Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 My PCIe revo drive has failed (at least half of it has) (55x2 in raid 0(?). It is less than a year old so I should be able to RMA it. But I may buy an OCZ vertex 3 Question My motherboard is a gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5 SATA ports 7 and 8 are GSATA3, is that different to SATA3? Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBE Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 (edited) coud be.. e m u l a t e d 1. To strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation: an older pupil whose accomplishments and style I emulated. 2. To compete with successfully; approach or attain equality with. 3. Computer Science To imitate the function of (another system), as by modifications to hardware or software that allow the imitating system to accept the same data, execute the same programs, and achieve the same results as the imitated system. was only joking (you don't know me ) Gigabyte (GSATA) is controlled by the Gigabyte chip and SATA is controlled by the Intel bridges. So if given the choice between GSATA3 and SATA2 most likely the GSATA3 will be faster just because it's 6gb/s and not 3gb/s. I am not aware of special hard drives needed to operate with the SATA3 however you will need a hard drive that is SATA3 compatible to gain the benefit of a full 6gb/s. Edited September 19, 2011 by EBE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share Posted September 19, 2011 I am english so I know what emulated means thanks, but is that what GSATA3 means? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBE Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 coud be.. e m u l a t e d 1. To strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation: an older pupil whose accomplishments and style I emulated. 2. To compete with successfully; approach or attain equality with. 3. Computer Science To imitate the function of (another system), as by modifications to hardware or software that allow the imitating system to accept the same data, execute the same programs, and achieve the same results as the imitated system. was only joking (you don't know me ) Gigabyte (GSATA) is controlled by the Gigabyte chip and SATA is controlled by the Intel bridges. So if given the choice between GSATA3 and SATA2 most likely the GSATA3 will be faster just because it's 6gb/s and not 3gb/s. I am not aware of special hard drives needed to operate with the SATA3 however you will need a hard drive that is SATA3 compatible to gain the benefit of a full 6gb/s. hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoScream~SPARTA~ Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 My PCIe revo drive has failed (at least half of it has) (55x2 in raid 0(?). It is less than a year old so I should be able to RMA it. But I may buy an OCZ vertex 3 Question My motherboard is a gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5 SATA ports 7 and 8 are GSATA3, is that different to SATA3? Z There are two ports that are SATA III on the Gigabyte X58A UD5 the rest are SATA II 2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (GSATA3_6, GSATA3_7) supporting up to 2 SATA 6Gb/s devices All the rest are SATA II connections 3Gb/s (G_ is gigabytes chip controller mark). http://lanoc.org/review/hardware/motherboards/4593-gigabyte-x58a-ud5 More info on failed revo drive plz. WARRANTY is 3 YEARS on OCZ REVO Series Your REVO will be under RMA warrenty (if it has failed) http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?76834-RMA-d-Revo-acting-weird SUPPORT FORUM http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?233-OCZ-Flash-Support-And-Discussion-Forum WITH RMA keep copies of all info/ emails / ref numbers. RMA via SCAN.CO.UK https://secure.scan.co.uk/aspnet/support/query.aspx?QueryType=R IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE WITH THEM, then http://www.ocztechnology.com/support/customer-faqs/#faq1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter~SPARTA~ Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Consider this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227729 since you have Sata3 ports allready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share Posted September 19, 2011 Thanks guys, good info Viii. As my machine boots you see the 2 55gb drives (0 and 1) but now it fails after 0, when I check the raid it only sees the 0 drive. Dont know what other details I can give Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoScream~SPARTA~ Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Firstly you have to find out which RAID mode your running? RAID 0 RAID 1 read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID Go into the RAID controller bios: see Gigabytes motherboard manual Then you can see what the BIOS controller is seeing. maybe teamspeak ? YOU SHOULD BE RUNNING RAID 1 & NOT RAID 0 configuration !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The REVO is powerful & fast, so fast that RAID 0 is actually a waist of time in relation to redundancy protection of RAID 1. If your running RAID 1 you can image back to drive 1 from drive 0 from the RAID controller BIOS. I'm on TS3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share Posted September 19, 2011 The Revo drive is 2x55gb in RAID 0 Following hours of assistance by Viii I have explored a variety of options to restore the drive, sadly all failed, so Viii helped me sort out a ticket to get an RMA number. This is my first RMA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halli~SPARTA~ Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Good luck Mr. Z Haha I have had problems as of late with my system but it only helps me to upgrade, it's why I have not been around as much as I should. Hey now you will have 3 extra years of warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted September 20, 2011 Author Share Posted September 20, 2011 I have been online using my media PC which can play games but does not have fantastic cooling (so I wont be using that too much). I have my old pc which appeared to pack up upon the arrival of the new one. After my gardening chores I booted it up and lo and behold it worked. I am just updating some files and adding some current games. When thats done I will switch it with the current box, I will be slowish but I will be there. Just waiting on the RMA number from OCZ so that I can send the SSD back. In the meantime I may buy a SATA 2 SSD for my backup machine (or not). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hajimoto Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Z - Just a bit of additional information (as I can not remember if this was stated in this thread and I am too lazy to scroll back), typically these proprietary ports require drivers to be in memory prior to being utilized. these drivers sometimes reside on the motherboard driver disc and others are on an EPROM which is activated by a setting in the CMOS. Sorry if this information is redundant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted September 26, 2011 Author Share Posted September 26, 2011 Sent back to them today (got the RMA number on Friday). They should have it be thursday at the latest. Then the wait begins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 I bought a 120gb OCZ Vertex 3 SATA3 SSD today, so now I can get about rebuilding the drive for the main PC. Oh joy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBE Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I bought a 120gb OCZ Vertex 3 SATA3 SSD today, so now I can get about rebuilding the drive for the main PC. Oh joy. hope it worx out just the way you want .. and not like this greetz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted October 8, 2011 Author Share Posted October 8, 2011 I got the RMA back yesterday, just over 2 weeks from the initial failure, frankly I am impressed. In the meantime I had installed the operating system and everything else onto another SSD. I had hoped to copy an image onto the Revodrive. However the Revo has a raid controller and windows does not recognize it. So i had to install windows onto it and add the drivers at that stage. Windows is just installing now. I only have to add a couple of things (ARMA for instance). I have steam on another drive so once I install the steam exe and point it to the correct drive it will be ready immediately. Luckily my backup PC has everything on it, so I can take my time with the main install. Thanks Viii for getting me through my first RMA. PS I will keep the box this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoScream~SPARTA~ Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Good to hear, good RMA turn around, revo Back in action.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 After 7 months the RMA'd Revo drive failed (yesterday). I had recently made an image of the drive onto a Raptor, but as luck would have it that has failed as well. I had the partially built SATA 3 SSD ready to go so I quickly installed that and am just updating and adding programs as required. The failure is exactly the same as the last time, a revo drive is 2x55gb in RAID 0, one of the 55's failed so everything is lost. I am done with this sort of drive and will stick with SATA SSD's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batwing~SPARTA~ Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Thank you for the heads up Zeno.. Sorry of the accident you went thru, but I know your pain... Do you remember I had a 1.5TB HDD failing twice in a row within 1 month? Between reinstall and backups and swapping I was simply going nuts!!!! I had a RAID 0 config on 2 standard 250GB WDs for 1 yr and a half, I never had a problem. It s weird that that Revo is suffering this issue. However I wonder if is the kind of controller they have on the board. If the controller fails some sync the RAID 0 fails. I do believe better in the single SATA SSD, holding the opportunity to set 2 in RAID thru the BIOS Raid config. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoScream~SPARTA~ Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 After 7 months the RMA'd Revo drive failed (yesterday). I had recently made an image of the drive onto a Raptor, but as luck would have it that has failed as well. I had the partially built SATA 3 SSD ready to go so I quickly installed that and am just updating and adding programs as required. The failure is exactly the same as the last time, a revo drive is 2x55gb in RAID 0, one of the 55's failed so everything is lost. I am done with this sort of drive and will stick with SATA SSD's. So that's where you've been. That's bad luck, or should I say BAD ENGINEERING on the manufacturers side. Note to self, never recommend or buy REVO products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MH6~SPARTA~ Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 So that's where you've been. That's bad luck, or should I say BAD ENGINEERING on the manufacturers side. Note to self, never recommend or buy REVO products. I've been hearing bad things about OCZ SSDs to be quite honest. I think at this point in time Crucial and Intel make better ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoScream~SPARTA~ Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 REVO is a different type of SSD, it's a PCIe version with open face & two drives working in stripe or mirror. It's more exposed to thermal, contamination & stress than a 2.5" SSD. Also it used some special drivers/firmware... OCZ normal SSD drives have been good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skaz~SPARTA~ Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 i've had two ocz vertex 2 drives and no problem so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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