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Forum: Indilinx - Vertex, Agility, Turbo, Solid V2, Colossus and Z-Drive with Microsoft OS.

Support and discussion for OCZ Indilinx based SSD devices on Windows operating systems.

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    A place for all those guides and info to help you set up your SSD drive and Windows

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  2. Sticky Thread Sticky: General Discussion Short stroking to add nand for over provisioning can help keep SSD working fast....we can do this thru FW if you guys want it?

    The Vertex LE and other Sandforced based drives have around 25% over provisioning on the drives, this means a 100GB drive is really 125+GB big...25+GB is used for wear levelling/keeping the speed of the drive faster. Now...some of the guys using raid with Vertex or Agility drives have been short...

    Started by Tony, 04-14-2010 02:45 PM
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    RyderOCZ
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  3. Thumbs up Sticky Thread Sticky: Guide SSD Tweak Utility

    SSD Tweak Utility With all the advice online for SSD hard drives it can take hours of research and fiddling to properly setup your SSD drive. Now with this little app you can Tweak Windows 2K/XP/Vista & 7 including x64 in seconds. Lets you Tweak the following: Windows Indexing Service...

    Started by elpamyelhsa, 01-22-2009 05:53 PM
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    08-26-2010 12:10 PM Go to last post

  4. Sticky Thread Sticky: General Discussion Just what tweaks are needed in win7 with SSD?

    This thread is not a definitive list of what MUST be tweaked, it is simply a discussion of what various users have tweaked and had good results with. I see arguments and conflicting advice...so lets settle the debate here in this thread before i write a new guide. At this time when I test a...

    Started by Tony, 01-02-2010 05:38 AM
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  5. Sticky Thread Sticky: Guide SMART Attributes for Indilinx based drives (Agility, Vertex, Solid2)

    Here you go:

    Started by RyderOCZ, 07-28-2010 02:26 PM
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    08-13-2010 08:31 AM Go to last post

  6. Sticky Thread Sticky: General OCZ SSD FAQ - Applies to all OCZ drives (except the Z-drive).

    Q. How do I know if I have a Sandforce or Indilinx based drive? A. You need to look at the part number of your drive. OCZSSD2-1xxxxxxx is an Indilinx drive. OCZSSD2-2xxxxxxx is a Sandforce based drive. The exception to this is the Vertex LE drive (OCZSSD2-1VTXLExxx) which is a Sandforce based...

    Started by RyderOCZ, 08-04-2010 10:07 AM
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  7. Sticky Thread Sticky: Guide Random and Sequential Testing

    Winsat Disk for a Boot drive (C:\) Win 7 and Vista -- 4k Ran Read and Write / 512K Seq Read and Write/16k Ran Read and Write/Write Policy Flush Test for Random and Sequentials with WEI and Latencies . Setting Up: (only has to be done once) 1. Download ‘oczwinsat2.bat’ and copy it to the...

    Started by me&er, 07-26-2010 05:46 AM
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  8. Sticky Thread Sticky: Guide new update to system details rule

    Check the announcements, i have added a dual 3 strike rule for system details, either 3 posts or 3 warnings and then you go under moderation with no official help or advice ( remember members can not see you under moderation) until you add the required details. Its a 30sec job for most and is...

    Started by Tony, 07-06-2010 02:00 AM
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  9. Sticky Thread Sticky: General Discussion Just a gentle reminder regarding competitors product and bad advice

    All I feel a gentle reminder is needed that this forum is owned and run by OCZ. I have been quite relaxed regarding SSD discussion BUT newer members are forgetting this on occasion and i have noted an increase of advice/discussion for competitors drives. If you own an Intel, ST, C orsair, C...

    Started by Tony, 04-01-2010 05:08 AM
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  10. Sticky Thread Sticky: Guide Advanced User Windows 7 Complete Installation Guide For SSD's (for normal use most of these tweaks are NOT needed.

