Boot problems with OCZ SSD

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I have a Dell XPS 630i with the newest bios. I also have a spanking new OCZ Agility 3 240GB SSD.
And these two simply will not communicate very well.

If the computer is off before booting, everything is fine. System boots like a charm in a few seconds. But if i do a reset/reboot, the system will hang after the bios progressbar has reached 100% in like 9 out of 10 cases. I can do a ctrl-alt-del, and it will still get stuck at 100%. I have to switch the system off, and on again to get the system booting normally.

If I go into the bios setup, the OCZ SSD is always properly detected. It will always show there like it should. I've tried different power cables and SATA cables, but to no help.

The SSD is in the top boot sequence (before floppy and cdrom) and it doesnt help either.

So what's going on?

Also, if I go into Win 7 even viewer, I can see a tons and tons of entries like this:

Event ID 8, nvstor64

A request to this device has been cancelled.
Device: \Device\RaidPort0 Model: OCZ-AGILITY3
Firmware Version: 2.11
Serial Number: OCZ-373338VHDXKJ7E68
Port: 0

I've tried a clean Win 7 reinstall, and it didnt help. I'm still keep getting these buggers in my event log.

So, again... what's going on?

Irios · Accepted Answer

Well, I'm getting this problem with the unit not being detected by the bios a long time before the OS actually starts booting, so it's pretty clear that's not related to driver issues.

In regards of the nvstor64 issue... I've narrowed it down to possiby being because of the so-called SandForce technology this unit uses.

en.wikipedia.org/.../SandForce

I've already tried upgrading the firmware on the SSD, but the system hangs when I run the upgrade tool, so I've not been able to upgrade it.

I've talked to the computer store where I purchased the SSD, and they tell me they've had a lot of identical issues with plenty of the various SSD drives they sell.

My guess is that this is simply immature technology. It's simply not ready for use to be honest.

So I'm returning the drive and getting a refund.

I might look into another brand of SSD (without SandForce), but for now I'm so sick of problems and troubleshooting, I'm just gonna go back to my Raptor disks.

DELL-Chris M · Answer

I looked at the post that was moved. I am also not sure why it was moved. Perhaps it was the european slang? I will send an email off.

As to the SSD drive, no idea. We never tested them on this model. We do not offer a windows 7 64bit Nvidia SMbus driver but maybe it needs one? On my XPS 630i, I only had XP on it so the Chipset and SMBus drivers were available. There is alot of chatter about the NVSTOR64 error on the Nvidia Forum.

speedstep · Answer

Did you install chipset drivers? Perhaps the drive needs AHCI drivers.

speedstep · Answer

I had good luck with INTEL 320 series drive.  Came with software to Optimize for the OS,

Irios · Answer

Yeah, as far as I can tell, Intel doesnt have SandForce on their units. I've already thought about getting one of those.

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