OCZ VERTEX 2E FIRMWARE 1.28 + GUIDE

Ashfield · 2 Feb 2011 at 13:17

mikeo said:
Total waste of time.

As stated above. 1.24 is a VERY minor (and RARE) bug fix. And 1.25 - 1.28 are only aimed at the new drives with the faster NAND.

To be totally honest... I would NEVER upgrade the firmware in any device unless there was a bug fix for something that was personally giving me a problem, or it gave me some tangible improvement (EG. in the case of SSD's... improvement in TRIM processing, or speed improvement/s etc.). If only because there is "always" the chance that you could brick your device!!!

had a feeling that may be the case, thanks mate

cjkennedy · 2 Feb 2011 at 14:11

nice guide, but as said these firmware updates are so minor its not worth the hassle atm

mikeo · 2 Feb 2011 at 16:44

Bunyan said:
cloning a drive is much more hassle than simply booting a live CD.

Each to their own. Not belittling your efforts. But a boot drive clone is a sensible "ultimate" back up anyway.

Similar write up on the OCZ forum:
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/f...288-Using-The-Linux-Flasher-With-Parted-Magic
So they obviously like it as well.

mikeo · 2 Feb 2011 at 16:59

Also nice little guide to executing a "secure erase" using Parted Magic (excellent utility by the way and free):

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/f...ootable-CD-USB-Linux..-Point-and-Click-Method

and works a treat, even for "stubborn" drives.

Come to that. Just about anything you want to know about OCZ SSD's available at:

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/content.php

Supernaut91 · 2 Feb 2011 at 21:12

yeah cloning a drive for backup is excellent

. I love secure erase, i will use it when service pack 1 is put on windows discs and ill format my machine.

DragonQ · 3 Feb 2011 at 00:02

mikeo said:
Total waste of time.

As stated above. 1.24 is a VERY minor (and RARE) bug fix. And 1.25 - 1.28 are only aimed at the new drives with the faster NAND.

Actually OCZ have stated that the newer revisions with 25 nm NAND are very slightly slower than the older revisions with 34 nm NAND.

Newer drives with 25 nm NAND are also actually 115 GB (107 GiB) rather than 120 GB (111 GiB), according to OCZ.

mikeo · 3 Feb 2011 at 00:13

DragonQ said:
Actually OCZ have stated that the newer revisions with 25 nm NAND are very slightly slower than the older revisions with 45 nm NAND.

Interesting to hear.

Supernaut91 · 3 Feb 2011 at 00:26

any idea on why they changed?

gareth170 · 3 Feb 2011 at 00:28

i updated the firmware in windows as a secondary drive without issues..

Supernaut91 · 3 Feb 2011 at 00:38

gareth170 said:
i updated the firmware in windows as a secondary drive without issues..

Just edited the guide Gareth explaining that the drive within secondary, will run the firmware process flawlessly without error.

DragonQ · 3 Feb 2011 at 00:39

Bunyan said:
any idea on why they changed?

Cheaper.

gareth170 · 3 Feb 2011 at 00:45

Bunyan said:
Just edited the guide Gareth explaining that the drive within secondary, will run the firmware process flawlessly without error.

ok, cool.

Supernaut91 · 3 Feb 2011 at 14:53

I will be posting a secure erase guide at the end of the weekend.

mikeo · 3 Feb 2011 at 15:52

Bunyan said:
I will be posting a secure erase guide at the end of the weekend.

Not being rude. But why? as there's already a comprehensive guide on the OCZ forums. I just can't see the point personally in just cut & pasting someone else guide here!

As already posted: http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/f...ootable-CD-USB-Linux..-Point-and-Click-Method

at least just posting a link gives the original author some credit for their work!

JennyXT · 3 Feb 2011 at 15:55

Bunyan said:
there is a point, the toolbox causes a bluescreen in 99% cases and you can sometime lose the drive from BIOS which the only fix is to switch machine off for 5mins and turn back on. This is a lot more safe.

I have this problem. About 5% of the time I lose my vertex 2e from the bios. Can you give me more info on this, some references to possible fixes would be nice.

From reading the rest of this thread I get the impression that the 1.28 update does not solve this. I have version 1.24 at the moment

kona786 · 3 Feb 2011 at 16:30

mikeo said:
Not being rude. But why? as there's already a comprehensive guide on the OCZ forums. I just can't see the point personally in just cut & pasting someone else guide here!

As already posted: http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/f...ootable-CD-USB-Linux..-Point-and-Click-Method

at least just posting a link gives the original author some credit for their work!

my 60gb vertex 2e firmware 1.11 is refusing to reinstall W7 - (CORRUPTs install halfway)

will the guide above return my ssd to its original factory state and cure the problem?

mikeo · 3 Feb 2011 at 17:43

JennyXT said:
I have this problem. About 5% of the time I lose my vertex 2e from the bios. Can you give me more info on this, some references to possible fixes would be nice.

From reading the rest of this thread I get the impression that the 1.28 update does not solve this. I have version 1.24 at the moment

HI. To all intent and purpose, 1.24 "is" the latest firmware.

If I was you, I would have a look on the OCZ forums and if you can't find an answer, post a specific query there. The OCZ forums are not just user forums, a number of the mods are actually techies that work for OCZ. They can (and are quite happy to) even help expedite RMA's for people. One of the most helpful forums out there, very little duff info. or plagiarised work there. The other option would be of course to post a specific thread of your own on the OCuk forums.

Good luck.

mikeo · 3 Feb 2011 at 17:48

kona786 said:
my 60gb vertex 2e firmware 1.11 is refusing to reinstall W7 - (CORRUPTs install halfway)

will the guide above return my ssd to its original factory state and cure the problem?

The guide I linked to should return your drive to the factory fresh state. I have used this method and it works a treat. And if re-installing windows, it's always recommended that you secure erase the drive first.

If it was me. After successfully secure erasing your drive, I would flash the firmware to the latest version (IE. 1.24 for most people). As there were a LOT of bug fixes and changes (especially between 1.11 and 1.23).

Good luck.

If further problems. Raise a new thread would be my recommendation.

kona786 · 3 Feb 2011 at 18:30

Cheers mikeo will give this a try when i've got some spare time

Supernaut91 · 3 Feb 2011 at 20:20

mikeo said:
Not being rude. But why? as there's already a comprehensive guide on the OCZ forums. I just can't see the point personally in just cut & pasting someone else guide here!

As already posted: http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/f...ootable-CD-USB-Linux..-Point-and-Click-Method

at least just posting a link gives the original author some credit for their work!

I made the guide as user friendly as possible, plus i would like to share it with ocuk members, whats your issue? I'm only trying to help people, i for one would rather read a guide from ocuk than OCZ.