OCZ SandForce firmware Updates now out :)

Andrew Moore · 28 Jul 2011 at 17:32

The firmware updates for the SandForce based SSDs are ow out and updated!! So any niggles you may have had are now ironed out

Take the link below for details

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/f...scuss-it-here.&p=661499&viewfull=1#post661499

http://www.ocztechnology.com/ssd_to...Max_IOPS,_Agility_3,_Solid_3_and_RevoDrive_3/

ChrisD. · 28 Jul 2011 at 17:38

Just after I ordered a Crucial M4!

Alex h · 28 Jul 2011 at 18:09

same here lol

Jordan97 · 28 Jul 2011 at 20:25

I thought they had already sorted out the Sandforce controller issues?

Danfoss2011 · 28 Jul 2011 at 23:09

I will test this in the monring

panyan · 28 Jul 2011 at 23:36

very interested to see if this is finally sorted

Reaper 392 · 28 Jul 2011 at 23:50

im still going to wait a while until i recommend one of these to anyone else, because you never know what this fix might cause to happen. at least the issues have pushed the prices down to crucial M4 money

AiiR · 29 Jul 2011 at 01:00

Is there a how-to guide anywhere on updating these? From the posts I imagine you run the linux bootable tools from a usb and boot into it, but what from there? Unless I've missed something?

Deception · 29 Jul 2011 at 08:57

MilanoChris said:
Just after I ordered a Crucial M4!

I know how you feel! Although will these actually make much of a difference over the M4.

ChrisD. · 29 Jul 2011 at 09:03

Well from what I've read, in real world terms there is no performance difference so I think I'll be happy with the Crucial. Should be here soon I hope.

Arcane · 29 Jul 2011 at 12:43

This firmware looks very encouraging, i've personally been problem free with 2.09 although OCZ are saying to flash anyway as it includes a whole host of fixes and speed improvements. Also use in combination with 10.6 RST for best results.

Danfoss2011 · 29 Jul 2011 at 14:28

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Z68, ASUS SATA 6 cables (weather they make difference duno)

Jordan97 · 29 Jul 2011 at 14:31

Danfoss2011 said:

What drive is that giving you speeds of 1000MB/s?

Danfoss2011 · 29 Jul 2011 at 14:42

Jordan97 said:
What drive is that giving you speeds of 1000MB/s?

Stock clocks
2GB (think i got a dead slot or dead ram)
2 OCZ Agility 3 60GB's RAID 0
128k strip
ASUS SATA 6 cables (weather they make difference duno)

It's just a fresh install of W7, chipset, raid and all the latest 7 x64 pro updates

Jordan97 · 29 Jul 2011 at 14:57

SSD in RAID? IIRC TRIM does not work in a RAID array does it?

What do you mean by '128k strip'?

Danfoss2011 · 29 Jul 2011 at 15:00

Jordan97 said:
SSD in RAID? IIRC TRIM does not work in a RAID array does it?

What do you mean by '128k strip'?

Trim is something no ones letting on to about fully but there is background activity, garabge collection.

Z68 does something for SSD in raid 0

when you have raid you have to set a strip size, i've set 128k

Jordan97 · 29 Jul 2011 at 15:13

Oh right.

I thought the only feature on Z68 that has anything to do with SSD's is the SSD caching?

Danfoss2011 · 29 Jul 2011 at 15:16

Jordan97 said:
Oh right.

I thought the only feature on Z68 that has anything to do with SSD's is the SSD caching?

Only when using a std mechanical drive.

RAID 0 is fine on the right SSD's

On my 8 it's fine

ots3go · 2 Aug 2011 at 19:36

Have one running this new firmware, but it was also fine on 2.09, some marginal speed gain, mind.

Have another still on 2.06 that was occasionally freezing, but has been stable for a week so won't touch it with the update yet.

(Both Agility 3's).

Alex74 · 3 Aug 2011 at 13:19

Updated to new firmware a couple evenings ago on my vertex 3, so far no BSODs and excellent speed. Looks good so far