OCZ Vertex 2

[fezster]

I have an ~5 year old Vertex 2 which suddenly stopped showing in the bios. Reading around, apparently this was a common problem, with the "sandforce bug" mentioned.

My question is whether there's any way to recover the drive and / or flash the firmware. If I connect a jumper to the pins on the rear of the drive, I can make it show up in Windows (on another computer), but can't do much with it.

Or should it simply be binned ...

 

[fezster]

It only shows up in "manufacturers mode" by connecting the jumper at the back. Can't actually do anything useful with it in that mode - tried formatting, but it just reverts to it's original state once disconnected and reconnected. With the jumper removed, it still refuses to show up.

Thought this may have been a common occurrence and an easy fix. I've already bought a replacement, so will just bin this.