Ocz vertex 2 firmware 1.37.

Hello friends, in today's tutorial we will see how to update the firmware for OCZ Vertex 2, Vertex LE, Agility 2 SSDs. The method we use is recommended for both those who use Windows as their main operating system and for those who use Linux or Mac OS.
How does updating the firmware for SSDs OCZ Vertex 2, Vertex LE, Agility 2 help?
Firmware is a small file that instructs the controller to set its boundaries and tells the device how and what the device (SSD) should behave in various situations. There are practically rules for how an SSD will work. A firmware update can fix any problems that occur on some motherboards, can fix device bugs, can improve the technology that comes with that device, can become compatible with some motherboards, and when the firmware update is not compatible, you can set or remove certain restrictions , installed by the manufacturer.
In this case, the new firmware 1.37 solved the blue screen problem (BSOD) that occurs when the computer goes into sleep mode
If we want to update the firmware in Windows OS, a number of conditions must be met, namely:
- Windows is not installed on the SSD
- In order to have AHCI support and it is activated in the BIOS
Now I don't know if someone will stand to do a reinstallation of Windows on the drive just to fulfill the conditions and do an SSD firmware update.
Well, the method outlined today will allow us to do firmware updates even if Windows is installed on the SSD, and even if we do not support AHCI (as is the case in my case)
What exactly does the method outlined in the textbook do?
- To have on hand a 512 1 MB or GB stick or a blank CD
- To download the Universal USB Installer
- OCZ tools to download ISO image (live Linux distribution created by OCZ). Live means an operating system that can be run from a CD or USB stick, without having to install it.
- To make the USB drive bootable using the Universal USB Installer as instructed in the manual or burn an ISO boot image.

- To make sure that we have a computer that has an SSD connected to the router, and that we have already established an Internet connection to the router or our own wireless network card on the PC, because the CPC SSD firmware will be loaded during the update process.
The further you find them in the textbook, the video course.
ATTENTION: Videotutorial.ro is not responsible for cases of failure and cause the device to break down. Due to the variety of existing hardware market and incompatibility with other hardware, there is a risk that the update will fail and cause the SSD to fail.
However, I suggest you watch the video tutorial to see exactly how it updates the firmware of the OCZ Vertex SSD 2, Le Vertex, Agility 2

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Solid state drive (SSD) is becoming increasingly popular. This is due to their constant reduction in price and, of course, faster work with files. Without going into details, an SSD is a kind of flash drive, only thanks to more advanced technologies, a much larger volume and significantly higher read and write speeds. At the moment, replacing a traditional hard drive with an SSD will give a good increase in performance (high performance is most noticeable when connecting an SSD to SATAIII), in particular, loading the operating system will be many times faster, programs will open faster, and files will be copied at a faster speed. But in order to experience the beauty of your SSD, the first thing you need to do is update the firmware on it. Why do you need to update the firmware? - you ask, in order to get rid of problems that the manufacturer noticed after the mass release of the SSD, and corrected them using new firmware.

In this article I will describe step by step the process of updating the firmware on an SSD OCZ Vertex 4, but for SSD OCZ Vertex 3, OCZ Agility 4, OCZ Agility 3, OCZ Vector, OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS, OCZ Vertex Plus R2 The firmware update process is absolutely identical.
To successfully update the firmware, you need to consider some factors:
1) Before updating the firmware of your SSD, you need to copy all the data that you may need to another drive. Most likely nothing will happen to them, but a failure is possible and you may lose all your data.
2) You must connect an SSD disk as an additional disk, and not as the main one (on which the system is installed). It is also necessary to take into account that you will need a computer on which you can connect an SSD via SATA if you hope to update the firmware on your laptop/computer by connecting it using a SATA-USB adapter

I can disappoint you, with the help of these devices, nothing will work out, the program will not “see” your SSD, there will be an inscription No Supported Drivers Found.

