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Slow ssd

idata — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:22:52 GMT

I got a x25v ssd, It is incredibly slow, I use it in a Compaq Presario cq60. with ubuntu hope someone has any suggestions

Re: Slow ssd

RGiff — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:34:53 GMT

Do you have your BIOS set to AHCI mode ?

Re: Slow ssd

idata — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:34:38 GMT

I dont have that option in bios...

Re: Slow ssd

RGiff — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:53:27 GMT

Go in your device manager and check you controller properties and that should show you what mode you are in . you may already be in AHCI . If you find that this is so you will have to start trouble shooting the drive it self. And you can contact HP to see if they have a BIOS update.

Re: Slow ssd

RGiff — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:03:32 GMT

Sily question But why ubuntu , and not Windows 7 64bit ?? I just upgraded a older DV9000, HP , Put in a WD 128gig SSD and a fresh copy of W7 64 , Now runs better than it ever did the OEM hard drives were 5400 RPMs , and even though this machine uses SATA 1.5 , Now I getting 138619 reads and136450 writes , before I was getting 41230 reads and 39876 writes , Thats about 3 times faster than the old HD, and the response time is 0.04Ms where the old HD was 18Ms. Performance is all about INOPS in & outs . You can also check UBUNTU may not support TRIM which is important for a SSD , Did you download the INTEL TOOL BOX and run the clean up??

Re: Slow ssd

idata — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 08:17:10 GMT

Hi,

Device manager shows "non AHCI mode" so ahci is probably not enabled.I'm using Ubuntu for several reasons, I do not like Microsoft to their attitude, I'm tired of virus and spyware, Ubuntu is free, Ubuntu is much faster even with the ssd.

Re: Slow ssd

RGiff — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 11:57:08 GMT

Well if your stuck on that OS than you need to find out does it support TRIM, and does it support Intel's SSD TOOL BOX, If it does than you can optimize your SSD Manuely. you should run the tool box at lease once a week. Than use ATTO to test the SSD ,It's a free download just gogle it.

Re: Slow ssd

RGiff — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:05:50 GMT

Microsoft has a Article # 922976 , That tells you how to change fromIDE or RAID , TO AHCI without reinstalling the OS ,Don't know if it's the same with umbuto . other wise you have to reinstall the OS to change it.