    The red posts are all you really need unless you are an advanced user and enjoy tweaking. Windows 7 SSD installation procedure: (starting with a new or secure erased SSD) (1) Check the board is in AHCI mode, if no option is available there is nothing you can do. (2) Check if S1 and S3 sleep...

    Started by Bill Gates, 05-11-2010 04:13 PM
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  11. Sticky Thread Sticky: Guide Instructions for Installing Windows on all OCZ SSD Drives

    This Wiki link, although named for Vertex, outlines all the steps necessary to install Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 on your OCZ SSD. http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/wiki/index.php?title=How_to_set_up_Windows_on_a_VERTEX Those are the ONLY steps necessary for installation. There...

    Started by RyderOCZ, 02-17-2010 02:12 PM
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  12. Sticky Thread Sticky: General Discussion New forums added for guides/Info and FW downloads

    As you may have noticed I added 2 forums, both are read only. Link me to what guides you want adding to the Info forum and I will add them... The other forum is for FW releases, this again is read only and any discussion will take place in this forum in a separate thread. let me know what you...

    Started by Tony, 12-01-2009 05:04 AM
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    02-16-2010 02:36 AM Go to last post

  13. Sticky Thread Sticky: Guide Drive Identity Tool

    This post does not Flash FW, this is a troubleshooting method so we can determine what Nand is on your drive. This process does not require a jumper, you simply boot to your USB Stick and run the program. This process does require you to be in IDE mode, AHCI mode will block the utility from...

    Started by RyderOCZ, 01-25-2010 10:15 AM
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  14. Sticky Thread Sticky: Guide Advanced Forum Search with GOOGLE

    Did you know that you can use Google to search the forum and get a more refined result? The forum search is adequate most of the time but it does not provide the sophistication of Google for searching exact phrases and short words. CLICK HERE TO SEARCH THE FORUM WITH GOOGLE & then enter your...

    Started by FZ1, 04-10-2009 01:37 PM
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  15.   Normal Threads  

  1. Support Question Z Drive doesn't show up as disk

    I have a newly purchased 1 TB Z Drive. {OCZSSDPX-ZD2P881T} When I installed under Win7 x64, the OS crashed a couple of times, but now it (the OS) seems stable. Yet, even though I can see 'LSI Adapter, SAS 3000 series, 8-port with 1068E -StorPort' device in the Device Manager, nothing shows up...

    Started by Jim0, Today 07:25 PM
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  2. Question General Discussion My SSD Raid 0 is NOT faster than your HDD Raid 0

    Hi All, I have two 60GB Vertex SSDs in raid 0 array and two WD 500GB Caviars black edition in another raid 0 array. Both of them are attached to the same primary SATA controller on my EVGA X58 SLI motherboard. Here is the benchmark by HD Tune: Raid 0 (Vertex): Transfer rate: Min...

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  3. Support Question [ERROR] Firmware download fail! on solid 2 60Gb with Firmware 1.6

    Hello there, i've already asked the same question to Ryder, but for now i still don't find a way to flash from 1.5 to 1.6 with my solid 2 60Gb. I've already tried from CD/USB Key with AHCI disabled on a Striker Extreme nforce 6 and lately with a Dell OptiPlex Motherboard with the same result....

    Started by Snakegil, 07-13-2010 03:16 PM
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    Zenthar
    Today 07:11 PM Go to last post

  4. Support Question OCZ Vertex 60GB Gen1 Format question

    Hello everyone!, this is my first time ever posting on this forum so I am very sorry if this is in the wrong location. I would like to format my SSD and reinstall Windows tonight but i was not sure how to go about doing this to make sure the performance is at its max. Do I just us the Windows...

    Started by murderweapon, 08-30-2010 09:55 AM
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  5. Moved: Support Question 64GB Summit slowed to 4MBs

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  6. General Discussion Good info on Win7 & SSD

    This MSDN blog and FAQ is rather good at spelling out the differences between SSD and HDD, and how W7 treats them differently. Required reading for SSD beginners, and it is very well written and easy to understand. Apologies if this has been posted before and you all know about it already......

