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- Feb 14, 2012
Hi All,
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First off, a disclaimer: I have used this procedure to get my limping drive back into full swing, however it uses a dangerous hack - the Corsair Nova 2, Patriot Memory Torqx 2 and the MyDigitalSSD bulletproof SSDs all share the same controller set - a phison PS3105 - you will be applying nonstandard firmware to your Corsair drive, say goodbye to any warranty and you do this at your own risk.
It worked for me, if it doesn't work for you it's not my problem. Just sayin'
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This issue has been driving me *insane* since the day I bought a Corsair Nova 2 drive, After my OCZ Vertex 2 went pop today, I had motivation to fix my Corsair drive - I thought I'd post here for the world to come and have a look!
The Issue: Corsair Nova 2 : freezes, locks up, slow throughput, poor multitasking, generally being a god awful drive. (This also applies to the Patriot Memory Torqx 2 range of drives - they're identical by the look of it.)
Solution: Non Corsair firmware from a drive that still uses the same controller.
It seems the guys over at MyDigitalSSD are the only guys that are actively still developing firmware for the Phison PS3105-S5-1 chipset.
If you look at this thread here:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/sol...sd-msata-ssd-64gb-very-bad-performance-2.html
They have firmware upto version 15 of this controller, apparently way beyond anyone else seems to be bothering with. If you follow the instructions there, the V15 MyDigitalSSD firmware will load onto the Corsair Nova 2 - they're in effect the same disk internally.
BE WARNED! Following that proceedure will wipe your SSD clean.
NOTE: YOU MUST PUT THE DRIVE IN AHCI MODE FOR THIS TO WORK
There have been some mixed results as far as I can see, but it worked for me, hopefully it'll help sort out your crippled drive too...
Have Fun
************************************************************
First off, a disclaimer: I have used this procedure to get my limping drive back into full swing, however it uses a dangerous hack - the Corsair Nova 2, Patriot Memory Torqx 2 and the MyDigitalSSD bulletproof SSDs all share the same controller set - a phison PS3105 - you will be applying nonstandard firmware to your Corsair drive, say goodbye to any warranty and you do this at your own risk.
It worked for me, if it doesn't work for you it's not my problem. Just sayin'
************************************************************
This issue has been driving me *insane* since the day I bought a Corsair Nova 2 drive, After my OCZ Vertex 2 went pop today, I had motivation to fix my Corsair drive - I thought I'd post here for the world to come and have a look!
The Issue: Corsair Nova 2 : freezes, locks up, slow throughput, poor multitasking, generally being a god awful drive. (This also applies to the Patriot Memory Torqx 2 range of drives - they're identical by the look of it.)
Solution: Non Corsair firmware from a drive that still uses the same controller.
It seems the guys over at MyDigitalSSD are the only guys that are actively still developing firmware for the Phison PS3105-S5-1 chipset.
If you look at this thread here:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/sol...sd-msata-ssd-64gb-very-bad-performance-2.html
They have firmware upto version 15 of this controller, apparently way beyond anyone else seems to be bothering with. If you follow the instructions there, the V15 MyDigitalSSD firmware will load onto the Corsair Nova 2 - they're in effect the same disk internally.
BE WARNED! Following that proceedure will wipe your SSD clean.
NOTE: YOU MUST PUT THE DRIVE IN AHCI MODE FOR THIS TO WORK
Updating the MyDigitalSSD mSATA firmware using Windows PE
1.Downloading a smallish (140MB) WinPE ISO image
2.Created a bootable USB stick with isotousb pointing to the WinPE ISO image as the source. Ensure you select the bootable option.
3.Extract and copy these files to your USB stick's root (\) directory:
* oledlg.dll from here
* UpgradeFW_S5FAM014(PreFormat)(mSATA).exe from here
* UpgradeFW_S5FAM015(PreFormat)(mSATA).exe from here
4.Boot the USB stick into WinPE, run UpgradeFW_S5FAM014(PreFormat)(mSATA).exe or UpgradeFW_S5FAM015(PreFormat)(mSATA).exe which completes successfully and requests you power cycle the machine.
5.Reinstall Win7 or restore your backup and test to see if the stuttering is now fixed.
There have been some mixed results as far as I can see, but it worked for me, hopefully it'll help sort out your crippled drive too...
Have Fun