SSD – How to run at max speed?
August 4th, 2013
I tried setting it up as AHCI, but that caused me to get BSOD everytime I did an HDD-Speedtest (AND W7 Indexing). And yes. I did change it to AHCI prior to reformatting and installing W7.
Then I tried setting it up in RAID. That worked, but I still get awful speeds.
The Windows index rating are at 5,9 with the SSD, and it SHOULD be at ~7.
In BIOS when booting up I can see that it says the SSD are in 1,5G while the other HDDs (7200RPM SATA’s) are in 3G. I’m assuming this is horribly wrong?
Anyone have any idea how I’m supposed to set this up?
I’ve reformatted and retried everything many times.
Getting more or less angry.
Disk1: OCZ Vertex3 120GB SSD.
Disk2: VelociRaptor SATA 10000RPM 160GB
Disk3: Samsung SpinPoint SATA 7200RPM 500GB
Disk4: Samsung SpinPoint SATA 7200RPM 750GB
Disk5: Random DVD-RW Drive
Anyone out there that can led a helping hand?
Pretty please with sugar on top!
Edit: Set EVERYTHING to IDE and then reformatted again.
Now I get an Windows Index ofr 6,9 on primary HDD.
Still seems a bit low? I’ve seen numerous people getting 7,7\7,5\7,4 etc.
How on earth did you set up a single drive in RAID ? lolz
Have a look here
http://thessdreview.com/ssd-guides/optimization-guides/the-ssd-optimization-guide-2/
I have no idea.
I tried the AHCI-mode before reading that guide. And it seems I have done it pretty much the same way.
But I allways end up with BSOD when trying to test my discs.
Here’s my speedtest with SATA\IDE if it matters.
http://bildr.no/view/1104686
Have you updated the firmware on the SSD ?
No, I have not.
Going to do that now. I see that I’m running 2.08, and the latest are 2.15.
Have to install W7 on another disk to do it tho since the SSD cant be primary while updating.
OCZ Vertex3 = BSOD for many people
firmware updates have improved things….but
Did a FW update. No changes whatsoever.
Still getting BSOD’s while using AHCI.
Seems I have to keep it at IDE-mode to get max out of it w\o BSOD -_-‘
dmbardal replied: No, I have not.
Going to do that now. I see that I'm running 2.08, and the latest are 2.15.
Have to install W7 on another disk to do it tho since the SSD cant be primary while updating.
Have you got another pc you can connect it to temporarily as a storage drive to flash the firmware ?
Did a FW update. No changes whatsoever.
Still getting BSOD’s while using AHCI.
Seems I have to keep it at IDE-mode.
Without sounding too much like a total newbie..
They will still operate as SATA while in IDE-Mode ?
Edit: Would just like to say that it STILL does say 1,5G on the SSD while 3,0G on te SATA at the bootscreen in BIOS with RAID or AHCI-mode.
I would send it back and get a refund. Those SSD by OCZ have had problems from day one. OCZ have stopped using the Sandforce controller in their latest drives and moved to others.
Get a more reliable make is what I would do. I would not of purchased a Vertex 3 knowing how many problems there have been with them.
Crucial M4’s are reliable. If you only have SATA 2, your not going to get the best out of them anyway, they will always be held back.
Have a look on the OCZ forum.
Thank you. I just ‘applied’ for a refund \ swap to the CT128M4SSD2 (Crucial M4 128GB) and that I pay the upgrade.
I will be returning it in the end anyways.
I do have SATA 3, but my OCZ does run only on SATA 2. Anything else equals a BSOD.
Thanks for the help
dmbardal replied: Thank you. I just 'applied' for a refund \ swap to the CT128M4SSD2 (Crucial M4 128GB) and that I pay the upgrade.
I will be returning it in the end anyways.
I do have SATA 3, but my OCZ does run only on SATA 2. Anything else equals a BSOD.
Thanks for the help
When you receive it, check the firmware is the latest because it does have some improvements and fixes.
Sorry dmbardal, I took the wife and kids to a show up West, but see Mighty_Marvel has been helping you.
For prices at the moment, I have recently bought a couple of M4’s for a new rig I am building, OCZ are the pits, their Sandforce controllers cause many people BSOD’s. I don’t know why they don’t recall them all, or apply a firmware upgrade that actually works.
To answer your Q above,
IDE is basically the same as SATA (SATA requires drivers). AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface specification for Serial ATA) enables advanced SATA features, it basically just allows hot swapping and (NCQ) native command queuing.
Best of luck with getting the M4