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Old March 25, 2011, 06:50 PM
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Howdy all,

I'm in the process or building another setup (2500K+P8P67 DELUXE B3).

My SSD, the OCZ Vertex 1 120GB, firmware 1.5 is still doing good and pulling strong at 89% health.

Cell wearing= 1194 cycles.. (in indilinx SSD status)
reads =3248GB
writes = 1018GB
it always ran fine in Win7 64 as a boot drive and games drive...

Tomorrow, I'll have to wipe it before I install it in my new rig...(don't know how)...plz help me!!!
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Old March 25, 2011, 06:59 PM
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Do a quick format. That is all you need to do.
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Old March 25, 2011, 07:46 PM
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Do a quick format. That is all you need to do.
Oh yes? I thought formatting in any of it's forms hurts SSDs...

What about what's called "sanitary erase"? Is it something you're familiar with?
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Old March 25, 2011, 07:55 PM
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Your drive supports TRIM. A quick format should send a TRIM command to the entire drive.
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Old March 25, 2011, 08:34 PM
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Thanks!

I got my CPU in, Noctua cooler and RAM installed...now, I'll do all the rest tomorrow!
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Do a secure erase to set the drive to back to factory fresh state.

Guide Secure Erase With bootable CD/USB Linux.. Point and Click Method
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Old March 28, 2011, 05:33 AM
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Also, check the OCZ forums for a new firmware that may convert your Vertex into a Vertex Turbo. I just did it myself and it worked great:

Guide Flashing Vertex to Vertex Turbo
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