PremiumAcc Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 I'm going to go with really bad luck and first-generation drives. Were any of the ones you used the original Indilinx Barefoot drives? Mine are both the older 3x nm flash which is supposed to be pretty durable. Last I checked I had only burned through, on average, 1000 write cycles throughout the drive. A huge chunk of the spare area was still available as well. I especially don't think it's the RAID since my first drive died having never been in a RAID array. I am telling you PermiumAcc, that the first drive died when it wasn't in RAID. The SMART values for the drive in question were all well in the green when I checked them last week. The firmware I'm using also supports garbage collection which helps negate the performance loss from the lack of TRIM. No SSD is going to die in a year simply because it doesn't have TRIM...especially not first generation Indinlinx drives. Further background - I had the write cache enabled on the RAID controller to merge write operations. My temporary files, pagefile, and logs were all written to a secondary array of HDDs. Then you must have had some faulty drives. Hopefully Corsair will do something for you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJCRO Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Damn that sucks man. Those first generation SSD's I've heard died on a lot of people. Welp, that's life. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Capitan Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Actually amazingly I only have a shot from 2007. The drivers have since been upgraded to Elemental Designs 13Ov.2s. The preamp and amp are Halfer DH-100 and DH-220, respectively. The box is 8 cubic feet tuned to approximately 20 Hz...so it digs deep. DAAAAMN.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Hopefully Corsair will do something for you. I'm not holding my breath on that one but we'll see. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest_Jim_* Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Actually amazingly I only have a shot from 2007. The drivers have since been upgraded to Elemental Designs 13Ov.2s. The preamp and amp are Halfer DH-100 and DH-220, respectively. The box is 8 cubic feet tuned to approximately 20 Hz...so it digs deep. Dude, where do you live because I want to visit? Also, what do you have as a source for that? I've got some SACD's and a player, and I'd bring them if I ever met your subwoofer. Yes, that's how it would work if you were ever insane enough to let me near you; you would open the door and I would just go straight to that sound system. After that I'd go to the computers. You'd probably be the last thing I'd meet actually Oh, and back to the topic, sounds like the controller went bad, or some other similar chip. Funny thing about SSDs compared to HDDs; wearing out flash impacts its write ability, not its read, so a worn out SSD should still be readable. Wear out an HDD and you've got coasters and fun magnets. Anyway, based on this and my enough-for-the-Internet (EFTI; that exist yet? I'm probably only a little better than our grandmothers with these things) experience, my guess is it wasn't the RAID that did it but something truly anomalous. I would expect the RAID to increase the wear on the memory, but not necessarily the other chips. Definitely contact Corsair; it's worth a shot and doesn't cost much to send an email. Hey! Maybe you can ask Panda to talk to a Corsair rep at CES. No clue if that could be as productive as an email, but could be a funny story. It's late, I'd better stop rambling before I prove myself to be an idiot. Suspicion of that is fine, but proof isn't. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSoprano Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 That's what did it,I knew there had to be a logical reason, the speaker killed your ssd, vibrated the damm chips to crushed glass. Problem solved . PS- Sorry for your loss Waco. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonerboy779 Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Sorry for your loss Waco and may I say nice to find someone on here that's into speaker building. However only 20hz sure you couldn't tune them lower? Haha What legs and sound deadening you got on that beast?also asuming you built those towers... Nice to see I am not the only one that will go to car audio for the home theater Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boinker Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 LOL. I can see it now.... just kidding. It would be something to ask the corsair reps to see what they could do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sword_fish Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 sorry for the loss Waco, matter of (bad)luck? but hey, i like your killer subs there neighbors didn't call 911 when you crank them up? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Well I'm making use of the $3.99 Amazon Prime overnight shipping...my rig will be back alive tomorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PremiumAcc Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Well I'm making use of the $3.99 Amazon Prime overnight shipping...my rig will be back alive tomorrow. Which SSD did you buy this time? Hopefully, not another faulty one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 A pair of Vertex 3s. Yes, I'm a glutton for punishment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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