OCZ Vertex 2 Issue

Chrisbes · 25 Nov 2011 at 20:33

My mate has a VERTEX 2 drive and its stopped booting, it gets to the LOADING WINDOWS screen where the windows logo morphs onto the screen and then it just sticks at that. I have tried it in my PC and it is not detected at all. Any way this could be sorted?

EDIT: This was after it was turned off at the mains when it froze (I know..)

icehot · 26 Nov 2011 at 09:43

No word of a lie, our media centre did EXACTLY this yesterday with the same SSD. Eyes on this thread!

Chrisbes · 26 Nov 2011 at 13:44

icehot said:
No word of a lie, our media centre did EXACTLY this yesterday with the same SSD. Eyes on this thread!

Ouch. I have tried these things:

Trying the SSD in a different computer to rule out any other hardware faults
Booting in safe mode
Booting off the Windows Disk to try and repair the drive

No no avail.

It is was also very hard to get the drive picked up in my bios and didnt exist in the Windows Repair screen either.

Iraklis F.C. · 26 Nov 2011 at 14:05

when it is plugged in and pc working, check the ssd if possible if you can see a flashing LED in it. report back

Chrisbes · 26 Nov 2011 at 19:29

Iraklis F.C. said:
when it is plugged in and pc working, check the ssd if possible if you can see a flashing LED in it. report back

Done that, No LEDs on the SSD that i could see (Possibly not lit up?)

Iraklis F.C. · 26 Nov 2011 at 19:55

ok, when mine did this there was a led flashing in the SSD, green if memory serves me right. You must have the system working to see it. If there is a LED flashing inside the ssd then i think you have a bricked disk

Chrisbes · 3 Dec 2011 at 21:13

Turns out the actual drive was faulty, and its a problem with the Vertex 2 series.

Marzipanogram · 3 Dec 2011 at 23:13

My Vertex 2 failed a few months ago. It lasted about 13 months.
I didn't bother buying the Vertex 3 or other OCZ product.
I got the Crucial M4, so far so good.

My advise for anyone with a Vertex 2:
Store important data on a second drive.
Encrypt the drive, in case you have to send the disk for checks/repairs. You data should be safe.
And finally .... sorry for your future data loss :mad:

HarryPainful · 3 Dec 2011 at 23:17

Anyone who buys an OCZ SSD is a fool imo, yes I was one bitten as well

They are utter, utter turd.