3) To successfully flash your OCZ firmware, the SATA controller in the BIOS must be set to AHCI mode. In this regard, I would like to add that if Windows XP is installed on your computer, you will not be able to update the firmware, because if you change the mode to AHCI, your system will give you a blue screen, and according to OCZ themselves -Updating firmware from the panel tools are not supported in Windows XP!!! In this case, you need to reinstall the system, say on Windows 7 (first selecting AHCI mode) and update the firmware.
4) To update the OCZ firmware, you will need an Internet connection.
If all conditions are met, you need to download from the link - https://www.ocz.com/us/ (by going to the site, select your SSD from the list and download for it OCZ Toolbox).
Unzip the downloaded folder and run the file OCZToolbox.exe. The OCZ Toolbox v program will launch (version number). in it you will see your SSD drive. By clicking on it, information about it will appear on the right side.

Clicking on the menu Tools, you will see the treasured button Update Firmware, click on it.
Important!!! During the firmware update, provide the computer with uninterrupted power supply, or any external influences on it; if the computer is turned off or rebooted during the firmware update, this can lead to SSD failure.

A warning will appear informing you that you need to make a backup of your data if you have transferred all the data from the SSD to another media, press " Yes".

The process of downloading the new firmware and installing it will begin, it will take literally a few seconds, after which a message will appear in the program Update completed successfully. Please power cycle yur drive.

After that, turn off the computer, remove the power from the SSD and connect it after a minute or two, after which turn on the computer. We launch the OCZ Toolbox program, check whether the firmware has been updated, if you had a very old firmware, you may need to repeat the procedure to install the latest firmware (it is quite possible that the first firmware you installed was intermediate)
I hope this step-by-step instruction helped you update the firmware on your SSD, no matter what, OCZ Vertex 4, OCZ Vertex 3, OCZ Agility 4, OCZ Agility 3, OCZ Vector, OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS or OCZ Vertex Plus R2. And you got a stable, high-speed SSD drive.

Solid state drive (SSD) is becoming increasingly popular. This is due to their constant reduction in price and, of course, faster work with files. Without going into details, an SSD is a kind of flash drive, only thanks to more advanced technologies, a much larger volume and significantly higher read and write speeds. At the moment, replacing a traditional hard drive with an SSD will give a good increase in performance (high performance is most noticeable when connecting an SSD to SATAIII), in particular, loading the operating system will be many times faster, programs will open faster, and files will be copied at a faster speed. But in order to experience the beauty of your SSD, the first thing you need to do is update the firmware on it. Why do you need to update the firmware? - you ask, in order to get rid of the problems that the manufacturer noticed after the mass release of the SSD, and corrected them with the help of new firmware.

In this article I will describe step by step the process of updating the firmware on an SSD OCZ Vertex 4, but for SSD OCZ Vertex 3, OCZ Agility 4, OCZ Agility 3, OCZ Vector, OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS, OCZ Vertex Plus R2 The firmware update process is absolutely identical.

To successfully update the firmware, you need to consider some factors:
1) Before updating the firmware of your SSD, you need to copy all the data that you may need to another drive. Most likely nothing will happen to them, but a failure is possible and you may lose all your data.

2) You must connect an SSD disk as an additional disk, and not as the main one (on which the system is installed). It is also necessary to take into account that you will need a computer on which you can connect an SSD via SATA if you hope to update the firmware on your laptop/computer by connecting it using a SATA-USB adapter

I can disappoint you, with the help of these devices, nothing will work out, the program will not “see” your SSD, there will be an inscription No Supported Drivers Found.

4) To update the OCZ firmware, you will need an Internet connection.

If all conditions are met you need to download OCZ firmware update program (by going to the site, select your SSD from the list and download for it OCZ Toolbox).

Unzip the downloaded folder and run the file OCZToolbox.exe. The OCZ Toolbox v program will launch (version number). in it you will see your SSD drive. By clicking on it, information about it will appear on the right side.

Clicking on the menu Tools, you will see the treasured button Update Firmware, click on it.

Important!!! During the firmware update, provide the computer with uninterrupted power supply, or any external influences on it; if the computer is turned off or rebooted during the firmware update, this can lead to SSD failure.

A warning will appear informing you that you need to backup your data if you have transferred all the data from the SSD to another media, click "Yes."

