#OCZ SSD UTILITY DO I NEED IT MAC OSX#
#OCZ SSD UTILITY DO I NEED IT INSTALL#
#OCZ SSD UTILITY DO I NEED IT SERIAL#
#OCZ SSD UTILITY DO I NEED IT DRIVER#
#OCZ SSD UTILITY DO I NEED IT WINDOWS 10#

#OCZ SSD UTILITY DO I NEED IT INSTALL#

I'm sorry Intel, I am not about to purchase a copy of Windows, install Bootcamp (on what drive, exactly?) and run some windows-only app to try and recover my drive so that I can then run your DOS utility to upgrade the firmware on your dubiously reliable Solid State Drive.

#OCZ SSD UTILITY DO I NEED IT SERIAL#

Sees the drive, lists it as having a 'BAD_CTX' serial number, and complains that it cannot complete the drive firmware update because it's password protected, which is of course false.

#OCZ SSD UTILITY DO I NEED IT MAC OSX#

To my knowledge there are NO Mac OSX utilities that can affect this problem.ДЇurthermore, the DOS-based Firmware Updater cannot actually do anything to the drive on a Mid-2011 MacBook Pro. The OSX Lion Disk Utility cannot manipulate this drive at all once it fails. useless if you're in mid-recovery and have moved your defective Intel SSD to USB or other external interface on a functional computer. The firmware updater on the ISO only sees drives on the Internal SATA bus, by the way. I had the drive suddenly die while waking from sleep this morning, discovered the 8MB bug, called Intel, downloaded the firmware update ISO. Once this error occurs, no data on the SSD can be accessed and the user cannot write to or read from the SSD.ДЄfter wrestling with this all day I can confirm the recommendation that these Intel 320 SSD drives should NOT be used with a Mac. The firmware update will not recover user data.ДЇor users unfamiliar with the issue, an Intel SSD 320 Series drive may exhibit a drive capacity of 8MB and an electronic serial # field containing a message of 'BAD_CTX 0000013x' caused by an unexpected power loss under specific conditions. After secure erase, update your SSD with the new firmware. An alternative option is to use the Intel В® SSD Toolbox or similar tools to perform a secure erase in order to restore the SSD to an operational state all data will be erased. If you have already experienced a drive failure or encounter this problem before the firmware update was released, please contact your Intel representative or Intel customer support (via web: or phone: for an SSD replacement. To remove SSD Utility from your bootable USB drive: 1 Insert the USB drive into a Windows computer. What should I do if I have already experienced this issue? SSD Utility User Guide USER-GUIDE-SSD-UTLTY, 4.0 Revision 3 Uninstall SSD Utility To uninstall from Windows, use the standard uninstall facility in Control Panel, or run the installer again and select Remove. The IntelВ® SSD Toolbox provides a host of utilities to monitor your SSD, including displaying detailed information such as the currently installed firmware revision. As with any storage device, Intel recommends users frequently back up their data and periodically check for firmware updates. In order to provide the best user experience, Intel always recommends users download and install the latest firmware. What should I do if I have not experienced this issue? Also posted at this link are Read Me, Release Notes, and SSD Firmware Update Tool Guidelines which provide detailed firmware update instructions and other relevant information such as the most current firmware revision available. Problems can arise when your hardware device is too old or not supported any longer.Intel has posted a firmware update for the IntelВ® SSD 320 Series (firmware 4PC10362) which addresses the Bad Context 13x Error being discussed on the Communities site and elsewhere. This will help if you installed an incorrect or mismatched driver. Try to set a system restore point before installing a device driver.

#OCZ SSD UTILITY DO I NEED IT DRIVER#

It is highly recommended to always use the most recent driver version available. After updating to v1.5.2, you cannot revert back to v1.5 Enhanced overall stability and compatibility with legacy chipsets OCZ Firmware Agility 4 SSD Series Version 1.5.2: After updating to v1.5, you cannot revert back to v1.4.1.3

#OCZ SSD UTILITY DO I NEED IT WINDOWS 10#

After install of Windows 10 and using it for about a month, the utility OCZ SSD Utility now reports the life at 93. I have never used OCZ before I just got it because it was for work and it was on sale cheap. Corrected a corner case issue where the вЂRemaining LifeвЂ™ SMART attribute could be reported incorrectly I recently bought a OCZ TL-100 SSD for my work desktop since it originally came with a 7200 rpm disk. Further improved compatibility with desktop and mobile ATA security features Optimized idle garbage collection algorithms to extend the benefits of performance mode by enabling the feature across a greater percentage of the drive Improved sequential file transfer performance for 128GB, 256GB and 512GB models OCZ Firmware Vertex 4 SSD Series Version 1.5:

Add support for Barefoot 2 based drives

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