Force F120 dead - RMA question

[lukasf]

Hi

I own a Corsair Force F120 SSD.

I bought it about one year ago and I am using it in my notebook.

 

About one week ago I tried to boot my notebook (Linux Mint 12 x64) but the BIOS could not find any OS. After some investigation I found out that the SSD was OK, only the partition table was gone - so all partitions were lost.

There was no valueable data on it. I created a new partition and reinstalled my OS. Everything worked fine again.

 

When I wanted to start the notebook today, the BIOS tried to access the SSD for about 5 minutes and the I recieved the message "Operating system not found".

I connected the SSD to my PC. The only reaction were some SATA-errors in the Linux "dmesg" output.

[  215.013902] ata6: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x50000 action 0xe frozen
[  215.013907] ata6: SError: { PHYRdyChg CommWake }
[  215.013914] ata6: hard resetting link
[  220.932007] ata6: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[  225.020011] ata6: SRST failed (errno=-16)
[  225.020017] ata6: hard resetting link
[  230.940007] ata6: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=-19)
[  235.028016] ata6: SRST failed (errno=-16)
[  235.028022] ata6: hard resetting link
[  240.948011] ata6: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=-19)
[  270.068009] ata6: SRST failed (errno=-16)
[  270.068014] ata6: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
[  270.068018] ata6: hard resetting link
[  275.092009] ata6: SRST failed (errno=-16)
[  275.092013] ata6: reset failed, giving up
[  275.092024] ata6: hard resetting link
[  281.012009] ata6: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=-19)
[  285.100020] ata6: SRST failed (errno=-16)
[  285.100025] ata6: hard resetting link
[  291.024015] ata6: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[  295.112013] ata6: SRST failed (errno=-16)
[  295.112019] ata6: hard resetting link
[  301.032009] ata6: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=-19)
[  330.152007] ata6: SRST failed (errno=-16)
[  330.152013] ata6: hard resetting link
[  335.176009] ata6: SRST failed (errno=-16)
[  335.176014] ata6: reset failed, giving up
[  335.176024] ata6: hard resetting link
[  341.096013] ata6: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=-19)
[  345.188008] ata6: SRST failed (errno=-16)
[  345.188014] ata6: hard resetting link

(I am sure that this error is not caused by the SATA cable)

 

So, is the SSD dead and is this an RMA case?

 

If this is an RMA case:

I bought the SSD from amazon.de (I am in Europe) - should i return the SSD to Amazon or schould I use the Corsair RMA?

If I use the Corsair RMA, do I have to send the SSD to USA or is there an RMA center in Europe?

 

Thank you for your help.

[Toasted]

The SSD might be failing but im not 100% sure since i can't find anything on "SRST".

 

-Request an RMA

Use the the RMA link in the left. I think there is a RMA department in the Netherlands.