SSD woes

murdok5 · 09-17-10, 11:46 PM

wow never had so much trouble. havent had a chance to call support since its after hours, and weekend, but here is where im at so far. what do you think the issue is?

OCZ vertex 2 120gb via newegg.

Specs in sig - side note newes mobo bios.

2x sata dvd burners, 2x 500gb in raid0. I plug in the SSD to another sata port, and make sure that port is on, but not "raid" enabled (nvidia 780i thing). i boot regular to see it in windows to update firmware. windows freezes while booting. doesnt matter what port or what bios settings....same freeze. the "Detecting IDE drives" takes about 5 mins, then in bios shows nothing on that port.

i think...hmm great! i unplug all SATA except the ssd. same bios hang. Hard bios reset. same hang. great.

I reconnect everything WITHOUT the ssd. I boot to windows (after reconfig bios/raid) and im in windows. I have a drive adapter (2.5", 3.5" ide/sata) to USB. I plug that in, windows found the disk once and asked to initialize, then failed. I tried the usb sata adapter in 2 other computers, and nothing anywhere.

I pulled the hdd outta my gf's lenovo. Popped in the ssd. Bios loading took FOREVER, and still didnt see it. didnt see it with USB adapter for SATA either.

I have a bad drive yea? never had a bad hdd!!!!

aside from that i have been reading nvidia 7 series hates teh SSDS for no AHCI support..so might have to change mobo too

Airbornederekc · 09-18-10, 12:19 AM

Ya you have a bad drive. Let us know how the warranty exchange with OCZ goes.

boucher91 · 09-18-10, 09:48 AM

not real sure bout the lenovo...
the ssds were aligned?
i am running a callisto dx60gig in an asus a8v works fine although speeds are limeted to a little less than 1/2 of the drives capabilities....

murdok5 · 09-18-10, 10:06 AM

i assume that plugging the ssd into the usb adapter would work, thus that makes me think its a bad drive.

Boucher, what do you mean aligned?

but since i just got the drive should i exchange at newegg, or go through OCZ? i dont want to go through OCZ if i will get a refurb drive...considering i just paid for a new one hahahah guess i have to call both parties on monday and see.

CompuTamer · 09-18-10, 01:26 PM

I'd exchange with newegg. It took me FOREVER to get my Vertex replaced when it died through OCZ.

But that's a dead drive. Controller has gone bye bye.

09-17-10, 11:46 PM	Thread Starter #1
murdok5 Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Portland OR	SSD woes wow never had so much trouble. havent had a chance to call support since its after hours, and weekend, but here is where im at so far. what do you think the issue is? OCZ vertex 2 120gb via newegg. Specs in sig - side note newes mobo bios. 2x sata dvd burners, 2x 500gb in raid0. I plug in the SSD to another sata port, and make sure that port is on, but not "raid" enabled (nvidia 780i thing). i boot regular to see it in windows to update firmware. windows freezes while booting. doesnt matter what port or what bios settings....same freeze. the "Detecting IDE drives" takes about 5 mins, then in bios shows nothing on that port. i think...hmm great! i unplug all SATA except the ssd. same bios hang. Hard bios reset. same hang. great. I reconnect everything WITHOUT the ssd. I boot to windows (after reconfig bios/raid) and im in windows. I have a drive adapter (2.5", 3.5" ide/sata) to USB. I plug that in, windows found the disk once and asked to initialize, then failed. I tried the usb sata adapter in 2 other computers, and nothing anywhere. I pulled the hdd outta my gf's lenovo. Popped in the ssd. Bios loading took FOREVER, and still didnt see it. didnt see it with USB adapter for SATA either. I have a bad drive yea? never had a bad hdd!!!! aside from that i have been reading nvidia 7 series hates teh SSDS for no AHCI support..so might have to change mobo too __________________ RED belt Ubercloxx0r Heatware : Murdok5 21-0-0[/SIZE]
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09-18-10, 12:19 AM	#2
Airbornederekc Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: massachusetts	Ya you have a bad drive. Let us know how the warranty exchange with OCZ goes. __________________ Intel Core I7 X980 6 Core CPU @ 4.27Ghz Corsair H50 CPU cooler with Intel server 120mm fan Intel DX58SO Smack Over motherboard 6GB OCZ DDR-III 1600Mhz (3x2GB) (OCZ3P1600LV6GK) 1x Intel X25-M 80GB SATA SSD Drive 2x Gigabyle Radeon HD 5870 1GB XFire (Vantage 31857) Enermax Galaxy Evo 1250w PSU Thermaltake Armor Chassis LG Blu-Ray + Sony DVD-RW
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09-18-10, 09:48 AM	#3
boucher91 Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Guthrie	not real sure bout the lenovo... the ssds were aligned? i am running a callisto dx60gig in an asus a8v works fine although speeds are limeted to a little less than 1/2 of the drives capabilities.... __________________ asus crosshair formula 3 w/ek full board silver/acetal water block pc&p silencer 750 x4-965 w/ek hf supreme full copper water block mcp655vario/rx480rad/swifty microres x2each xfx 6970 2x4gig muskin 787 24 1600 mushkin callisto 60gig ssd wd velociraptor 300 wd 1tb seagate 1tb sum dvd burner case NZXT zero
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09-18-10, 10:06 AM	Thread Starter #4
murdok5 Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Portland OR	i assume that plugging the ssd into the usb adapter would work, thus that makes me think its a bad drive. Boucher, what do you mean aligned? but since i just got the drive should i exchange at newegg, or go through OCZ? i dont want to go through OCZ if i will get a refurb drive...considering i just paid for a new one hahahah guess i have to call both parties on monday and see. __________________ RED belt Ubercloxx0r Heatware : Murdok5 21-0-0[/SIZE]
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09-18-10, 01:26 PM	#5
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