    Started by halftone, Yesterday 01:36 AM
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    Today 04:19 PM Go to last post

  7. Result OCZ Vertex 30GB new model not the same spec !

    So a few month back i bought a ocz vertex 30GB it was really awesome (came in with 1.5firmware) and it remplaced my raid0 of raptor 36go 16mo, my ssd was faster, quieter and took alot less space in my tower ! And i allways had in mind to bought later a second vertex 30GB to do a raid0 ! So a...

    Started by malebolgi, 08-29-2010 05:21 PM
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  8. General Discussion LSI 9260-8i

    OHH yes....had to be held up late at work, but once i get home two things waiting on me #1 WIN7 on technet #2 THIS: OH theres a lsi 6 GB/s in there somewheres on the desk lol gonna be installing it in my play rig...

    Started by Computurd, 08-06-2009 07:16 PM
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    Today 02:29 PM Go to last post

  9. Support Question Z drive setup questions

    I've installed a 256 GB zdrive in the server mentioned below, but I have a few questions: The drive shows up in disk management - it asked to be initialized, which I did. Now I can't create a partition, only a simple volume - I'm assuming that's because it's already part of a RAID? The...

    Started by Eta Argus, Today 12:31 PM
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  10. Support Question Agility 60GB won't boot, rarely detected

    To start, I have a 60GB Agility and haven't upgraded the firmware, and don't know what firmware it's at now. I haven't had any problems a few days ago. Then my system began crashing and restarting after a few hours, then hanging and saying "no boot device found". I was able to just restart and...

    Started by Rhulad, Today 10:57 AM
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    Today 12:06 PM Go to last post

  11. Question Support Question Do I need to align partition?

    General info: I have a Dell Inspiron E1505. I've noticed in forums, Windows 7 sometimes won't install unless you change a setting in BIOS to IDE. My laptop doesn't have this option. Two other Dells, Latitude D620 and Mini10v also had this issue installing Windows 7. I had to install Windows 7...

    Started by KrazyDawg, 08-26-2010 11:30 AM
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    Tweak
    Today 11:52 AM Go to last post

  12. Support Question SSD standard procedures

    hey everyone, sorry about the following questions, i know they'r in here somewhere cuz i've read it a few months ago.. maybe it was on some of the Beta FW threads that got removed or maybe the information's been updated over time, so anyway, here's what i need: im planning on using sanitary...

    Started by bloodninja, 11-25-2009 10:18 PM
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    Tweak
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  13. Post Guide SSD life utility - new utility to estimate SSD lifetime

    Dear colleagues, Allow me to introduce to you a new program for evaluating SSD “health” - SSDlife. The beta version is available here: http://www.ssd-life.com/SSDlife.exe website - http://www.ssd-life.com It doesn’t require installation – you can run it right off. It creates one helper...

    Started by ssdlife, 07-09-2010 12:31 AM
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  14. Setting Question Power Cycles

    Do repeated power cycles such as putting the system to sleep when not using it affect the life performance of an ssd?

    Started by xxxitrxxx, Yesterday 12:18 AM
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  15. Support Question Vertex crashed (again), now all sorts of errors.

    Ok, I've had my 120GB Vertex for a while now and never experienced any problems with it - until I updated the firmware from 1.3 to 1.6 (of course, flashing all the necessary versions in between first). Shortly after I had flashed to v1.6, my Vertex died on me and was no longer recognized by my...

    Started by Zippy1970, 08-29-2010 12:07 PM
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    Yesterday 03:30 PM Go to last post

  16. OCZ_AGILITY RAID0 Array error after firmware updates..

    I keep getting this error: - <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"> - <System> <Provider Name="AMD RAID API" /> <EventID Qualifiers="32768">259</EventID> <Level>3</Level> <Task>0</Task> <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated...

