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name of the thread, man. Sandforce 1200.what controller is that?Microcenter G2 = problems with wake and no drive found ( no solution ) 0% trust.
name of the thread, man. Sandforce 1200.what controller is that?Microcenter G2 = problems with wake and no drive found ( no solution ) 0% trust.
what controller is that?
name of the thread, man. Sandforce 1200.
That's a rebranded ADATA.
I'm not so sure it's not the controller. Take a look at the quotes I quoted above from the Customer Service Depts. of both OCZ and A-DATA about the problems they're having with their Sandforce drives.That's a rebranded ADATA. So Sandforce, but I doubt that is a problem with the controller. It's likely the memory.
hey man, it's cool, I didn't mean anything by it.the name of the thread is "A-DATA S599/SF1200". Not "Microcenter G2/SF1200".
I'm not so sure it's not the controller. Take a look at the quotes I quoted above from the Customer Service Depts. of both OCZ and A-DATA about the problems they're having with their Sandforce drives.
You're equating this to the normal RMA process that companies use to handle unavoidable error rates and faulty hardware. But take a look around the newegg reviews when someone has a bad experience with other hardware. Companies normally say, "sorry for your negative experience, we'll be happy to replace your item. Please call our customer service."yes.. but both companies also make crappy memory... take that into consideration when making your judgements. Also, consider what any company would do to blame the other guys before they take any of the blame for themselves. My friend and boss has had an OCZ Agility 2 60GB SSD for close to 6 months now, and I also notice there aren't many posts about serious problems like the one's you are pointing out. So what you are looking at are isolated incidents, and companies saying anything to get themselves off the shit list.
I can't say for sure if it's the controller or the memory, but the fact of the matter is you don't either. It could be either/or, or even both causing the problems.
What they do NOT normally do is raise a red flag and say, we know, there's a widespread problem with ALL of our drives, and we don't have a fix yet
They have to be in really deep doo-doo to say something like that. The response we're seeing here is worlds apart from the regular way they handle RMAs and such.
So yeah, you could be right, it's theoretically possible that two separate companies are having systemic, repeated problems with their memory--beyond any faulty hardware rates that they normally have when they sell memory and which they handle through their normal RMA process--and are admitting they can't fix it, and are dumping blame on the controller.
hey man, it's cool, I didn't mean anything by it.
yep. In this case, I think it's partially the reviewers' faults. I haven't seen anyone--including Anand--mention the reliability problems with the Sandforce drives. But the errors seem prevalent, more than just isolated anecdotes (see messages from OCZ & A-Data cust. serv. depts. above)I really don't get this, why people buy risky stuff because it is 10% cheaper and 10% faster, yet 100% less reliable? Intel probably has larger QC dept than others have R&D depts.
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Hello,
I have just updated firmware of my a-data s599 to 3.4.6 and problem solved. No bsod for one week
Link to firmware
http://www.adata.com.tw/index.php?action=product_download&cid=3&piid=33
who are you? what was your problem?
this is your first and ONLY post on anandtech as of 1-10-2011. so its a bit odd that you talk about having solved your problem here before ever letting us know you had one.
Hi,
i am a user, I had followed this thread since i bought A-data S599 64GB. When i installed windows 7 on it, after one day, my system cause random BSOD, and bios could not deteted my ssd , just power off and on again my ssd work normal. I search google for firmware update but have no result. and i intalled OS on Seagate, my system work normal. But a week ago, I search google again for firmware update for my ssd, lucky i found it, after update i install windows 7 on my ssd, and power on my computer for a week, no BSOD , Thanks god
Me? I was trying to figure out which SSD to buy. I solved my problem by buying an intel x25-m g2 instead. :biggrin:thank you
so same problem as the op, solved via firmware update.
OP, how about you try it too?