<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jyavenard@gmail.com">jyavenard@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 16 March 2012 09:29, Mark Lord <<a href="mailto:mythtv@rtr.ca">mythtv@rtr.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
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> And I specifically recommend any OCZ-branded SSD based on the Sandforce controller chips,<br>
> because OCZ has a very good (and simple) firmware-updater for use on Linux systems.<br>
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</div>Funny, *most* of the early failure reports I have been reading of late<br>
are OCZ drive...<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes, OCZ has put a funny taste in many people's mouths because of their drawn-out Windows BSOD issues on their newer Sandforce drives. I've stuck with Crucial C300 and M4 SSD's which I believe use a Marvell controller and they've been great. The M4 recently had a firmware update which I applied even though I was not affected by the issue they explained in the release notes.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I've dealt with one OCZ Vertex 3 on my Dad's laptop and it worked fine with Windows 7, but when I bought it I knew about the BSOD issue and immediately applied their latest firmware (last Aug/Sept).</div>
<div><br></div><div>/Brian/</div></div>