    Started by BES, 08-31-2010 04:43 PM
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    Yesterday 02:11 PM Go to last post

  17. Support Question vertex flashing question

    hello. have had the 30gb vertext2 drive for a while now but haven't gotten a chance to use it yet. i flashed it a while ago, but that was when i was planning on using windows xp. i now see that there is a windows flashing utility on the main page. i hope to use this method, then install windows 7....

    Started by jpk1080, 08-29-2010 08:18 PM
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    Tweak
    Yesterday 12:01 PM Go to last post

  18. Support Question Vertex Trim not seem to work

    I have Windows 7 64 bit, Gigabyte GA Ma890X motherboard with 8 gigs memory, Amd hex-core processor and Vertex 60 gig SSD with firmware 1.6 the amount of free space is gradually shrinking on my SSD. Nothing new installed, not running defrag. Virtual memory is turned off. I log off and do not put...

    Started by Jimbo77, 08-31-2010 09:25 AM
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    groberts101
    Yesterday 08:30 AM Go to last post

  19. Support Question Vertex Turbo 60gb no longer recognized

    I had a crash in windows 7 64 bit not sure if it was SSD related or not but now my SSD will not be recognized in any mode ide/sata/ahci and my bios will hang for 30 seconds on boot up unless I put a jumper on it then it is recognized immediately as a 128gb Yat drive but I can't do anything with it....

    Started by dan321, 08-31-2010 08:27 PM
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    RyderOCZ
    Yesterday 07:08 AM Go to last post

  20. Support Question Backup / Restore a SSD?

    I installed WIN7 on a new Solid State Drive (Agility 2), and two partitions were created: A. A hidden system partition (100 MB) B. The main boot partitions (~117 GB) I created images of both partitions (using ShadowProtect) Is there anything I need to consider when restoring the images to...

    Started by ppan, 08-29-2010 12:50 PM
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    Yesterday 06:32 AM Go to last post

  21. Technical Discussion Vertex firmware upgrade freezes

    Hi guys, I bought a second Vertex 30 GB SSD to run in RAID. My second SSD has firmware 1.3 so I want to upgrade it to 1.6. I know it has to be done in steps (1.4 -> 1.5 -> 1.6) but when I burn the ISO to a cdrom and Ì want to boot to firmware-upgrade section it freezes. I can choose my SSD...

    Started by jasiccama, Yesterday 12:43 AM
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  22. Technical Discussion EWF (Enhanced Write Filter) for Windows 7

    For me, the convenience of locking down the OS partition alone outweighs the limitations of EWF (Enhanced Write Filter), especially if the pagefile and Temp folder have their own partitions. I couldn't find any guide for configuring EWF on Windows 7 so I posted this:...

    Started by _epos, 04-01-2010 01:26 PM
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  23. Support Question 60GB Vertex stopped working

    Yesterday i was copying some files to my raid-10 array from 2 60GB Vertex's Suddenly my pc froze and got a bluescreen. After that my intel controller only recognized only 1 ssd. Turning off power and rebooting didnt help. It also takes quiet a while before it detects the next ssd. Around a...

    Started by Dajackal, 08-28-2010 03:44 AM
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    Yesterday 02:33 AM Go to last post

  24. Support Question Vertex v1 60GB drive has bad sector(s); update firmware?

    Unfortunately I'm running FW 1.1 on a Vertex I purchased over a year ago. I'd like to update the firmware, but I can't make a copy of my boot partition, apparently because there are damaged sectors. Do I dare update the firmware from 1.1 to 1.3 so I can run wiper.exe?

    Started by six4withafro, 08-31-2010 09:26 PM
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    Yesterday 02:11 AM Go to last post

  25. Support Question Updating OCZ_AGILITY Firmware from 1.3?

    Im sort of confused about what version to update from since I only see 1.4 and up... Anyone have a link to update from 1.3 to the max firmware? Pic of my SSD's status,firmware etc: http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn134/BES12000/Agilitystatuspage.jpg Current config is 2 OCZ_AGILITY...

    Started by BES, 08-30-2010 02:39 PM
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    Yesterday 02:05 AM Go to last post
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