You call a dozen guys over there who don't even know how to implement some known workarounds.. widespread? Do you have any idea how many of these drives are in the market now?
Even with the Sandforce controller chip shortage.. there are thousands of V3's out there already. And some of those noobs over there aren't even doing the basic power options tweaks such as setting to high performance, never shutting the drive down, etc. That alone has fixed quite a few issues lately along with the hotswap settings fixing most others.
Then there's the known issue with H/P67 series boards. This from an ASUS beta-tester
Then theres a known LPM issue with RST drivers.
http://forums.crucial.com/t5/Solid-...eze-ups-in-Windows-7-solved-for-me/td-p/38766
I can go on and on here. Point is that there are far too many variables with all the new platforms, drivers, and hardware to put the blame on any one component or software. Can't really expect a SSD firmware to fix all the issues and only time will sort it all out.