{"id":1008,"date":"2011-02-25T22:49:46","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T20:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/?p=1008"},"modified":"2011-02-25T22:50:31","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T20:50:31","slug":"c300-negotiated-link-speed-on-os-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/c300-negotiated-link-speed-on-os-x\/","title":{"rendered":"C300 Negotiated Link Speed on OS X"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is just a quick note for anyone using the most wonderful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Crucial-Technology-RealSSD-Solid-CTFDDAC256MAG-1G1\/dp\/B0039SM0B2\/ref=pd_cp_e_3\" rel=\"follow\">Crucial C300<\/a> on OS X.<\/p>\n<p>If in the &#8220;System Profiler&#8221; (now renamed to the more apt &#8220;System Information&#8221; in OS X 10.7 Lion), you see:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Link Speed:\t3 Gigabit<\/p>\n<p>Negotiated Link Speed:\t1.5 Gigabit<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And are wondering where your remaining 1.5 (or 4.5 if you have a 6 Gbps SATA controller) gigabits went, then you need to upgrade the C300 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crucial.com\/support\/firmware.aspx\" rel=\"follow\">to the latest firmware<\/a>. This appears to be an issue with the 0002 firmware that is resolved in 0006. Unfortunately, this does not seem to make OS X 10.7 aware that the C300 supports TRIM.<\/p>\n<p>Also a tip: if after upgrading to revision 0006, your OS X will hang at boot, re-run the upgrade. It won&#8217;t actually upgrade it again (and will finish instantly), but it appears to fix something important.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"colorbox-1008\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/a9c62b933b265b83d87aa283de533791.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is just a quick note for anyone using the most wonderful Crucial C300 on OS X. If in the &#8220;System Profiler&#8221; (now renamed to the more apt &#8220;System Information&#8221; in OS X 10.7 Lion), you see: Link Speed: 3 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/c300-negotiated-link-speed-on-os-x\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":505,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[768,769,771,350,770],"class_list":["post-1008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-software","tag-c300","tag-crucial","tag-firmware","tag-os-x","tag-ssd"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.4 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This is just a quick note for anyone using the most wonderful Crucial C300 on OS X. 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