OCZ Vertex 1 undetectable? Possible panic mode?

[Nathanleg]

I've had the drive for almost year now, working completely fine last night, turned the machine on this morning and the drive is now not even being recognized by the bios. Have tried the drive in two separate machines to no avail so decided to look around on the web to find a solution.
Read somewhere about SSD's entering 'panic mode' if the computer encounters an error/enters sleep mode? Now this was related to Vertex 2/3 most of the time but was wondering if it can relate to the very first vertex model and if there is anyway to fix it?

Like I said, it was running perfectly fine last night and for the past (almost) 12 months, then this morning I turned the machine on, went about my business, came back to find the message "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device".

 

[wazza300]

it locks itself/freeze mode if it detects an issue

could try leaving it out the machine for a few hours and then try

this was on the OCZ forum, it might help:

1. Switch off System.
2. Turn off the PSU, remove Power cord from outlet.
3. Disconnect the LE and all other drives.
4. Remove CMOS Battery.
5. Press PC case power button for 20 seconds to discharge capacitors.
6. Short the CLR CMOS jumper and leave all to 'drain' for about 30 minutes.
7. Reset jumper/Re-insert the Battery
8. Attach power/turn on PSU and configure CMOS to safe Defaults and set:
a. AHCI SATA mode.
b. Any CMOS Hot Plug/External SATA settings [DISABLED] on the LE port.
9. Save CMOS settings, re-boot to CMOS.
10. Connect the LE back to SATA port 0/1 via a Hot Insert/Plug/Connect the SSD while in CMOS, by placing SATA Power lead on first, then SATA signal Cable.
Then save CMOS and re-boot back into to CMOS to check if SSD is detected.
a. (At this stage, only the SSD on SATA port 0/1 and CD/DVD drives SATA port 4/5 should be attached).
11. Put the Bootable Tools CD in it’s drive, change Boot Order to CD/DVD first and Boot to it.
a. Secure Erase the SSD
b. Force Flash the latest Firmware.
c. Power down the system, remove power to the drive for 1 minute, reconnect the drive and power on.

 

[Nathanleg]

Thank you for the swift reply!

The drive is not currently connected to anything, just placed it back in the box hoping to get a replacement. Turns out the drive is almost 2 years old... Although OCZ state that their SSD's have a 2, 3 or 5 year warranty period. Fingers crossed!

Will give the drive another go soon just to see if anything has changed and thank you for the reply