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Crucial storage executive momentum cache11/12/2023 ![]() ![]() It allows the activation of the Momentum Cache function, which uses the memory as a buffer and can safely erase the SSD with Secure Erase. The Crucial Storage Executive Tool shows clearly which SSDs and hard disks are installed, the SMART data and updates the firmware. We have already discussed the Crucial Storage Executive Tool in Crucial MX500 1TB Practical testing: The Crucial Storage Executive Tool can be downloaded from the Crucial website and is quickly installed. Usually, however, the classical method can also be used: Download the Crucial Firmware, unpack the ISO file, transfer the ISO file with unetbootin to a USB stick (alternatively burn it to a CD or CDRW), boot the USB stick and the firmware update starts. With the new Crucial Storage Executive Tool you can update the firmware of the SSD relatively easily, but as always you should back up important data before the firmware update. Crucial provides this firmware version M3CR023 for the MX500 as the latest SSD firmware. The MX500 SSD is delivered with the M3CR023 firmware. Here you can see again the Silicon Motion SMI 2258H Controller IC with integrated, hardware-based 256-bit AES encryption.Īfter we have shown the design of the Crucial MX500 2TB SSD, we now come to the firmware update. ![]() However, the MX500 1TB SSD contains the Micron NW912 NAND with half the capacity and the D9SHD cache in the MX500 1TB SSD with 2x512MB also has half the capacity of the MX500 2TB SSD with 2x1GB D9STQ cache. If you still have our Crucial MX500 1TB test in mind, you will notice a similar structure, because there were also a total of 16 NAND and 2 cache devices. On the back you can see the remaining eight Micron NW913 NAND devices of the SATA3 SSD with 2TB capacity and the Silicon Motion SMI 2258H Controller IC as well as the second Micron D9STQ Cache device. As we will see in the benchmarks, Crucial was able to find a good solution with the MX500. The MX300 was equipped with the 3D TLC NAND and the BX200 was equipped with a simple TLC NAND, which could only maintain a high write performance via the SLC cache size. The differences between TLC, SLC and MLC we have already explained extensively in the Windows Practical testing of Crucial BX200 480GB SSD. You can see a Micron D9STQ 1GB cache module and the eight of the sixteen Micron NW913 64 Layer 3D TLC NAND modules of the SSD with a total capacity of 2000GB. Here you can see the small SSD board in the case together with the SSD cover. The case of the Crucial MX500 SSD was provided again with screws. If required, the supplied 7mm can be mounted on a 9.5mm adapter frame or sticked on to remain compatible with the 9.5mm height (e.g. The MX500 SSD, like the previous Crucial MX300, MX200, BX300, BX200, BX100 and MX100, is manufactured in the flatter height, which in contrast to the predecessor SSDs is only 7mm and no longer 9.5mm. The two SATA3 connections for power supply and data connection can be seen in the following picture on the left side. ![]() The back shows the label of the 2.5″ Crucial MX500 SSD with some technical data and the firmware version M3CR023, which was pre-installed. … which looks almost identical to the previous Crucial MX300 SSD. Crucial Storage Executive - a free software tool that helps optimize the performance of your Crucial SSD.Here you can see the front of the 2.5″ Crucial MX500 2TB SSD … ![]()
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