

So far I found that the problem is most probably related to the chipset (SATA controller) used on the motherboard of the PC you are trying to use for the procedure. I got exactly same error on Gigabyte GA-K8NE (quite old mobo, no AHCI option in BIOS) and MSI MS-7592 ver 7.1 (there is only IDE mode in the SATA options in BIOS, no AHCI) and MP tool was NOT ABLE to find / fix the SSD. Then I tried the same steps on Asus Z97M-plus and everything worked as expected, no ‘./ssdt_driver.ko’ error, SSD detected in MP tool.On account of a failing power supply, my trusty Patriot Inferno 120GB (SF-1222 based) went into panic mode after about 20 random abrupt shutdowns. Thanks to KBDE's comment about shorting SDA to VCC on the EEPROM, I used an SOIC-8 clip with a jumper between pins 5 and 8 for a seamless no-solder recovery using MP-Tool. As I'm sure others have noticed, the licence file used in this recovery method is meant for "asiacom", which afterwards causes the OCZ, Patriot, etc. My drive now seems stuck at revision level 346A13F0 instead of 363A13F0, which was the latest released firmware from Patriot Memory. I'm sure the answer is buried in there somewhere! It's working, so I'm happy, but it would be nice to know if there's a way to apply v3.6.3 or even v3.7.0 (the latest from OCZ AFAIK). Worthy bump! Today I found a Vertex2 SSD in my long-abandoned junk bin. It was junk for the obvious reason as stated elsewhere - it locked up at some point long ago, who knows how. Probably by going to sleep (I use sleep on my laptops multiple times a day, like you put your phone to sleep).
