Product Details
- Size: 128 GB
- Brand: Crucial
- Model: CT128V4SSD2BAA
- Released on: 2012-01-08
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .28" h x
2.75" w x
3.97" l,
.18 pounds
- Hard Disk: 128GB
Features
- Delivers substantial SSD performance for mainstream computer systems (SATA 3Gb/s capable)
- Faster start-up times, system speeds, and increased reliability compared to a hard drive
- Available in 32GB, 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB models
- Compatible with PC and Mac systems
- Three-year limited warranty
Product Description
Designed to deliver substantial SSD performance for mainstream computers (SATA 3Gb/s bandwidth), the Crucial v4 SSD was created to complement the abilities of your system. The Crucial v4 SSD delivers what you’ve come to expect from our SSDs-faster read/write speeds, faster boot times, faster application loading times, and increased reliability when compared to standard hard drives. Since the Crucial v4 SSD doesn’t include pricey features that cater to advanced-bandwidth systems, we’re able to offer a high-quality product at an affordable price.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
By J. Chavers
Don't get suckered.I was looking to upgrade my harddrive in my desktop. I have a great, newer rig built for gaming and was looking for a SSD to round it out. I found this one on sale and couldn't pass it up. I wish I did. I had nothing but problems the entire time using this drive. It was slower than the spinning harddrive it was replacing. Anytime I was installing anything the computer was unusable. It would take anywhere from 5 minutes to 15 minutes for the computer to become usable after a restart.As far as I can tell from searching online, the issue was a firmware problem between the drive and certain Intel based motherboards and processors. Other Crucial SSD's have the same problem but were fixed with a firmware patch. Crucial never bothered to patch this SSD. There is a user made patch that fixes the issue but it requires a complete wipe of the drive first. At that point I just didn't care and moved on to a different SSD.Replaced this with an Intel 520 SSD. It was 1,000 times better. Please don't bother trying to save a little bit of money and just get a better SSD. I never had a problem with the Sandisc SSD I have in my laptop either.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
By ARK
UPDATED 6/2013After 6 months of aging run, the SSD suddenly started reporting tons of read errors. The first symptom was that it could not boot the Linux kernel image. Luckily, the latest kernel image suffered bad sector(s). Why lucky? Because it made me realize the unfortunate situation at a very early stage. If somewhere else in the middle of the SSD had a defect, I would not have been able to figure out what was going on so quickly.Although the latest kernel image was damaged, the one version before was okay to boot up. So, I booted up the system and tried to fix the error by having the SSD remap the bad sector(s). No luck. The error count in S.M.A.R.T. kept increasing.I looked for troubleshooting information at Crucial's website. Not much help.I finally called Crucial tech support. A representative told me that a firmware update would fix the problem and directed me to a web page where an updater program was downloadable. Okay, I booted up the system with Windows from a different disk so that (I thought) the updater would be free to do anything on the failed SSD. I ran the updater program. It kept saying "No device found."I called Crucial tech support again. This time another representative told that the updater program would create a bootable DOS image on a USB flash stick which I needed to prepare separately. I read back the updater program instructions twice more. No clear mentions about such EXTRA USB drive I would have needed to prepare.Okay. Another trial. I created a bootable USB stick and booted up the system from it. I ran the updater program body there. 25%..50%...75%....100%...Done! >>>> SELFTEST FAILED! Great! I tried to run the updater again. No use. It no longer recognized the failed SDD.I booted up the system normally from a different disk and looked into the SSD. Its S.M.A.R.T data had been trashed completely and the SSD now appeared as a 2.1MB HDD.Obviously, the updater program turned the failed SSD into a useless 50-dollar piece of junk. I doubt if I still want to use the piece of junk, but I called Crucial tech support for a third time and got an RMA number. Luckily, the SSD was not in real use, it was still on an experimental aging stage. So, I lost no important data or whatsoever.In conclusion, I think it's still too early to use SSDs. Especially, I will NEVER buy a Crucial SSD again.===ORIGINAL POSTINGI purchased this SSD for replacing my firewall server's dying RAID1 PATA HDDs. This server is a dedicated fire wall and requires only 10+GB of storage, a few GB for system software and 10GB for logging. I was initially going to use small capacity SATA HDDs, but I changed mind. This is because my new work place provided me with PCs with Cucial 256GB SSDs installed for root filesystems and I learned SSDs have become reliable and inexpensive enough.The product is a bundle with a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter tray and is a drop-in replacement for a regular SATA HDD. The standard Linux disk drive benchmark program showed a remarkable 250MB/s result, a clear winner to inexpensive regular HDDs' 100~150MB/s.I feel almost no heat generated by the product. This means I can eliminate a couple cooling fans resulting in less noise and less power consumption.I don't know SSD's long-term reliability. But, if this case goes well, I will likely replace existing small to medium capacity HDDs in my home applications with SSDs.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
By Jarrod Jicha
This was my first SSD hard drive purchase. With me having a 6-core computer with 8GB of ram, I was thinking a SSD would really speed this thing up. I got the drive, and it was very easy to install. I had no problems at all. After installing windows on it, and all my programs, I noticed that it really isn't that much faster than a normal hard drive for me. boot times are even about the same as they were before. SSDlife Free can't really get much info about the drive, wich is not cool either. however, I will say not a bad drive for my first SSD. I am thinking this is just a lower end quality drive.
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