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SSD's in RAID 0 - Crystal Disk says BAD

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 5:43 pm
by NAiLs
I got tired of a few random issues that my OS was giving me, and the fact that my primary computer only had a 500GB standard HDD. So I decided to use some old SSD's that a friend sent me some time back (2x 60GB Vertex 3's), and Crystal Disk Info is saying the health status is BAD. They are in RAID 0 using the onboard RAID controller. I'm not sure what it's whining about, quite honestly. Is there really something wrong, or could Crystal Disk just be smoking crack? I honestly haven't seen any performance issues, and being as my motherboard doesn't have SATA III, they still fly along pretty well. I know the screenshot from Crystal Disk says it's SATA/600, but the spec sheet on the motherboard says SATA 3.0Gb/s is the max transfer speed, which certainly isn't SATA III (6.0Gb/s).

Crystal Disk Info
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SSD Benchmark
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Thanks!

-Brian

Re: SSD's in RAID 0 - Crystal Disk says BAD

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 5:50 pm
by modenasi
Sorry to hear it Brian. Naturally we all want our newly installed components to run without any issues.

One thing I can suggest first of all is to update your firmware

http://www.ocztechnology.com/ssd_tools/SandForce_Based/

The latest is 2.25 for your drive. Try that and check back when you can

Re: SSD's in RAID 0 - Crystal Disk says BAD

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 5:52 pm
by modenasi
Also, you can then check your ssd afterwards. http://ssd-life.com/eng/download-ssdlife.html

Re: SSD's in RAID 0 - Crystal Disk says BAD

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 12:55 am
by NAiLs
Thanks! I will take a look at updating the firmware tomorrow or sometime over the next week. I will also check out that SSD life program and see what it tells me. I will report back after it's all complete!