A few weeks ago, I had my main system’s OCZ Vertex 120GB drive die after a Firmware version 1.5 update. After applying the allegedly successful v1.5 firmware update, I started seeing data corruption issues. A few days later, the drive failed to be recognized by any system I own regardless of which onboard SATA controller I tried or even with raid card was used. Just to give an idea of the timeline:
- Day 0- the SSD drive died, RMA request sent to OCZ (past working hours)
- Day 1- SSD information such as serial numbers was given to OCZ and a RMA number was issued
- Day 2 (Friday)- SSD was shipped to OCZ’s San Jose, CA facility (which is <20 miles away)
- Day 5 (Monday)- SSD was delivered to OCZ
- Day 9 (Friday)- Another SSD arrived via FedEx from OCZ in shrinkwraped retail packaging
Somewhere in there I ordered another 120GB Vertex from Amazon.com which arrived on Day 8 of the timeline above since I was running out of space anyway.
