vertex 3 ssd 120 GB

[wildefoe1]

hi all i purchased one of these to be my boot drive in my comp i have a rampage iii extreme if anyone has this board how should i set the bios i initially had some probs geting it to detect drive but it is now installed but i feel it is not right im not suffering any crashes or anything like that but in boot up screen it tells me no drives detected but still boots to windows any help would be greatly appreciated
here is my setup

Mainboard : Asus Rampage III Extreme
Chipset : Intel X58
Processor : Intel Core i7 950 @ 3066MHz
Physical Memory : 6144MB (3 x 2048 DDR3-SDRAM )
Video Cards : 2 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 in SLI
Hard Disk : Seagate ST3500418AS (500GB)
Hard Disk : Seagate ST3500418AS (500GB)
Hard Disk : OCZ-VERT EX3 SCSI Disk Device (120GB)
CD-Rom Drive : TSSTcorp DVDWBD SH-B123L
CD-Rom Drive : TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223C
Monitor Type : LG Electronics W2261 - 22 inches
Network Card : Intel 82567V-2 Gigabit Network Connection
Operating System : Windows 7 Ultimate Professional Media Center 6.01.7601 Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
DirectX : Version 11.00
Windows Performance Index : 7.5 on 7.9
i recently updated bios to 1401 and think this may be problem as it has changed some bios settings but as im computer illiterate i dont know what to change for best set up

[UltraNEO*]

Before you install Windows on your Vertex 3, I would advise you to check OCZ's site for the latest firmware. Last I checked it was v2.15.

http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-ver...i-2-5-ssd.html

[VistaKing]

Is the SSD drive plugged into the Intel SATA port ? Does your drive show up in the BIOS ? What is the SATA CONFIGURATION set us " IDE, AHCI " ? Might want to try to install the drivers for the SATA ports and the firmware for the SSD DRIVE. Most recent one is 2.15 for your Vertex3 SSD drive .

* * neo beat me to the punch on the firmware.

* * Make sure when you update your firmware on your SSD you want it to be plugged in as a slave drive. Courtesy of OCZTECHNOLOGY's website " Drives must not appear as "Drive0" for updates. Please ensure update is not performed on a disk set to primary. "

If you need help installing the SATA drivers after you already installed windows 7 OS here is the trick .

Inside Windows 7 .

1. Click on your start button(orb) type in "regedit "
2. Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SYSTEM / CurrentControlset / Services
3. Open msahci
4. In the right field left click on "start" and go to Modify
5. In the value Data field enter "0" and click "ok"
6. exit "Regedit"
7. Restart PC get into the BIOS and in the SATA configuration choose ACHI , PRESS F10 to save and restart the PC

[wildefoe1]

my firmware is 2.15 and the other suggestion is way too technical for me yeah im a noob but i like the rog gear and eventually i may figure out what to do with it lol

[wildefoe1]

[SIZE=3]Is the SSD drive plugged into the Intel SATA port ? Does your drive show up in the BIOS ? What is the SATA CONFIGURATION set us " IDE, AHCI " ? Might want to try to install the drivers for the SATA ports and the firmware for the SSD DRIVE. Most recent one is 2.15

Inside Windows 7 .

1. Click on your start button(orb) type in "regedit "
2. Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SYSTEM / CurrentControlset / Services
3. Open msahci
4. In the right field left click on "start" and go to Modify
5. In the value Data field enter "0" and click "ok"
6. exit "Regedit"
7. Restart PC get into the BIOS and in the SATA configuration choose ACHI , PRESS F10 to save and restart the PC

the ssd is plugged into the sata 6g port red one sata config is ahci done the regedit thing was already set to 0 i beleive the red ports are on the marvel controller so i should be using the grey sata ports instead as they are the intel am i understanding you correctly but the grey sata ports wont give me the full potential of my ssd but the marvel controller on the red ports is crap basically yes?

[VistaKing]

Did you install the Marvel driver for those ports ? Have you tried updating the firmware on your SSD ? OCZ doesn't recommend updating the firmware on the BOOT ssd drive You would have to make the SSD drive a slave booting into a PC with windows in it and update it that way.

[wildefoe1]

my firmware is 2.15 for ocz vertex so no need update and yes i think marvell drivers are installed for red sata ports on motherboard

[wildefoe1]

would i be better just connecting the vertex 3 to the grey sata ports and forget about the marvell sata ports red ones? and if someone could tell me how to set up my bios properly for my set up that would be great thanks for the help so far