Sandforce Controller problems...

[e-drood]

I recently rec'd (5) Vert3MaxIOPS 120gb's - proceeded to set-up (1) as boot drive - immediate bsod valley-of-death - called ocz & told "we are not responsible for your system problems" & ocz support hung up on me.

Fortunately I immediately returned all (5) for cash refund by reputable seller.

I purchased max iops specifically because of toshiba 32nm nand...

At least Corsair has initiated recall -- OCZ simply dumps this mess on customers/users and pretends that the elaborate linux secure wipe followed by latest fw update (with users left to debug the code errors) AND will not offer refunds due to "purchaser system capatibility issues" is really the final insult... and this is a legitimate Sandforce Controller problem(s) resolution?

A Drive is A Drive is A Drive -- meet relevent industrial specs and it is plug-n-play without all the jumping-through-hoops and auspicious planetary alignments -- I refuse to kiss frogs under the full moon to enable a commodity item ssd to play nice with the onboard intel sata3 controller of my asus maximus iv extreme(b3) mobo...

thank you for listening

hopefully whatever is going on will be resolved near term...

 

[TemjinGold]

Corsair fixed theirs already.

 

[e-drood]

I'm looking at Corsair Force GT as replacement -- I'm trying to confirm 32nm nand (likely Toshiba) in GT series

Thanks for Heads Up -- I'll wait 2-3 wks to see whether issues resolve

 

[MrWheezy]

Hmm are ALL Sandforce controllers having this issue?

 

[e-drood]

the sandforce 2000 series are having issues beyond firmware corrections -- various mobo chipsets & bios options experience bsod's -- ocz actually proposed disabling usb 3.0 onboard controller's among other inspirational solutions...

sandforce is recent "startup" being pressed by private investors to meet "marketing goals" & succeeded by shipping series 2000 controller chips best charitably described as prototypes (ie: not really volume production "foundry ready")...

ocz customer service gentlemen have genuinely outdone themselves by hostile rejection of any responsibility for vertex 3 ssd problems/issues

i do not have any suggestions re: reliable drives to buy - just be certain you can return for full refund if there are real world performance problems...

 

[reb0rn]

I agree, OCZ forum solutions is just plain BULOX for SF 2000 controller...
from forum i get that ppl that use system 24/7 will have BSOD 100% so it might be even HW problem which never will be 100% resolved

I hope anand on next review address bsod issues in full....

 

[Emulex]

SF12xx have issues too. basically avoid companies that use them. they know about the bugs and choose to not recall all sandforce products. i mean seriously everyone knows about the SF-12xx problems then you buy a SF-2xxx and are surprised you get the same treatment? really?

burn me once? no?

 

[nanaki333]

I agree, OCZ forum solutions is just plain BULOX for SF 2000 controller...
from forum i get that ppl that use system 24/7 will have BSOD 100% so it might be even HW problem which never will be 100% resolved

I hope anand on next review address bsod issues in full....

yep.. it's completely random, but my wife's computer with v3 240GB gets a bsod. sometimes hours, sometimes it can go a day.