SF1200: Do problems pop up over time?

Pretty much what the thread title says. I just ordered an mSATA drive based on the SF1200 controller. Is it a safe bet that the problems with these drives would make themselves known immediately, thus allowing me to return it to the dealer, or do they tend to pop up over time?

 

I have seen people reporting problem for as late as 2 - 3 months. I was lucky, it didn't last for 24 hours.

Though most SF problem is related to power management so you can test that out by invoking the sleep/hibernate/resume to at least know if it has issues there.

Assuming you have 10-14 days, I would stress it to the hell(don't listen to people saying massive benchmark or repeated installation is going to shorten the life of the SSD), it is much better to find that out now than later.

Personally, I would just get an Intel instead, too much hassle.

 

What can I say, I'm a sucker for benchmarks.

Thanks for the advice, though. That sounds like a good plan... especially the sleep/hibernate, as I'll be doing that several times a day so I need the thing to work when I do it. I'm not too concerned about shortening the life of the drive, as I doubt I'd have it more than a couple years anyway (it's only a 60GB).

 

I've heard of plenty dying either out of box or about 2-3months in. I am lucky in that my Vertex 2 still works 9 months later...but I'm keeping fingers crossed!

 

Adunno if SF fixed 1222, but that had BSOD on hibernate/sleep or it wouldn't ever wake up requiring a hard shutdown. My Vertex 2 and Agility 2 both have original SF-1200 and thankfully both have been good.

 

Well, the drive was one of the RunCores sold through MyDigitalDiscount.com. I called them today and the 2 year warranty on the drive is covered through the vendor, so I'm not too worried if something does happen.