Well... it was a sad day today.
In the middle of a job troubleshooting a server using my Air to surf the web for Technet articles, my Air froze up.
The only thing I could do was power down the hard way - hold down the power button for several seconds.
When I tried to reboot it bonged, then sat gray for a while and flashed the dreaded blinking folder with the question mark. My Runcore 128 would no longer boot
Sadly, I could get nothing more for about an hour. Then, after repeated attempts to clear the SMC (per the Apple Support site) holding down Shift-ctrl-option and the power button until led flash, I finally got it to boot... for about twenty minutes. During that time it ran VERY slow. Anything that required HD access went painful. Also, per iStat menus, it ran quite hot - upper 70's C. Weird.
I tried to get a last Time Machine Backup but, alas, no love for me. It acted like it was doing it, then it stopped, then it froze again and no more booting.
<sigh>
Anyway, I installed my stock Samsung 128 SSD back in the Air, booted to the Snow Leopard CD and restored my Time Machine backup from last week. It took about three hours over the wifi.
Obviously, I'm back up and running now and all seems to be fine and my temps are back to normal. But I am very disappointed with the Runcore. Less than a year and it failed. Also, I'm one of the ones that has had the constant freezes after letting my Air sleep so maybe it always had problems.
Anyway, does anybody know Runcore's return/replacement policy. I will look it up tomorrow (er later today actually) morning. For now, I am at least back up and running.
Oh well, off to bed now. Night all.
Sorry to hear this.
The good news is Apple has seriously improved the drivers for the stock SSD over the last year. The MBA and its stock SSD are faster than ever. It is almost competitive with Runcore now.
With a new MBA surely around the corner, might as well live with it unless you get a new Runcore by RMA. I hope they will do something for you.
Also, I know there is a third-party solution coming soon with a 256 GB SSD that will fit in MBA v 2,1. Hopefully the 3,1 uses a new SATA-III drive controller and faster SSD yet. So I don't really want the 256 GB solution to work in the next MBA.
Good luck with the Runcore return. That is too much to lose for such an investment. I am sure they will work with you. Especially if you can get Matt contacted here.
