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OCZ 240GB SSD €132 [Delivered] [iBOOD]
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21-08-2013 6:35pm#1
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the overwhelming majority of OCZ SSD issues turned out (eventually) to be an issue with the sandforce controller (which would be to a large extent outside of OCZ's control) when used with other specific hardware which caused a huge number of returns before the fault was eventually fixed, however this was resolved some time ago so there is a good chance this is stock that was only used for a very short time by people who had them fail prematurely due to this issue, but which have since been fixed with a re-flashing of the newer firmware.
having said that, i had some high end OCZ RAM that I had to RMA 3 times and get replaced before they agreed to a refund.
I also have a Corsair SSD which had the same controller as the dodgy OCZ drives that was nothing but a pain in the arse and kept getting corrupted and crashing out the OS so I had to zero it, re-format and re-install windows every couple of weeks, but i did get very good at it! :pac:
eventually the problems was resolved with a firmware upgrade and it's been grand since, so if that's the case, you could end up with a very cheap drive that was hardly used due to a firmware issue that has been fixed.
although, having said all that, i saw it and won't be going anywhere near it with a barge pole!
it's all over and done now though anyway, so no more cheap SSD roulette.
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the overwhelming majority of OCZ SSD issues turned out (eventually) to be an issue with the sandforce controller (which would be to a large extent outside of OCZ's control) when used with other specific hardware which caused a huge number of returns before the fault was eventually fixed, however this was resolved some time ago so there is a good chance this is stock that was only used for a very short time by people who had them fail prematurely due to this issue, but which have since been fixed with a re-flashing of the newer firmware.
having said that, i had some high end OCZ RAM that I had to RMA 3 times and get replaced before they agreed to a refund.
I also have a Corsair SSD which had the same controller as the dodgy OCZ drives that was nothing but a pain in the arse and kept getting corrupted and crashing out the OS so I had to zero it, re-format and re-install windows every couple of weeks, but i did get very good at it! :pac:
eventually the problems was resolved with a firmware upgrade and it's been grand since, so if that's the case, you could end up with a very cheap drive that was hardly used due to a firmware issue that has been fixed.
although, having said all that, i saw it and won't be going anywhere near it with a barge pole!
it's all over and done now though anyway, so no more cheap SSD roulette.
yes, few a times it will be minor firmware issues which can cause the hardware to be at fault. I have been using the sandforce based controllers for a while now especially Intel 5** series which are simply mind blowing. I constantly keep updating the firmwares which surely helps!0
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