Strange!!!
Could you write down your procedure?
Do you have v1.15 of 'fwupd'-file?
Did you 'mount' the drive? [which Linux did you use?]
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*too slow* Vertex 3 in 13" MacBook Unibody late 2008
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Strange!!!
Could you write down your procedure?
Do you have v1.15 of 'fwupd'-file?
Did you 'mount' the drive? [which Linux did you use?]
PCLinux at first but it doesn't support the new MBPs so i used the latest release of Ubuntu 11.04 and that worked. I then copied the fwupd file to the desktop from the USB (Ubuntu doesn't handle permissions for USB thumb drives well) and made it read/write-able.
Navigated to the Desktop using cd .., enabled root/sudo, then executed the file ./fwupd /dev/sda. It says updating drive..hen comes back with update FAILED. unsupported drive.
Tried both 32 and 64 bit versions but no dice.
Navigated to the Desktop using cd .., enabled root/sudo, then executed the file ./fwupd /dev/sda. It says updating drive..hen comes back with update FAILED. unsupported drive.
Tried both 32 and 64 bit versions but no dice.
I see. So not - like me - the Macbook Unibody late 2008 but a recent one. Tricky. Though strange that PCLinux does not support them.
But then the rest should work?!
What about putting the file on a CD-ROM? (and then change the CD while the Live-Linux-System is up and running?)
Or get the file 'live' online, put it to the Ubuntu-Desktop, unzip there, and 'attack' it from there?
'unsupported drive' concerning the Vertex 3 or 'unsupported drive' concerning the USB-drive?
did you re-mount the USB drive again afterward?
try something not logic but still:
use the explorer/finder/however-it's-called in Ubuntu to locate the USB-drive and click on it. it will probably than mount. afterward change to Terminal again and repeat your procedure of ./fwupd ... et cetera.
I know it sounds strange but still: give it a try!
Tried all those. For anything i tried (mounts, ejects re-mount, reboots, i cd into and out of the folder just to be sure. No worries i'll just find a Win 7 system later on and do it then
Pity OCZ is not able to supply a generally functional FW-update-utility for Mac OS X or Linux!
Good luck with the update by the help of 'the dark side'!
Have the exactly same problems with this SSD.
13" MacBook Unibody late 2008 and Vertex 3.
I think the SATA II speed is OK as it's my hardware limitation.
BUT....
Shipped with 2.02 firmware version and got this after replaced the HDD:
Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
AJA test (128 MB):
Write: 45.0 MB/s
Read: 77.4 MB/s
* Updated to 2.08 firmware version ( Jun 19th ) and nothing was changed.
* Tested in SL 10.6.7 and Lion DP4. Got the same result.
* SMC reset (press the power button for 5s without power and battery) doesn't help.
* Re-update to 2.08 doesn't help.
* OCZ support said it's problem from Apple.
The leading SSD manufactory? Are u kidding me ?
13" MacBook Unibody late 2008 and Vertex 3.
I think the SATA II speed is OK as it's my hardware limitation.
BUT....
Shipped with 2.02 firmware version and got this after replaced the HDD:
Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
AJA test (128 MB):
Write: 45.0 MB/s
Read: 77.4 MB/s
* Updated to 2.08 firmware version ( Jun 19th ) and nothing was changed.
* Tested in SL 10.6.7 and Lion DP4. Got the same result.
* SMC reset (press the power button for 5s without power and battery) doesn't help.
* Re-update to 2.08 doesn't help.
* OCZ support said it's problem from Apple.
The leading SSD manufactory? Are u kidding me ?
strange: update auf 2.06 hat's bei mir gemacht!
BAD LUCK for ME. Now I have the same feeling with u. OCZ, come on.
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Agility 3 on Macbook late 2008 same issues...
2 Days ago I bought an Agility 3 SSD, and I'm having the same 1.5Gbp/s negotation link limitation.
The drive came with fw2.06 I've since update it to 2.08, reset the PRAM, SMC, but all to no avail. This really sucks, although the performance is really good it could be doubled.
