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Hi all, I've been working with my laptop and an OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD I bought from OCUK and I've struggled for months for a proper fix which will allow me to Sleep, as well as prevent random BSOD occurances.
It is only recently that I've been able to find the solution.
1) Firmware.
I only ever managed to get my firmware to update once when connecting the OCZ Agility 3 SSD as a secondary drive on a desktop, and that was to get it from 2.6 to 2.11 (latest version 2.15). All other attempts failed.
Scrap that idea. Take off all your important data and wipe the drive.
Install Ubuntu or another recent Linux variant and update the drive as either primary or secondary drive (primary on my laptop, in my case) using the Linux variant of the Firmware updater. Reformat the drive and Install a fresh copy of Windows.
2) SATA controller driver.
There are a few forums here and there that have users saying you need to install beta Intel drivers for your SSD to work properly.
While this may be true on a SATA-6GB/s interface, my laptop only has a SATA-3GB/s port. (I plan on moving this SSD to my desktop when I've got it.)
From my experience, no drivers other than the defaults trough Windows and Windows Update seem to work fine as of 2.15 of the firmware available.
3) Windows Updates.
You should probably update your Windows Seven copy after your clean install, but there's one update you may want to avoid: Service Pack 1.
I've noticed that installing Service Pack 1 for Windows Seven tends to be a bit difficult on the Agility 3, and afterwards the BSOD crashes and inability to Sleep return after managing to get in installed.
Simply ignore that update for the time being.
I know this is quite a basic list, but the latter is not a recommendation I've seen anywhere else, and while it may not apply to those connected through a SATA-6GB/s connection, it certainly has helped me uninstalling it.
I also see a lot of people unable to update firmware via Windows. Linux is the easy way out, if you don't mind a reformat.
Please feel free to leave any feedback on the matter, it's good to see results!
It is only recently that I've been able to find the solution.
1) Firmware.
I only ever managed to get my firmware to update once when connecting the OCZ Agility 3 SSD as a secondary drive on a desktop, and that was to get it from 2.6 to 2.11 (latest version 2.15). All other attempts failed.
Scrap that idea. Take off all your important data and wipe the drive.
Install Ubuntu or another recent Linux variant and update the drive as either primary or secondary drive (primary on my laptop, in my case) using the Linux variant of the Firmware updater. Reformat the drive and Install a fresh copy of Windows.
2) SATA controller driver.
There are a few forums here and there that have users saying you need to install beta Intel drivers for your SSD to work properly.
While this may be true on a SATA-6GB/s interface, my laptop only has a SATA-3GB/s port. (I plan on moving this SSD to my desktop when I've got it.)
From my experience, no drivers other than the defaults trough Windows and Windows Update seem to work fine as of 2.15 of the firmware available.
3) Windows Updates.
You should probably update your Windows Seven copy after your clean install, but there's one update you may want to avoid: Service Pack 1.
I've noticed that installing Service Pack 1 for Windows Seven tends to be a bit difficult on the Agility 3, and afterwards the BSOD crashes and inability to Sleep return after managing to get in installed.
Simply ignore that update for the time being.
I know this is quite a basic list, but the latter is not a recommendation I've seen anywhere else, and while it may not apply to those connected through a SATA-6GB/s connection, it certainly has helped me uninstalling it.
I also see a lot of people unable to update firmware via Windows. Linux is the easy way out, if you don't mind a reformat.
Please feel free to leave any feedback on the matter, it's good to see results!
