Computer Hardware

ATI Catalyst 10.3 drivers available for XP, Vista, Seven, and Linux.

Nvidia has released Beta (WHQL candidate) drivers, version 197.13. ” This driver resolves fan speed issues reported with version 196.75 drivers. ”
Download links and more info in this forum post.

Nvidia GeForce/ION Driver Release 196.75 available for XP, Vista, & Seven.
Download page seems to be having issues. Hit the Nvidia forum post for download links.
FWIW – I tried them and although I notice no issues my error log contains the following:
Service Control Manager Error 7016 – “The NVIDIA Stereoscopic 3D Driver Service service has reported an invalid current state 0.”
I’m going back to the previous version.

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*edit 05MAR10
It seems there are issues with this driver. From the forum post:
“To users reporting fan speed issues with the latest 196.75 WHQL drivers from nvidia.com. Until we can verify and root cause this issue, we recommend that customers stay with, or return to 196.21 WHQL drivers. Release 196.75 drivers have been temporarily removed from our website.“

Available for XP, Vista, Seven and Linux.

Available for XP, Vista, Windows 7, and Linux. Download

These are available for XP, Vista, and Windows 7. Download & Info

Announcement: Intel@ Solid-State Drive (SSD) Toolbox Is Available – December 21
“Intel has released the new version of the Intel® SSD Toolbox (version 1.2) which fixes the issue with the Intel® SSD Optimizer

Intel SSD Toolbox v1.2 Released

For XP, Vista, and Windows 7.
For Linux x86, and x64.

http://communities.intel.com/community/tech/solidstate?view=discussions

Intel® Solid-State Drive Firmware Update Dec. 1, 2009

Intel has released a new firmware (02HD) and firmware update tool (version 1.5) to fix the issue with the firmware update process on 34nm (G2) Intel® X25-M SSDs (80GB and 160GB).

Intel recommends that end users Download this firmware update tool and upgrade your SSD
• This new firmware provides Trim support (on 80GB and 160GB) and better sequential write performance (on 160GB)
• If you experience any issues during the upgrade process contact Intel Customer Support

I’ve downloaded it. Going to try to update…

***EDIT 03DEC09
Everything went good. I had already seen a performance bump with the previous version. I’ve also backed up and restored the disk with Acronis TI.
FYI – My AS SSD Benchmark has ranged from 395-401 with booth v1.4 and v1.5 firmware.

Cat 9.11’s are out for XP, Vista, and Windows 7. Get’em here
These are also available for Linux at the main ATI driver page.