OCZ Agility 3 Drivers

Sampsy · 28 Jun 2011 at 14:17

Where can I find the drivers / everything I need to install for a 120GB agility 3 to run correvtly? I have tried looking, but honestly it is confusing as I have never used a SSD before.

Myshra · 28 Jun 2011 at 15:19

Go here and read: http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/f...-Agility3-Solid3-support-and-discussion-forum

Especially ready this:
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?90592-OCZ-Vertex-3-preparations-for-OS-deploy

If you don't understand about specifics then ask.

Your motherboard manufacturer will have the latest drivers required (so for example the asus P8P67 range use the intel 10.5's). Once Windows 7 is installed you should run the windows experience index thing.

Sampsy · 28 Jun 2011 at 15:33

Well reading through that, I didn't update the firmware on my SSD before I installed an O/S onto it, but according to the forums I don't need to unless I know the SSD is causing problems (it is on 2.06 atm). However I downloaded the toolbox anyway, but it doesn't detect any ocz drives.

Myshra · 28 Jun 2011 at 15:47

It doesn't detect drives due to the ahci driver iirc. The default windows one should work if it's ever an issue but if the drive works and you don't see and bsod or what i would call gradual death where apps stop responding one by one... I wouldn't worry about flashing the firmware.

Sampsy · 28 Jun 2011 at 15:58

Ok, i'll leave it for now then, thanks for the help

OLDPHART · 28 Jun 2011 at 23:47

If your using Win 7 set IDE to ACHI in Bios, its just like installing a normal sata HD, your firmware should be the lastest one. Theirs utility called SSD Tweak which will help set up your SSD after you have installed it in Win 7, read the SSD Tweak info before you use it, but its easy to use.

Sampsy · 1 Jul 2011 at 23:04

My SSD came with firmware 2.06, the latest is 2.09. and supposedly fixes BSOD issues. My new PC has BSOD'd a few times (although after fiddling with OC settings) but I didn't get to see the dumps since I forgot to disable auto restart on BSOD. Furthermore, my system has locked up a few times, needing me to power the system off and on again (a simple restart leads to no boot).

So, I just shoved the drive into an old MESH and updated the firmware that way, seeing as I can't update it while the O/S is running off it. No problems so far, but I only did it about five minutes ago.