SSD's sand force 2 taking a dive for the worse.

[mayhem]

If you own a SF2000 based drive be aware there are massive problems with them.

So manufacturers have stopped selling them and have done a recall on products.

if you get BSODS, Drive not being seen in the bios and many other faults you may what to check out the vendor of you drive to see if there is a RMA process going on for it.

CORSAIR FORCE SERIES 3 UPDATE, JUNE 7, 2011

Over the past several days, we have analyzed issues associated with the stability of our recently released 120GB Force Series 3 SSD. Our review has identified that a significant percentage of these drive do not perform to specifications. The solution will require changes to both the SSD firmware and the hardware components of the SSD itself.

We have stopped shipments of the affected drive, Corsair part number CSSD-F120GB3-BK, effective immediately and have implemented the following remediation plan:

(1) ALL users should cease using the CSSD-F120GBG3-BK drive immediately, even if you have not experienced issues of stability.

(2) Users may then either RETURN the drive to Corsair, at Corsair's expense, to be exchanged with a replacement drive that does meet specifications OR

(3) Return the drive to their place of purchase.

Corsair is committed to product quality and we want to assure our customers that this remediation plan will be implemented at no cost to you.

To return your Force Series 3 120GB SSD to Corsair, contact Corsair to ARRANGE YOUR REPLACEMENT . Corsair will pay for shipping your drive back to Corsair and will replace your drive free of charge. Estimated turnaround time is ten business days.

There are loads of other firms following suit.

There is even a class law action going in against SF for there big cock up.

Seems like the Computer industry is making quite a few cock ups lately in there rush to be on top and not testing there hardware properly ...

 

[daantjuh44]

I have these problems with my vertex 3 120 Gb SSD !

 

[Ya93sin]

I thought it was just Corsair with the recalls.

I know Vertex 3 users had issues too, didn't realise it was related.

Are Crucial affected? I know there is an LPM incompatibility issue...

 

[daantjuh44]

Or at least had its been running fine for 2 days now without BSOD.

 

[mayhem]

Apparently there all related being a controller problem on the pcb.

 

[kilobravo]

Havent heard much about indilinx lately.Did they go broke?

 

[theprofno1]

Ive just bought an ocz agility 3 ,actually ordered the day before the corsair recall, i havent had a problem "yet" .Had a patriot torqx trb which worked perfectly if i didnt turn pc off but kept disappearing from bios on reboot which is why i upgraded.

Anyway, what i was wondering , is this problem with the new sandforce drives noticable pretty much straight away or does it appear over time as mine been up and running a week now flawlessly?

My drive came with the reportedly dodgy 2.06 firmware but im a bit loath to flash it to 2.08 with not having problems.

Have i been lucky or is it gonna crap out on me anytime?

 

[daantjuh44]

My problems started after about 3 weeks or so.