Hoping to see if updating it to fw2.09 might solve this issue.
2 Days ago I bought an Agility 3 SSD, and I'm having the same 1.5Gbp/s negotation link limitation.
The drive came with fw2.06 I've since update it to 2.08, reset the PRAM, SMC, but all to no avail. This really sucks, although the performance is really good it could be doubled.
Hoping to see if updating it to fw2.09 might solve this issue.
Hello everyone
I succeeded updating my vertex 3 ssd following the instructions below (BTW thank you space doc!) an now i'm running the latest fw version, 2.11
BUT
i didn't solve anything, my MBP's data negotiated speed still capped at 1.5 Gbit/s instead than 3 Gbit/s, after spending hours reading an insane number of threads about that issue i still have no clue about how to fix it , so i thought we all could post our Macbookpros specs (hw and sw) in order to collect information and discover our commons features to understand which models are still affected by this issue and, hopefully, why.
So this are my MBP specs:
MBP 15" 5,1 - C2D 2.93 Ghz - NVidia MCP79 - NVidia 9400M + 9600 GT - 8 Gb RAM Kingston DDR 1067 - OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB - OSX Lion - EFI 1.8
Thanks in advance to all of those who will help, every information will be much appreciated!
I succeeded updating my vertex 3 ssd following the instructions below (BTW thank you space doc!) an now i'm running the latest fw version, 2.11
BUT
i didn't solve anything, my MBP's data negotiated speed still capped at 1.5 Gbit/s instead than 3 Gbit/s, after spending hours reading an insane number of threads about that issue i still have no clue about how to fix it , so i thought we all could post our Macbookpros specs (hw and sw) in order to collect information and discover our commons features to understand which models are still affected by this issue and, hopefully, why.
So this are my MBP specs:
MBP 15" 5,1 - C2D 2.93 Ghz - NVidia MCP79 - NVidia 9400M + 9600 GT - 8 Gb RAM Kingston DDR 1067 - OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB - OSX Lion - EFI 1.8
Thanks in advance to all of those who will help, every information will be much appreciated!
Hi,
sorry for only posting the 'how to' now, but I was travelling for an extended weekend ;-), without access to the Internet. Of course I will share my research with pleasure.
1. I downloaded PCLinuxOS (found through OCZ-forum.de-Site / although only their 'alternative technique' it proved to be the only one working):
http://spout.ussg.indiana.edu/linux/pclinuxos/pclinuxos/live-cd/pclinuxos-kde-2010.12.iso
2. Burn the ISO to a CD-ROM. I used the 'Burn'-Software.
3. download the Linux-Update-Tool from OCZ:
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/f...CZ-SandForce-Linux-based-firmware-update-tool
Version 1.15 worked for me! (the version 1.13 from the German OCZ-Website did not work!, so go for v1.15)
4. Unzip the Linux-Update-Tool and put it on an USB-Stick.
5. Put burned CD-ROM in MacBook Unibody Late 2008 ... and shut down.
Reboot with the key 'c' pressed when switching on computer to boot from CD-ROM.
6. Put USB-Stick in USB-Port [you will have to mount it. by clicking on it in KDE it should work]
7. Go to "Terminal"
8. 'su' - become super-user for 'root'. password for root is 'root'!
9. some directory juggling should start: you need to locate the file 'fwupd' on the USB-stick. in the current version I had I used the 'change directory' command "cd .." to go out of directories until the folder '/media/'. Then I did 'cd /linux32' and then 'cd /fwupd' (that's where the file 'fwupd' resides).
10. execute the following command: "./fwupd /dev/sda"
do not forget to put a 'blank' between the command and "/dev/..."
So this should work. Of course I can not take any responsability for any damage (though I think that it's safe ;-) ) ... so do your back-up of your data before!!! [I used Carbon Copy Cloner for this, though I did not need my back-up because everything worked flawless at the end
So I hope I could help you all!
SpaceDoc
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