The OCZ Vertex 3 Thread

scottmuir424 · 8 Oct 2011 at 01:17

rjkoneill nice results on the raid

AndyCr15 · 8 Oct 2011 at 07:27

Also... is there anything I have to change so my motherboard will see a regular HDD at the same time?

I've tried two different ones (as one may well be blown) and it doesn't see either?

AndyCr15 · 9 Oct 2011 at 17:31

AndyCr15 said:
Do I need to read the whole 15 page thread, or can someone throw me a link to read?

It's sat on a P8Z68-V Pro.

No-one? I guess I'll get reading

Banzai_Joe · 9 Oct 2011 at 18:53

AndyCr15 said:
This isn't too good then....

Do I need to read the whole 15 page thread, or can someone throw me a link to read?

It's sat on a P8Z68-V Pro.

Here's mine mate, using the P8Z68-V (not pro) (bios 0606) and 2.11 (rig in sig)

Hope it helps somewhat.

AndyCr15 · 10 Oct 2011 at 21:30

Okay, thanks. So you have a very similar set up to me, any ideas what I might need to do to get mine up to speed?

Banzai_Joe · 11 Oct 2011 at 08:57

Andy,
tbh, i ended up reformatting completely, thus ensuring that the drive was aligned correctly.
It seemed to be the only thing that gave me the speeds i have now.

AndyCr15 · 11 Oct 2011 at 08:59

But it was a fresh install, on a new drive? I should format and start again to improve speed? Seems odd?

Banzai_Joe · 11 Oct 2011 at 09:50

hmmm.....in that case i'm not sure tbh. Is it definitely on the sata3 channel with ACHI enabled in bios and in windows?

AndyCr15 · 11 Oct 2011 at 09:56

How would I know which channel? As far as I could see, there are two types of Sata connection on the mobo. The top 2 said 6mbps and the others just 3, so I plugged them in the 6? Is this correct?

Could it be the cables? I think I used older cables...

Banzai_Joe · 11 Oct 2011 at 10:07

Why would you NOT use the cables supplied with the mobo? They are sata3.
I use the grey ports (intel). If that is what you're already using, you could try the navy blue ones (Marvel).
Make sure AHCI is enabled in the bios for your storage controller and not IDE.

AndyCr15 · 11 Oct 2011 at 10:15

Definitely I have AHCI enabled, I checked that.

The cables, I took the mobo out, I had cables lying there next to me from my old PC, just plugged them in rather than opening new packets...

I'll check which ports I'm using and switch cables and report back later

Thanks.

Heatsinked · 15 Oct 2011 at 00:17

Hi Andy,

Any news? Curious about the cable swap...

AndyCr15 · 15 Oct 2011 at 06:55

Sorry, should have posted... change of cables made no difference

Haven't tried a different port yet, probably will do tomorrow.

Banzai_Joe · 15 Oct 2011 at 09:04

Make sure you are using the GREY ports (intel sata3). NAVY BLUE are marvel sata3.
All the other ports are sata2.

AndyCr15 · 15 Oct 2011 at 19:17

Using this image as an example (instead of shutting down, finding a torch and rebooting) -

I'm in the dark blue ones, as these were the ones it said 6 next to, all the others were 3. So I'm in the wrong ports? I should be in the white.

AndyCr15 · 15 Oct 2011 at 19:40

Okay, I went for it...

Any other ideas? (No matter how obvious...)

AndyCr15 · 15 Oct 2011 at 20:24

It would appear Atto tells a different story -

Honestly, when I booted it did seem quicker, so I was surprised what Crystal showed me. Atto tells me I didn't imagine it!

Thanks for the help.

Sampsy · 16 Oct 2011 at 13:09

My writes are a bit slow now on my Agility 3, am I right in assuming the fact that the drive only has 26GB / 111GB free is the cause?

metigue · 16 Oct 2011 at 14:40

I'm running one of these, it's a beast.

Banzai_Joe · 16 Oct 2011 at 20:06

AndyCr15 said:
It would appear Atto tells a different story -

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Honestly, when I booted it did seem quicker, so I was surprised what Crystal showed me. Atto tells me I didn't imagine it!

Thanks for the help.

That's what you want matey.....nice!