DSR an SSD Drive?

Yosiah

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This new SSD drive I got is doing my head in. I'm experiencing a lot of freezing and I just got a disk read error at bootup, but it seems to have resolved itself for now. I'm using it in Sata 2 mode, because my motherboard doesn't have Sata 3, so maybe that's causing some issues?

Apparently the Corsair Force 3 uses Sandforce SF-2000, which isn't very good? No idea, haha.

Can I get a refund, as I'm not happy with my SSD, and would rather wait a bit longer after this bad experience. If I mail it back in the original packaging after a quick format, will that be ok for a full refund under DSR? I'm not even sure if it's faulty, or if it's just my setup.

No single piece of hardware has given me this much of a headache. It works for a full day, and then I get Disk Read errors the next.

Cheers :(
 
Yeah it's from OcUK. I bought it on the 22nd, and took delivery on the 23rd. Blew my mind how fast it was compared to my old IDE Seagate, but obviously I'm having problems now and I'm not sure if it's my fault or the drives haha.
 
as long as you set up* the DSR within 7 business days of recieving the product, and have bought it online, then you can send it back under DSR

*you dont have to post it back within 7 days, just agree on a day you will send it to them
 
It's great, Castiel, but this one seems to be a pain -- for me, at least.

Anyway, I wouldn't recommend the Force 3 xD

I might try reinstalling windows on it again, because I had a weird error when I did it the other day - said it couldn't create a partition and then restarted my PC before trying again.
 
Yes, you can return it under the DSRas it is within 7 days. You will need to submit a webnote or post in the customer services section of the forum.
 
My friend recommended the Crucial M4 RealSSD, but I thought I'd be cheap and save the £20 and get the corsair. Might have been my mistake :P

I'm just worried that because I've used it, it doesn't qualify for DSR? Should I just format it and put it back in the box -- is that ok?
 
I went back to mechanicals the past few months, but have just finished installing a OCZ Agility 3. If this one packs up, Im giving up with SSD's again.
I had very badexperiences with the Corsair Reactor drives myself! Very bad drives, RMA'd twice and then got rid.
 
PhillyDee said:
I went back to mechanicals the past few months, but have just finished installing a OCZ Agility 3. If this one packs up, Im giving up with SSD's again.
I had very badexperiences with the Corsair Reactor drives myself! Very bad drives, RMA'd twice and then got rid.
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SSDs are great and all, but I just can't see their worth if they're so finicky. I mean, the only benefit to me so far was Microsoft Word opening instantly and a 14 second bootup. Other than that, performance seems practically the same.
 
Castiel said:
Ye..I was thinking about an OCZ or Crucial 120/128Gb one.
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They are both quite good as they have 3 year warranties. I just recently sent my OCZ one back and it took about a week for them to process. Though the replacement is coming all the way from China which will take 2 weeks.
I would not say I am disappointed, it's probably quite rare that they have to send something from China. SSDs are brilliant though, if you use windows they make such a big difference. Having to use mechanical atm and it's a pita.
 
I've got a M4 128gb SSD that I haven't used since I bought it off a chap on here a fair few months ago.......

;)
 
PhillyDee said:
I went back to mechanicals the past few months, but have just finished installing a OCZ Agility 3. If this one packs up, Im giving up with SSD's again.
I had very badexperiences with the Corsair Reactor drives myself! Very bad drives, RMA'd twice and then got rid.
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Philly I've literally just got the same one and am going to install it in a couple of days.

What sort of tips advice/guidelines do you have for doing so?

I was going to just take all my main docs and store them on another HDD for now, then connect up the SSD and install windows on it as well as a few games (only got a 60GB version).

What sort of settings do I need to change in the BIOS? Also, I've ordered a SATA III cable, was that really worth it or have I just thrown a fiver away?
 
I've had a Kingston SSD V+ and currently have a couple of M4's.
I've had no problems at all.
 
RomanNose said:
They are both quite good as they have 3 year warranties. I just recently sent my OCZ one back and it took about a week for them to process. Though the replacement is coming all the way from China which will take 2 weeks.
I would not say I am disappointed, it's probably quite rare that they have to send something from China. SSDs are brilliant though, if you use windows they make such a big difference. Having to use mechanical atm and it's a pita.
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I don't particularly want to faff about every few months or so dealing with failed drives though. I was thinking about getting one as I have to re-install W7 soon anyway and though a SSD would be a good option......I just want it for the Windows installation really....so I was looking at sizes as well...I would have thought that the 64Gb versions would be too small?
 
Castiel I think Win7 64 Bit is typically ~30GB of HDD space, so 60GB should let you install windows and a few games.
 
Castiel said:
I don't particularly want to faff about every few months or so dealing with failed drives though. I was thinking about getting one as I have to re-install W7 soon anyway and though a SSD would be a good option......I just want it for the Windows installation really....so I was looking at sizes as well...I would have thought that the 64Gb versions would be too small?
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Depends how much programs/apps you want to install.
I remember seeing the failure rate for an SSD was 5% compared to mechanical hard drives which were 3%. Don't know if it's called failure rate, might be called something else. They are not much different, I think some SSDs are just not that good and you should avoid them though.
Personally I have zero critical data on my SSDs, a pro tip is to sync your appdata to another hard drive. So if it goes, you have all your browser profiles and app settings.
 
I only asked for the 60GB Agility 3 for crimbo because I thought it'd be plenty for my main programmes and windows. Aside from that I find my Seagate Baracuda is plenty fast enough at letting me boot up other programmes.

One thing I am still curious about though with these Z68 mobo's is, is it possible to use a SSD as your primary boot drive but then use a second SSD for cacheing? If so, theoretically that should boost the load up time of programmes even more! i think...
 
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