A firware update has been released by Crucial for their SSD crucial MX500. Crucial MX500 SSD Firmware M3CR022 Update was released on 19th June. The update was tested and then accepted for immediate release for both 2.5 inch and M.2 model of Crucial MX500 SSD. This firmware update is an optional one and not mandatory but if your SSD is experiencing any troubles you might consider in updating the firmware.
Crucial MX500 SSD:
Crucial released total seven SSD of MX500 series since 2017. MX500 has total 250GB of storage capacity. It has SATA 6.0 Gb/s interface. Unit height is 7mm, coming to the market with 5 years of warranty. It gives you 560 MB/s Read, 510 MB/s Write transfers. This is one of the best SSD you can find in the market right now. It gives your computer a fast booting time with easy installation too.
Crucial MX500 SSD Firmware M3CR022 Update:
Crucial has released a new firmware update for MX500 SSDs. The previous update was M3CR010. The Crucial MX500 SSD Firmware M3CR022 Update is not a mandatory one. Its optional and not critical. However if you are facing any issues with your SSD then this update might the solution to your problems. Crucial has given up the improvements that would be followed by the update as given below:
- Improved ready time from DEVSLP low-power state.
- Improved TRIM and Wear Leveling performance.
- Improved SATA error handing.
- Improved compatibility with some TCG Opal 2.0 third-party encryption utilities (this change does not affect MS BitLocker).
Considering this, we will have more fast wake up time and boot time. The most important improvement to look upon is the improved TRIM and Leveling performance. TRIM basically allows the operating system to notify the SSD that which block of data in not being considered or used right now so helping it to remove that data, thus increasing the performance and speed of the SSD.
You can get this firmware update here from Crucial.