Genuine question here, wondering if others have noticed anything similar...
My 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 has suddenly started acting up. Long story short it's suddenly not being deteced in the BIOS or in windows, so I can't secure erase or update the firmware etc, and have tried unplugging, leaving etc.
Luckily I very recently updated my windows SSD to a Kingston 120, so the OCZ was being used for storage only, and I have/ had nothing important on it. Also luckily, it comes with a 3 year warranty and I bought it in December 2010 (not from ocuk), so I'm just within terms to RMA it to OCZ, which is nice
So, looking on the ocz forums it seems a surprising amount of vertex 2 drives have started doing exactly the same thing as mine. Mostly coming up to the 3 year age, and suddenly disappearing from the BIOS and windows, and causing problems. Is this some endemic catastrophic fault affecting ocz drives?
Anyone on here noticed this? Is it considered normal for SSDs to suddenly pack in like this? It was reporting 100% health in recent tests I did, and performing spot on in benchmarks I ran out of interest when I upgraded to the Kingston.
My 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 has suddenly started acting up. Long story short it's suddenly not being deteced in the BIOS or in windows, so I can't secure erase or update the firmware etc, and have tried unplugging, leaving etc.
Luckily I very recently updated my windows SSD to a Kingston 120, so the OCZ was being used for storage only, and I have/ had nothing important on it. Also luckily, it comes with a 3 year warranty and I bought it in December 2010 (not from ocuk), so I'm just within terms to RMA it to OCZ, which is nice
So, looking on the ocz forums it seems a surprising amount of vertex 2 drives have started doing exactly the same thing as mine. Mostly coming up to the 3 year age, and suddenly disappearing from the BIOS and windows, and causing problems. Is this some endemic catastrophic fault affecting ocz drives?
Anyone on here noticed this? Is it considered normal for SSDs to suddenly pack in like this? It was reporting 100% health in recent tests I did, and performing spot on in benchmarks I ran out of interest when I upgraded to the Kingston.
