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OCZ Vertex 3 beach balling on safari??
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you might wan a make sure you have the latest firmware on your vertex. mine was not even recognized by MBP until i updated the firmware (on a dif machine using linux)
What firmware are you running? I stayed at 2.06 because it was working well for me and I read reports that later versions were causing problems (beach balling).
How do you check what firmware you're running? Also, unlike Crucial, OCZ needs you to use a Windows computer to update the firmware.. Is there a way to update it on a Mac?
Under "about this mac" and then go to the sata hard drive - it'll tell you there. The easiest way is to hook up the ssd drive as a secondary drive to a windows pc and install the new firmware (it's extremely easy this way). There are more in depth ways of doing it on a mac, do a search for it.
my current firmware is 2.11, during the first month it was working flawlessly but then now I noticed that it started to beach ball when using safari. Can I still go back to 2.06? was planning to update to latest version but I was thinking of not being able to go back to 2.11.
my current firmware is 2.11, during the first month it was working flawlessly but then now I noticed that it started to beach ball when using safari. Can I still go back to 2.06? was planning to update to latest version but I was thinking of not being able to go back to 2.11.
Are you using Lion? If not, that may be the problem. Apparently Apple fixed some issues with third party SSDs not functioning properly.
I'm running 2.06 in my V3 as well and it's been very reliable and fast. No beach balls at all.
Interesting.. Do you have the sleep/hibernate issue with the drive? Also, do you know if you can update the firmware by connecting the the drive via USB to a windows computer? Or do you need a SATA connection? I'm just confused. :S
Nope, I'm running Snow leopard but planning to move to lion just waiting for it to be a bit more stable. Do you know if I can still go back to firmware 2.06? Are you using Lion?
I'm not sure if you can go back to 2.06 but yes I am using Lion. I thought it was stable anyway.. Most issues in SL are fixed in Lion.
Will try out lion this week and do a clean install. Then I'll get back for updates in this thread. Cheers!
Will try out lion this week and do a clean install. Then I'll get back for updates in this thread. Cheers!
In the meantime, why don't you try updating your firmware to 2.15? It's the latest version and is very easy to do. Do you have a windows computer?
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Yeap, I can use my brothers pc. I am just afraid that i'll further mess up the ssd if I upgrade to 2.15. I'm still searching for a way on how to downgrade the firmware. If I find one I might upgrade to 2.15 but until then upgrading the OS to Lion would be my 1st move.
Legion93 said:Will try out lion this week and do a clean install. Then I'll get back for updates in this thread. Cheers!
In the meantime, why don't you try updating your firmware to 2.15? It's the latest version and is very easy to do. Do you have a windows computer?
Yeap, I can use my brothers pc. I am just afraid that i'll further mess up the ssd if I upgrade to 2.15. I'm still searching for a way on how to downgrade the firmware. If I find one I might upgrade to 2.15 but until then upgrading the OS to Lion would be my 1st move.