Firmware Flashing – my world of IT

OCZ Vertex 4 won’t update/flash to version 1.5

Posted on 19 July, 2012

I’m quite a perfectionist when it comes to making sure that hardware runs with the latest firmware, quite often these software updates bring improved stability and features. In SSDs though it quite commonly brings about performance boosts. However when trying to update the Vertex 4s I recently received to build a Custom RDS Farm I would go to update the… Read more

Virtual Desktops on PCI-E SSD – Why HDD should still be involved

Posted on 14 June, 2012 Updated on 14 June, 2012

This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series Virtual Desktops on PCI-E SSD

One of the most interesting features of the OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 is that in many situations you can boot a OS right off the drive (great for super fast gaming PCs). The only issue with this is not every motherboard out there will support booting right off a PCI-E SSD (OCZ do have a list here though) but also more… Read more