probably by going to sleep (I use sleep on my laptops multiple times a day, like you put your phone to sleep). It was junk for the obvious reason as stated elsewhere - it locked up at some point long ago, who knows how. Worthy bump! Today I found a Vertex2 SSD in my long-abandoned junk bin. I'm sure the answer is buried in there somewhere! It's working, so I'm happy, but it would be nice to know if there's a way to apply v3.6.3 or even v3.7.0 (the latest from OCZ AFAIK). My drive now seems stuck at revision level 346A13F0 instead of 363A13F0, which was the latest released firmware from Patriot Memory. As I'm sure others have noticed, the licence file used in this recovery method is meant for "asiacom", which afterwards causes the OCZ, Patriot, etc. Thanks to KBDE's comment about shorting SDA to VCC on the EEPROM, I used an SOIC-8 clip with a jumper between pins 5 and 8 for a seamless no-solder recovery using MP-Tool. Then I tried the same steps on Asus Z97M-plus and everything worked as expected, no ‘./ssdt_driver.ko’ error, SSD detected in MP tool.On account of a failing power supply, my trusty Patriot Inferno 120GB (SF-1222 based) went into panic mode after about 20 random abrupt shutdowns. I got exactly same error on Gigabyte GA-K8NE (quite old mobo, no AHCI option in BIOS) and MSI MS-7592 ver 7.1 (there is only IDE mode in the SATA options in BIOS, no AHCI) and MP tool was NOT ABLE to find / fix the SSD.
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So far I found that the problem is most probably related to the chipset (SATA controller) used on the motherboard of the PC you are trying to use for the procedure. Some people complains that: "When I launch MPTool from the Desktop an error appears in the background terminal window: insmod: error inserting ‘./ssdt_driver.ko’: -1 Operation not permitted" !!! It may brick again and your data may (most probably will) get LOST !!! Troubleshooting !!! PLEASE DO NOT USE SUCH REPAIRED DRIVE TO STORE CRITICAL DATA !!! Reboot and verify the SSD is visible in your BIOS now (withow holding the button), try to format it using regular formatting tools and try to copy some data onto it.ĭesolder the button and put the PCB back into the box, njoy your fixed Vertex2. Think about to buy Buger a beer, he also likes good Rum or Russian Vodka :-)Ĭlick "Secure erase" button to erase and initialize the SSD - not sure what will happend if you skip this step - way to get bricked data? - I realized this just after clicking "Secure erase" button, too late, but you can try yourself. " at the top of the tab and it starts to process the drive - now release the soldered button you are still holding. Switch to "Manufacturing mode" tab, drive will be visible here - click big button "Process drive. Hold the button soldered to SSD, turn on the PC and boot from the USB drive prepared before, still holding the buttonĬonfigure MP according to russian instructions, select the right flash type (look at the flash chips on your PCB), capacity, you can make a custom model name as I did (dreadex2). You need to open it and short testpoints P8 and P9 together - I used small push button soldered on that pins, you need to hold it all the time from turning the PC on until MP tool detects the SSD.Ĭonnect the SSD to the PC, disconnect all other SATA drives, set sata mode to AHCI in BIOS SSD needs to be switched into lets say "factory mode" to talk with MP tool. Try to boot it - you shoud get Fedora desktop with MpTool icon on the desktop, shut it down.Write the image onto USB drive (for example using "dd if=mptool_mp2_v1-1-2.img of=/dev/sdX" replacing sdX with your USB drive ofcourse).Unpack mptool rar(s) to get mptool_mp2_v1-1-2.img.
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!!! WARNING - this procedure describes how to FIX THE SSD without care of any data present on the drive !!! I get such SSD from my friend for free, he told me "take it or it is going into trash", so I decided try to fix it - at least just for fun. You can find a lot of such complains around the web: The SSD completely diappears form PC including BIOS (not beiing detected at all). There was a bug in Sandforce controller firmware that cause SSD locks itself usually (but not always) after sleep/hybernate and wakeup of OS occurs. OCZ Vertex2 unbrick 15:50 | tags: SSD SandForce SF 1222 The problem
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