Recent content by ocztony

Vector 180 is the last of the BF3 drives, Arc100 will run along side it for the duration as the more budget offering using a slower clocked BF3 controller. Old OCZ Technology drives I can't really comment on any more...all my time now is focused on OCZ Storage Solution drives.

we make them, we support them

Getting data off an SSD is a lot more difficult than getting data off a HDD...this goes for all SSD's not just OCZ ones. This is why is pays to back up the drive on a regular basis, maybe invest in some cloud storage or similar. I use my drives here for the OS and apps, I store everything else...

Here is a new interview with our head of engineering...it explains a lot. Its from Kitguru...which if is an issue mods just drop the link off.

Old drives there...get saving for Jet Express ;)

Thats inhouse data world wide, so all returns are counted, then checked, often there is nothing wrong with returned products so this is why total returns compared to actual fault numbers vary

Update for you....we just added some QC info to our main website showing some actual/factual return rates. http://ocz.com/consumer/quality Scroll down to see the data, an example is return for any reason on vertex 460 was 0.01% of all drives sold, out of those with confirmed failure...0.006%...

Its gen 3 x4 lanes....backwards compatible gen2 x4 obviously

I can't help you...simple as that. Not being awkward, legally i can not Hope you understand

I remember everyone ;)

No....plus we write the FW for our own controllers so can attack issues much quicker. I actually talk directly to the head FW engineer when needed. Our FW team is based in the UK, not the US...just so you know ;) If you mean Revo 350...sure it does, HOWEVER, make sure you use one of the primary...

special flash tool... you will never see it sorry, propriety sandforce flasher which can not be released.

I will see if i can get some pre release specs for you. I have actually 100k+ posts over various forums with the forum handle bigtoe, i post on XS just as Tony so I have been around a while, the past 2 yrs however forum posting had dropped away for me as we transitioned to Toshiba and I was...

Still going strong as far as I know, 5 drives all well past warranty writes. I am sure KitGuru will post updates soon.

Jester..its not a problem ;) BTW..I was up in Oregon last winter, snowboarding for a week at Mt Bachelor...has to be one of my favourite resorts to date although not big it was very friendly ;)