"I hope Intel can answer is my SSD dead for good or is there a way to get it [to] work again?" a poster named Rohirm.

However, some on the board said they were able to successfully install the firmware on PCs with the Windows 7 OS.

Intel has had problems in the past with firmware for X25-M SSDs made using the 34-nanometer manufacturing process. Intel in August pulled firmware for the SSDs after a password bug made the drives inoperable, making it impossible to access or retrieve data. It reissued the firmware after the bug was fixed.