OCZ Vertex2 et al FW update

[regulus]

To whom it may concern.

OCZ has released FW 1.37 for Vertex2 (et al.)

The release notes state that it fixed the BSOD's after retruning from an S3/S4 sleep ...

Find it under the downloads at ocztechnologies.com

HTH!

 

[bigmck]

OK, I will ask. Why did you post this?

 

[stormy13]

OK, I will ask. Why did you post this?

As a heads up for anyone that may have one of those drives, and possibly having the issue(s) addressed in the update.

OCZ Technology

 

[regulus]

OK, I will ask. Why did you post this?

You mean that you don't have the slightest clue about SSD's with SandForce controllers having huge problems coming out of a sleep/hibernation status on several systems leaving the SSD dead (undetected in BIOS) or with unrecoverable BSOD's?
oh boy! where have you been? The HW forums have been overflowing with complaints about this, this last year!
Even Intel, who uses the latest SF controller in one of their new SSD's, adresses the issue by stating that they did rewrite the whole FW for the chip, which they claim "solves the problem"!