Is anyone running a OCZ Core SSD?

I have an inconsistency running a OCZ Core SSD with my K9A2 CF.With a regular HDD Samsung HD321KJ no problem whatsoever.
Sometimes the OCZ Core is very fast and sometimes so slow I get a freeze/hiccup for just a split second.
File copy goes sometimes with >80MB/s and sometimes with KB/s 
I've made a support ticket with OCZ. It could be the drive is just faulty.
Is anyone running a OCZ Core SSD?
I have a K9A2 CF BIOS v1.7

Quote from: AaronYuri on 23-July-08, 06:01:08
Sake also keep in mind that the SB600 is a mediocre SB. SSDs should show it's lack of performance.
Well, the OCZ NON-Core works just fine with SB600. MSI K9A2 Platinum.....
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3311&p=3
The SB600 even has higher max throughput as the MCP51...
It's not performance but occassional short freeze with the SB600 that it makes feel perform mediocre with the MLC based SSD.
So IMHO pure a matter of compatibility.
Quote from: Stu on 23-July-08, 05:59:20
Sorry, but we're all users like you, no MSI staff here. If you want to contact MSI support about it, you'll need to open a ticket at http://ocss.msi.com.tw
I've contacted MSI. That's no help. I'd guessed that. Obviously not tested (yet) and a matter of luck that it works out of the box.

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