Product Details
- Size: 512 GB
- Color: Grey
- Brand: Crucial
- Model: CT512M4SSD2CCA
- Format: CD-ROM
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 3.95" h x
2.75" w x
.28" l,
.16 pounds
- Hard Disk: 512MB
- Display size: 2.5
Features
- Performance - Improve boot up and application load times
- Reliability - Withstand extreme shock and vibration
- Compatibility - SATA 6Gb/s, backward compatible to SATA 3Gb/s
- Quality - Crucial, a Micron company, is a trusted name in DRAM and SSD products
- Data Transfer Kit includes: Cloning Software for PC and Mac, USB to SATA cable
Product Description
Crucial m4 SSD delivers unparalleled performance for the dollar. Designed for client computing, the m4 SSD delivers faster boot and application load times for mobile and desktop users alike. And because we're part of Micron, the m4 was bred and built entirely in-house. So you can rest assured you'll get one of the highest quality products available-from the company that knows memory. The notebook data transfer kit is a simple solution for copying everything on your hard drive, including operating system, data, email and applications, to your new SSD.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
56 of 56 people found the following review helpful.
By Karl Follman
I bought a Dell L1701 with 16G memory, Intel I7 processor, and two 512G drives in late 2010, a decent machine. Looking for a way to make it faster, I bought the M4 512 SSD with the transfer cable and software. Installation was straight forward and flawless. I was up and running in under two hours.There is one catch - the M4 series of SSDs need to have their firmware updated or after approximately 5000 hours the drive will go into a "self-heal" mode and shut down every hour as reported by others. Crucial has the firmware on their support site with instructions to download a ZIP file, extract an ISO file, and burn the image to a CD to have the updated firmware on a bootable drive. So you better have a CD/DVD drive (there are ways to create a boot drive on thumb drives, but they can get very complicated). A straight-forward and simple process IF YOU REALIZE Windows 7 has a built-in disk image copy program (Crucial fails to mention this in their update process). It must be an imaged copy or it will not work.So what does all this mean? - A lightning-fast improvement in boot times and loading of applications.Some numbers: (number of seconds between power ON in using old drive vs. SSD drive):* "Starting Windows" splash: 10 / 10* Windows "Welcome" splash: 40 / 19* Windows "Boot Music": 79 / 23* Toolbars across desktop's screen: 110 / 24* Start-Excel 2010 to new spreadsheet: 42 / 6* Start Word 2010 to new document: 36 / 6* Open 50 MByte spreadsheet: 55 / 12
104 of 110 people found the following review helpful.
By Mark E. Sandblade
If I could give this item 4.5 stars I would. Performance wise, it functions terrifically. It's ridiculously fast, and it's substantially lighter than a spinning HDD. I can actually feel the weight difference in my lenovo X220 laptop (your mileage may vary). My only complaint is that installation was not as smooth as it could be. My laptop can only accept 7mm high drives in the slot. The crucial drive can be modified to fit by removing the black plastic spacer band. I wish they had put this on the outside of the case like the Intel X25m. It was simple to unscrew the case and remove the spacer, but then the screws are too long. I shortened mine by cutting them with wire cutters. The screw metal was soft and this was easy to do, but it probably ruined any chance of returning the drive and it probably voided my warranty.The included Apricorn drive imaging software worked well. I have read horror stories of corrupted drives from other users who have used it. Maybe this latest version works better. I did have problems with some corrupted files on the SSD after I booted it. I simply ran a chkdsk and repaired or deleted the corrupt files. I was using the live version of Apricorn's imaging software and not the bootable CD. In hindsight I probably should have booted from the live CD to guarantee no locked files or changed files.Once I removed the spacer the drive fit fine. It booted on the first try, however then the real work began. Thinkpads run a lot of proprietary system software. Here is the list of changes I made.* Turned off the airbag service and software (why lock the drive when it drops, nothing is moving)* Turned off the automatic defrag service* Turned off the drive sleep service in power managementThings were working well but, Windows 7 would lock up for a minute or so shortly after logging in. Event Viewer logs show an iaStor error that said "The device, \Device\Ide\iaStor0, did not respond within the timeout period." After much forum searching I had to make a registry key entry HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\iaStor\Parameters\Port0under which I had to make the following three DWORD values:DIPM = 0LPM = 0LPMSTATE = 0This fixed the freezing. I was disappointed that Crucial's documentation and website had no helpful information for all the issues I had with installing the M4. Thus the four star rating. Other than that it's been a pleasurable world of 25 second boot times.
35 of 37 people found the following review helpful.
By Joe L.
This was my first experience with an SSD. I was nervous about upgrading to an SSD because of so many stability problems reported on different websites and blogs. After reading many different reviews and user comments, I chose the Crucial M4 over the Intel 510 Series which was originally my first choice. My primary requirement for the SSD was stability over performance. I figured the performance difference between an OCZ Vertex 3, or a Crucial M4, or an Intel 510 would be virtually unnoticeable in a real world environment. However, a drive that often crashes would definitely be noticeable. The Intel has the highest stability ratings but the price ($280) was a big pill to swallow for the 120GB. I paid $198 for the M4 on Amazon in September 2011.Very happy and impressed with the M4 so far. It's been nine months and no stability issues at all - knock on wood. The speed is amazing. Boot times on Windows 7 Pro are less than 15 seconds with all background applications loaded, ready to go. I run all the typical applications including antivirus, some hardware monitoring apps, IM apps and others . About 12 total apps appear on my taskbar.I use this computer daily for internet, spreadsheets, Word docs, edit HD home videos, import and convert old MiniDV home videos , edit photos, play Blu-Ray movies, edit music files, etc. I also use standby regularly - although there's no reason to continue using standby since boot times are so fast. Applications like Word and Excel pop open as if they were minimized.This drive is personally my most significant and fun component upgrade since I jumped from a single core Pentium to a Core-2-Duo about 4 years ago or so, which is my typical upgrade interval for tech products. I recently upgraded the said Core-2-Duo to a Core i5, and the speed increase was noticeable, but when I upgraded the Caviar Black SATA drive to this M4 SSD, I was giddy. Like Chris Matthews, I felt a thrill go up my leg. Installing Windows was almost fun. I didn't walk away from the Windows install process like I normally do. I think the install was done in ten minutes or so. I typically buy Corsair memory, but I'm now a Crucial fan.I recommend getting a bay converter for this drive. I got the SILVERSTONE SDP08 3.5 to 2 X 2.5-Inch Bay Converter. I tried to avoid buying a bay converter by using spare parts to build a bed, and I was actually able to concoct one, but ultimately I was unhappy with my creation mostly because I couldn't sit it behind the case's front cooling fan where it can receive inbound airflow to keep the drive cool, so I ended up ordering the Silverstone bay converter a few weeks later and now both my drives, including my 2Tb Caviar Black SATA drive, sit nicely next to the front fan.Here's my specs:Windows 7 ProBoard: ASUS P8Z68-V LXCPU: Core i5 2500k running stock clock speed.CPU cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus.Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB running at 1600MHz stock speed.GPU: ASUS ENGTX560 DCII - GeForce GTX 560 running stock speed.SSD: Crucial M4 128GB running on the 6Gb bus.SATA drive: WD Caviar Black 2Tb SATA III running on the 6Gb bus.PSU: Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750W.Blu-Ray drive: Samsung combo drive SH-B123L/RSBP.Case: Thermaltake V4 Black.
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