Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox is a handy and powerful utility designed to enable you to manage your Intel SSDs.
The Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox (Intel SSD Toolbox) provides the following functional capabilities:
· Accessing Intel SSD management features (Intel SSD Optimizer, System Configuration Tuner and Secure Erase)
· Reporting the drive identification data for Intel SSDs, as well as other drives.
· Accessing the Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (SMART) attributes for Intel SSDs, as well as other drives.
· Checking the SMART thresholds and viewing recommended actions for Intel SSDs, as well as other drives.
· Running diagnostic scans on Intel SSDs to check for any READ or WRITE errors.
When opened, the Intel SSD Toolbox displays the following screen with the name and capacity of each drive on your PC, as well as the following options:
· Intel SSD Management Tools - Enables monitoring and managing of any Intel SSDs associated with this computer.
· View Drive Information - Displays the model number, serial number and firmware number for each drive on the system. It also lists the ATA and SATA capabilities for the selected drive.
· Check SMART Attributes - Lists the SMART features and their respective thresholds, and, if necessary, indicates any action to take.
· Run Fast Diagnostic Scan - Analyzes the first 1.5 GB of an SSD to determine whether there are any READ or WRITE errors.
· Run Full Diagnostic Scan - Analyzes the complete SSD to determine whether there are any READ or WRITE errors or any bad blocks.
What's New in This Release:
This release of the Intel SSD Toolbox includes a firmware release which contains the following:
· Intel SSD 530 Series firmware update to DC12 which addresses an occasional drive hang after resume from Link Power Management slumber state.
Other tool related items are:
· Added new descriptions for SMART attributes C2, C5, EA, and F9
· Corrected calculations for E1, F1, and F2 SMART attributes
· Corrected the display of word 79 in the drive details screen