I hope this step-by-step instruction helped you update the firmware on your SSD, no matter what, OCZ Vertex 4, OCZ Vertex 3, OCZ Agility 4, OCZ Agility 3, OCZ Vector, OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS or OCZ Vertex Plus R2. And you got a stable, high-speed SSD drive.

Firmware update for eight types of OCZ solid-state drives based on SandForce 2000 controllers with SATA, mSATA and PCI-E interfaces:

Agility 3
Nocti
RevoDrive 3
RevoDrive 3 X2
Solid 3
Synapse
Vertex 3
Vertex 3 Max IOPS

The previous version of firmware 2.22 was based on the reference SandForce 5.0.1 and improved performance. The new firmware 2.25 corrects several errors, the list of which does not allow us to determine which version of SandForce was used as the basis (5.0.2-5.0.4?). List of changes:

Bugs fixed:
- calculation of the normalized value of the S.M.A.R.T. indicator number 09 (opening hours);
- unexpected reading error during extended S.M.A.R.T self-test.
- handling SATA errors in some cases.

The first user reviews indicate that performance with the new firmware decreased, but this still needs confirmation. It is known for sure that there are unresolved problems when working on Intel H61 chipsets - the inability to wake up from sleep modes, the inability to connect in SATA 3.0 mode, periodic shutdowns in SATA 2.0 mode.

Also updated is the proprietary OCZ utility based on the Linux boot disk, designed for flashing all modern series of solid-state drives on SandForce 1000/2000, Indilinx Everest and Barefoot controllers - generations from Vertex 2 to Vertex 4. In addition, the package allows you to perform the Secure Erase reset operation, view disk information and S.M.A.R.T. indicators, apply a patch to reduce abnormally high “virtual thermal sensor” values, split the drive into partitions with correct alignment.

Changelog for OCZ Bootable Toolbox - PC Edition 4.3 is available:

The Linux version of OCZ Toolbox has been updated to the latest version 4.2.0.3480.
Wi-Fi support has been expanded.

To flash the firmware, as usual, use the OCZ Toolbox utility or a Linux-based boot disk - OCZ Bootable Toolbox. The updates are not destructive and data should not be damaged. The update procedure and its limitations are traditional for OCZ drives on SandForce. The drive must be connected to the chipset SATA controller in AHCI mode; in case of problems, it is recommended to change the driver to standard Microsoft AHCI (or vice versa, to Intel/AMD’s own driver). You cannot update the system disk from which Windows was booted; Windows XP is not supported. The OCZ Toolbox flashing utility must be run with administrator rights. To bypass Windows restrictions, you can use a Linux-based boot disk recorded on a CD/DVD or flash drive; detailed illustrated instructions are available on the official forum. Flashing utilities for Windows and Linux require Internet access to obtain a new firmware image.

Solid state drive (SSD) is becoming increasingly popular. This is due to their constant reduction in price and, of course, faster work with files. Without going into details, an SSD is a kind of flash drive, only thanks to more advanced technologies, a much larger volume and significantly higher read and write speeds. At the moment, replacing a traditional hard drive with an SSD will give a good increase in performance (high performance is most noticeable when connecting an SSD to SATAIII), in particular, loading the operating system will be many times faster, programs will open faster, and files will be copied at a faster speed. But in order to experience the beauty of your SSD, the first thing you need to do is update the firmware on it. Why do you need to update the firmware? - you ask, in order to get rid of the problems that the manufacturer noticed after the mass release of the SSD, and corrected them with the help of new firmware.

I can disappoint you, with the help of these devices, nothing will work out, the program will not “see” your SSD, there will be an inscription No Supported Drivers Found.

4) To update the OCZ firmware, you will need an Internet connection.

If all conditions are met you need to download OCZ firmware update program (by going to the site, select your SSD from the list and download for it OCZ Toolbox).

Clicking on the menu Tools, you will see the treasured button Update Firmware, click on it.

A warning will appear informing you that you need to backup your data if you have transferred all the data from the SSD to another media, click "Yes."