Arismac Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 I took delivery of two OCZ Colussus 256GB SSD's because I got fed up with waiting for the 500GB only to discover that I had actually been supplied with two 128GB drives. This even thought the packaging and labeling clearly stated that they had capacities of 256GB. I will not name the supplier because I genuinely do not believe it was his fault and like me had accepted that the labels were correct. We didn't discover the problem until we went to install the OpSys (Win 7 64bit). The supplier is exchanging at his expense after promising to check the next two before shipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heiko Glatthorn Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Oh dear... That's a nice surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Routley Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Shame they didn;t ship 512Gb instead of 256Gb. You should name the vendor, because I think that sort of service actually reflects well on him/her. Anyone can make a mistake ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arismac Posted December 14, 2009 Author Share Posted December 14, 2009 Good point Ian. I have been getting very good service indeed through the traumas of getting the parts together for my new "beast". Name ITSdirect, location Brisbane, my contact is Wade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arismac Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share Posted December 15, 2009 The plot has thickened a little. Wade from ITSdirect tells me that in fact we did receive 250GB drives but OCZ admitted that a batch error on some 250's means that drives are detecting as smaller sizes. He is now physically checking all drives prior to shipment. I admit that I do not quite understand what error could cause a smaller size to be detected and I somehow doubt that OCZ are going to tell me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naji Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Isn't this surprising? Last week I got a 128GB SSD (different brand than the one mentioned above), got it installed and I and the technician had to waste almost 2 hours trying to figure out why Win 7 Ultimate RTM was only recognising 64GB! The technician took the whole package to the supplier who confirmed that it was indeed 64GB. Replaced it. But I am very happy with the SSD. It is purely for FSX and its addons, plus I placed Windows Virtual memory on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterhayes Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I too am dealing with ITS direct (Wade) received a 120GB Colossus (after waiting several weeks) which showed in my BIOS and Windows7 as a 60GB drive. OCZ admitted there was a fault with the Colossus Drive, I've returned the drive but am still waiting for the replacement! This was definitely a 120GB drive and the fault is well recorded on the OCZ forums. I really wanted a Vertex drive but was convinced by ITSDirect that the Colossus was a much better drive! Only time will tell. Ain't technology grand? PeterH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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