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    OCZ VERTEX 3 Frezes HELP!!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by raFaeLTx, Jul 14, 2011.

  1. raFaeLTx

    raFaeLTx Notebook Guru

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    Hello. sorry for my english but I'm Brazilian.
    reached my OCZ VERTEX 3 and installed it on my R3.
    I searched and searched and not found a solution to the problem. I need help!

    My ssd recognized AHCI, port 1, 6Gb / s okay!
    I have read 500mb / s and write of 490 mb / s. For me everything is ok to keep it up. but I have problems Random freezes, there is much more constant happens every 10 minutes for it for 30-60 seconds.
    my storage intel says that everything is ok.
    My firmware is 2.06 SSD. Can anyone help me?

    now thank you
     
    raFaeLTx, Jul 14, 2011
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  2. Brabostaan

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    Apply lpm reg. fix.

    Let me search that for you.
     
    Brabostaan, Jul 14, 2011
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    Copy the entire text in notepad and save it on the desktop as: lpm.reg

    Double click file and done.
     
    Brabostaan, Jul 14, 2011
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    Azureal, Jul 14, 2011
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  5. raFaeLTx

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    Thank you Brabostaan :D
    100% ok now!

    have:
    460mb / s read and
    300mb / s in writing

    correct? have how to get to 550/520 OCZ specifies?

    anyway thank you so much!
     
    raFaeLTx, Jul 15, 2011
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    Run crystaldiskmark.
     
    Brabostaan, Jul 15, 2011
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  7. raFaeLTx

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    [​IMG]

    Firmware 2.09
    SATA 3 - 6gb/s ok
     
    raFaeLTx, Jul 15, 2011
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    Numbers arent bad at all but by far not what OCZ states. I dont know why that is. You could ask on the SSD forum.
     
    Brabostaan, Jul 15, 2011
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    I just ran the same test on my identical drive and your numbers are higher than mine...
     
    Azureal, Jul 15, 2011
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  10. raFaeLTx

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    Anyone have better results?
    Anyone have better results?
    Anyone have better results?
     
    raFaeLTx, Jul 16, 2011
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    Hey all, I have the same problem. Has applied LPM registry fix, installed latest version of IRST (10.6.0.1002) and updated Vertex 3 to latest firmware (2.11). Still freezing. This is so annoying especially when it happens twice in very short period during Starcraft 2 online game (automatically lost). Any idea what I should try to overcome this issue? I am still running RAID in BIOS, maybe AHCI would help - I just tried once to switch to AHCI and my Windows 7 installation broke up, had to do reinstall. Thx a lot.
     
    airacutie, Jul 30, 2011
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  12. ewitte12

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    BTW that LPM "fix" is if its on port1. Change it to port0, or just do both to be sure.
     
    ewitte12, Jul 30, 2011
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    yep, did it for all of them (0 till 5)
     
    airacutie, Jul 30, 2011
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    Try to apply for RMA and buy a new SSD from Crucial or Intel and stay away from products from those OCZ scumbags
     
    Cloudfire, Jul 30, 2011
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  15. CleanSweep

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    Use ATTO Benchmark instead of CrystalDisk, the latter is inaccurate on Sandforce drives. I had problems with my similar Force 3 drive, I would reinstall Windows and install RST after most of the other programs. Make sure to install drivers perfectly. Stay offline and don't use Windows Update while installing. I installed Command Center, OSD, and the AMD Drivers after I was on the internet and had installed the first round of Windows updates. Then I installed the LPM fix after that. I am running just fine now. Make sure to download the drivers one at a time and DO NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE while they are installing, especially chipset drivers. There is no need to install the Intel Video Driver, by the way, unless you have an Nvidia video card, in which case install it after installing the Nvidia driver.
     
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  16. airacutie

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    just another freeze, going to return it and probably go for intel 510. this thing is so useless ...
     
    airacutie, Jul 31, 2011
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    They do have firmware for that specific issue its supposed to be last resort but nobody had the issue after that. Although some dropped a lot of speed. I have the max ops drive just waiting for the laptop to come in if I can't fix it will probably go for the m4.
     
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    Guys just reinstall Windows. I think it has to do with how you install it, but I managed to fix the problem completely by installing Windows without any hiccups and in the right order. Now my Force 3 which has the same controller runs just fine, better than it ever has, and I am enjoying one of the fastest SSD's around, the 510 doesn't come close to the Vertex 3 or the like.
     
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    I loosely followed that one, I installed the RST drivers almost last. I installed all hardware drivers besides video and audio and the Alienware software after the RST drivers, everything else was beforehand. I have the BIOS on ACHI mode not RAID. After I finished installing all drivers, I then installed the LPM fix. After installing RST and restarting, DO NOT DO ANYTHING. It reinstalls the drivers for yoru hard drives and it will ask you to restart the computer again, because it has to install the driver for the boot drive, which is the SSD. After you restart after installing RST just wait for it to prompt you to restart again. That might be the reason some people are having problems is because they start installing the next driver after that.
     
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  21. airacutie

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    so you are still running in AHCI, not RAID? never switched to RAID, from the beginning of the Win installation? and also I have found in Vertex 2 forum that RST should not be installed.
     
    airacutie, Aug 1, 2011
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  22. CleanSweep

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    That is on the Vertex 2 that it shouldn't be installed, the Vertex 3 is a different SSD, that doesn't apply. And yes I am running in ACHI.
     
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    thx, will give it a try and will let you know. thx
     
    airacutie, Aug 1, 2011
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    I wouldn't change to raid you lose things like TRIM.
     
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    so still freezing after clean installation. did install of all drivers except ati, OSD and CC before RST. after RST installed updates through windows update, then those three things and after all of these LPM fix. just strange to me is that those registry entries was not there before fix, had to create them. any other idea would be appretiate, cant use this machine this way for anything. i also didnt switch to RAID during first reboot of windows installation so i am still running AHCI.
     
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    AHCI is better. Did you do the LPM fix on the whole SATA Controller or just Port 1, where your SSD should be? I might have just gotten lucky this time because my computer has been running perfectly for about a day and a half now, no freezing whatsoever since I did the LPM fix on a fresh copy of Windows. I will help as much as I can because I know how frustrating this problem is!

    I might be switching to the Kingston HyperX SSD, good things are being said about it. It still uses the Sandforce controller, same as in our SSDs, but apparently it is too fast.
     
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    You don't want that one because it disables all LPM Ports, you only want it to disable it on Port 1.
     
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    sounds reasonable, but if i enable the rest of those back it wont help me from freezing i think.
     
    airacutie, Aug 2, 2011
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    If your on port 1 ;)

    Port0 - near the outside of the laptop
    Port1 - middle

    For the people still having the issues which port are you on? Its been said port1 has less issues.
     
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  31. airacutie

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    yes, my ssd is on port 1 and factory hdd on port 0
     
    airacutie, Aug 2, 2011
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