Error 18 with firmware update

W7-64 24GB Ram

  1. Is the SATA mode in BIOS set to legacy (IDE)/AHCI/RAID? IDE mode (only Raids get AHCI on this controller (Intel ESB2 Sata II)

  2. What is the host – Intel/AMD?   2x Quad Core Xeons (Supermicro X7DA8+ Motherboard – Latest Bios)   

  3. What is the driver? Intel/MSFT? Driver version? Intel ESB2 Sata II dated 8/6/2010 Ver 8.6.2.1315

  4. Is this a primary drive or a secondary drive?  Secondary  (Boots of 15K 320Mc SCSI, SATA II has: 2 Raid0’s (Once Spinning Drive, one SSD [2x SanDisk Ultra II 480GB that have current firmeware]), 1x 1TB spinning drive, The 240GB SSD in question) 

  5. Drive model string? According to Dashboard:  SanDisk Ultra II 240GB  (serial number on request)