The OCZ Vertex 3 Thread

simulatorman said:
They are joking aren’t they, alternative windows drives or Linux boot sticks. Nothing like making it easy with a CD ISO to burn. Don’t have any problems so I’m not going to bother at the moment.
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Same for secure erase, kind of annoying.

Mine benched fine. The speeds will recover a little as I left no time for garbage Collection etc after a full OS install and muchos apps/games being put to the drive.

This was prior to the LPM Fix being applied also so I don't know if that will change anything. Close enough top spec so I am happy :p

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Craig321 said:
Tempted to upgrade the firmware just to see if it improves boot times (not that I need faster boot times! :D).

Has anyone tried and noticed any noticeable improvements?
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That's exactly why I flashed mine, can't say I've noticed any difference though.
 
Izi said:
Mine kept freezing. Does the firmware update help with this?
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These are the release notes:

Issues resolved since version 2.02
Fixed a rare corner case issue where a STOP error may occur during Windows OS 7 installation on a small number of platforms using Intel’s P67 Sandy bridge chipset
Improved boot up time during typical operation
Improved the drive’s power consumption when it was in an idle mode
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Probably not but you should have a look/ask on OCZ forums:

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/f...rtex2-Agility2-EX-Drives-REVO-and-HSDL-drives

The update thread is here:

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/f...ilable-using-toolbox-to-update-vertex3-drives
 
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Although I wasn't going to go through the hassle of fiddling around with drives and making a windows boot disc to do the firmware upgrade I found this:

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/f...vertex3-drives&p=638016&viewfull=1#post638016

A ready to go Linux ISO toolbox.. A 137MB download and the ISO takes a minute to burn.

Boot with the CD and leave your PC with a network connection. Let the CD load and then reboot itself with the first option. The screen will give you some options including Secure Erase and Firmware Update. Select Firmware Update and job done in a few seconds. Reset your PC to boot from your Vertex drive and you are ready to resume business.

It really is quick and painless and I am now on firmware 2.06. :)

Note: You never know so backup any important data before you start.
 
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Do you know if you can roll back? I assume once it is updated as aboce, you can reboot and then boot from a windows install disk.
 
beh* said:
Do you know if you can roll back? I assume once it is updated as aboce, you can reboot and then boot from a windows install disk.
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Firmware updates aren't reversible. I should have added that when you are done just set your windows disk (Vertex 3) to be the bootable drive again in your bios and away you go.
 
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simulatorman said:
Although I wasn't going to go through the hassle of fiddling around with drives and making a windows boot disc to do the firmware upgrade I found this:

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/f...vertex3-drives&p=638016&viewfull=1#post638016

A ready to go Linux ISO toolbox.. A 137MB download and the ISO takes a minute to burn.

Boot with the CD and leave your PC with a network connection. Let the CD load and then reboot itself with the first option. The screen will give you some options including Secure Erase and Firmware Update. Select Firmware Update and job done in a few seconds. Reset your PC to boot from your Vertex drive and you are ready to resume business.

It really is quick and painless and I am now on firmware 2.06. :)

Note: You never know so backup any important data before you start.
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Brilliant, just what I was after :)
 
Haven't noticed any increased speed during boot up.

2.02 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 2.06
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Both using Intel RAID RST 10.5.1027 // ASUS P8Z68-V Pro. Updating firmware did require a hotplug to reset the drive being locked.
 
Be warned that a lot of people on the OCZ forum are having BSOD / drives disappearing after going 2.06 firmware. My V3's are going back to retailer as I am constantly crashing now.
 
MilanoChris said:
Too true! Well, if I bought one, to replace my VelociRaptor, would I be disappointed? And how much is my VelociRaptor worth?
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Well yes they are much better than a VelociRaptor, not sure how much you would get for one though. The main improvements I have noticed with this SSD (compared to my old HDD) is the speed at which Windows starts, and things are generally slightly more responsive. I don't go along with the whole idea that HDDs are crap compared to SSDs and that it's like light and day because it's not. Then again, I have always been a very "clean" computer user, only a few things at startup, hardly anything in the background, constant maintainance and defrags. If you are someone who hardly defrags and have tones of things load at startup it would probably be a hell of a lot better.
 
On 2.06 and have seen 2 BSODs just from leaving my computer running overnight.

The BSOD is "hardware error" and no dump file gets written to disk.
 
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simulatorman said:
But I never got consistent benchmarks so I have gone back to the 1034 since then. Let us know how you get on.
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How have gone around Uninstalling the Marvell 9128 Sata drivers in the past? Did you use the Device Manager or uninstall using the Control Panel > Uninstall Programs utility and then rebooting?
I think the 1.0.0.1051 drivers are causing Windows to freeze for a min or so every now and again.
Any chance you can let me now what you done?
 
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