I just bought a 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD, which shows up fine in my BIOS. I tried installing Ubuntu to it earlier, but it failed/I aborted part way through. Now it still shows in the BIOS, but the 64-bit Maverick LiveCD I'm using doesn't recognize it.
I'm suspecting it might be faulty hardware, but I don't feel confident enough to make this diagnosis myself. Here's a whole bunch of diagnostic info that may be helpful.
Code:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk /dev/sda
Unable to read /dev/sda
Code:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep sda
[ 3.220567] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] 117231408 512-byte logical blocks: (60.0 GB/55.8 GiB)
[ 3.220594] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 3.220596] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 3.220607] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 3.220691] sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 >
[ 3.221664] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[ 10.037351] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[ 208.641027] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 116547528
[ 208.641283] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] READ CAPACITY(16) failed
[ 208.641296] Adding 2438140k swap on /dev/sda5. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:2438140k SS
[ 208.641304] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Result: hostbyte=DID_BAD_TARGET driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
[ 208.641314] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Sense not available.
[ 208.641367] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] READ CAPACITY failed
[ 208.641371] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Result: hostbyte=DID_BAD_TARGET driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
[ 208.641378] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Sense not available.
[ 208.641449] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Asking for cache data failed
[ 208.641456] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 208.641468] sda: detected capacity change from 60022480896 to 0
Code:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo sg_format /dev/sda
inquiry: transport: Host_status=0x04 [DID_BAD_TARGET]
Driver_status=0x00 [DRIVER_OK, SUGGEST_OK]
/dev/sda doesn't respond to a SCSI INQUIRY
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
I enabled SMART for the device in the BIOS and tried to use smartctl.
Code:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo smartctl -t short /dev/sda
smartctl 5.40 2010-03-16 r3077 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
Short Background Self Test has begun
Use smartctl -X to abort test
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo smartctl --all /dev/sda -T permissive
smartctl 5.40 2010-03-16 r3077 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
Device: /2:0:0:0 Version:
scsiModePageOffset: response length too short, resp_len=47 offset=50 bd_len=46
>> Terminate command early due to bad response to IEC mode page
Log Sense failed, IE page [scsi response fails sanity test]
Error Counter logging not supported
scsiModePageOffset: response length too short, resp_len=47 offset=50 bd_len=46
Device does not support Self Test logging
Any suggestions? Is there a way I can wipe the drive clean or otherwise make it functional? Should I take it back?
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