+ Asmedia 106x SATA Controller [ATA]
- ATA Channel 0 (0)
- ATA Channel 1 (1)
+ Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller [ATA]
- ATA Patriot Pyro SE SCSI Disk Device
+ Virtual CloneDrive [SCSI]
- ELBY CLONEDRIVE SCSI CdRom Device

-- Disk List ---------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Patriot Pyro SE : 120.0 GB [X/2/0, cs] - sf

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(1) Patriot Pyro SE
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Model : Patriot Pyro SE
Firmware : 320ABBF0
Serial Number : PT1141A00015534
Disk Size : 120.0 GB (8.4/120.0/120.0)
Buffer Size : Unknown
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 234441648
Rotation Rate : ---- (SSD)
Interface : Serial ATA
Major Version : ATA8-ACS
Minor Version : ACS-2 Revision 3
Transfer Mode : SATA/600
Power On Hours : 325 hours
Power On Count : 68 count
Host Reads : 422 GB
Host Writes : 342 GB
Temparature : 34 C (93 F)
Health Status : Good (100 %)
Features : S.M.A.R.T., APM, 48bit LBA, NCQ, TRIM
APM Level : 00FEh [ON]
AAM Level : ----

-- S.M.A.R.T. --------------------------------------------------------------
ID Cur Wor Thr Raw Values (7) Attribute Name
01 _86 _86 _50 00000000620C77 Raw Read Error Rate
05 100 100 __3 00000000000000 Retired Block Count
09 100 100 __0 315BA000000145 Power-on Hours
0C 100 100 __0 00000000000044 Power Cycle Count
AB __0 __0 __0 00000000000000 Program Fail Count
AC __0 __0 __0 00000000000000 Erase Fail Count
AE __0 __0 __0 00000000000015 Unexpected Power Loss Count
B1 __0 __0 __0 00000000000001 Wear Range Delta
B5 __0 __0 __0 00000000000000 Program Fail Count
B6 __0 __0 __0 00000000000000 Erase Fail Count
BB 100 100 __0 00000000000000 Reported Uncorrectable Errors
C2 _34 _45 __0 000010002D0022 Temperature
C3 120 120 __0 00000000620C77 On-the-Fly ECC Uncorrectable Error Count
C4 100 100 __3 00000000000000 Reallocation Event Count
C9 120 120 __0 00000000620C77 Uncorrectable Soft Read Error Rate
CC 120 120 __0 00000000620C77 Soft ECC Correction Rate
E6 100 100 __0 00000000000064 Life Curve Status
E7 100 100 _10 00000000000000 SSD Life Left
E9 __0 __0 __0 0000000000021B Vendor Specific
EA __0 __0 __0 00000000000156 Vendor Specific
F1 __0 __0 __0 00000000000156 Lifetime Writes from Host
F2 __0 __0 __0 000000000001A6 Lifetime Reads from Host

This is the only disk in my system and I'm using an X79A-GD65(8D) motherboard with an i7 3930K processor and 8GB of RAM. I have also un-installed any Intel Rapid Storage software, but the updater still refuses to detect my drive.

The reason I want to update is because my computer has been freezing once in a while and I suspect the SSD.

Any help would be appreciated. thanks.

[carleeto]

OK, I fixed it. Hope this helps someone:

Basically, I had to click on this Fix-It link (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976) (google for "Windows 7 AHCI fixit" - its the first search result).

I then had to restart the computer and when it did, the Updater was able to find and update the firmware on the drive.

[Patriot_Ben]

Thanks for following up. Glad you got it working.

Let me know if you have any further issues.