The Corsair Force Series 3 SSDs were announced just a few weeks ago – boasting SandForce SF-2281 controllers and a very aggressive price point. Just days after the first units started shipping, Corsair has issued a recall of the 120GB Force Series 3 SSDs. According to Corsair, the 120GB model is seeing, “a significant percentage of these drive do not operate to specification.” What the failure is exactly isn’t clear, Corsair is quick to deflect blame from their partners, simply stating that both hardware and firmware need to be fixed.
The Corsair Force Series 3 SSDs were announced just a few weeks ago – boasting SandForce SF-2281 controllers and a very aggressive price point. Just days after the first units started shipping, Corsair has issued a recall of the 120GB Force Series 3 SSDs. According to Corsair, the 120GB model is seeing, “a significant percentage of these drive do not operate to specification.” What the failure is exactly isn’t clear, Corsair is quick to deflect blame from their partners, simply stating that both hardware and firmware need to be fixed.
While it’s regrettable and unfortunate that this happened, we do applaud Corsair for not only accepting blame for the issue, but quickly trying to resolve it. “This is our fault, our production tests didn’t catch the issue before the drives were shipped to the consumer and we take full responsibility for our products, which is why we’re asking for them to be returned and will be picking up return shipping.”
Buyers of the Force Series 3 SSD in the 120GB capacity can return the drive to Corsair for exchange – retailers are also accepting returns. The 60GB and 240GB models are not affected. For more information on how to exchange a defective drive, visit this thread in the Corsair support forums.
