OCZ Vertex 2 panic mode

[luke10050]

hey guys, i have a 128gb ssd in panic mode... anyone have any ideas how to fix it? its not being detected by the BIOS and its clearly a firmware issue.

Steps i have tried to fix it:
Test in various computers - the Power and Activity lights stay stuck on.
Desolder EEPROM - Well now i know its a firmware issue :P

My next step would be to try and read the contents of the EEPROM and see what i find, might lead somewhere might not. it also has a TTL serial port but i dont have a RS232 to TTL converter so i cant use it.

From what i understand i will either need to get the binary file somehow from the update utility or take it off an unbricked Vertex 2.

Does anyone have any experience/help with these ssd's (its the old sandforce 12xx series with the sleep bug)

[domas]

Re: OCZ Vertex 2 panic mode

well i just did a quick check and i couldn't do anything with windows updater (stupid downloader, typical)

but there is bootable linux version that is 50mb heavy, i guess it includes firmware files inside, i couldn't extract it either on windows, but you can try burning it to thumb drive, booting up and check if you can then extract the dump

[RJARRRPCGP]

Re: OCZ Vertex 2 panic mode

Sounds like the board may be fubar.