Plextor USA

When will this be available as it is used in this review?

www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/plextor_m5..._review_test,14.html

And is the controller the same or has there been a revision since it's release?
Marvell 88SS9187-BLD2 (Monet) controller
vs
Marvell 88SS9187

Thank you

Thank you for your support.

I didn't even know there was a FW 1.02 for the drive as thats what is shown in the review, but I'm sure that the update should be available through the website shortly since it appears the drive was purcahsed with 1.02 already installed. As for the Marvell controller everything I found about it shows that the Marvell 88SS9187 = Marvell 88SS9187-BLD2. I will look into this more and update if I find out any additional information regarding the FW1.02 or the Marvell controller.

Thank you.
Last update was for 1.01 date 08/13/12 and on the download support page at the bottom is this:

No files available yet for this category!

Right for now just use THIS link to access the download, which as we know is 1.01 at this time. I still couldn't find info on when 1.02 will be up, but it should be available on that link when it is.

My 128GB M5P seems to have lost a lot of PCMark Vantage performance with 1.01 vs 1.00 after a secure erase (dropped from 67,227 to 53,565 on Intel SATA3 / AHCI running RST 11.6 drivers), and it needed to be unlocked to secure erase as well. I didn't see the performance drop with 1.01 until I secure erased it. Hopefully these issues have been addressed in 1.02.