160gb x25-m g2, WEI disk score of 5.9??

[idata]

Hi everyone,

First post here. I just got a new 160gb x25-m g2, successfully flashed the firmware to 02HD, and installed Win7 x64 with AHCI enabled in the BIOS. After getting everything up and running, my WEI disk score is at 5.9. I have the same crystal disk mark scores as other posts, and things "feel" snappy - but I haven't seen others complain of their WEI score. Just curious if others have experienced the same, or if anyone has suggestions?

Thanks

[idata]

I had the same 5.9 WEI score with my new 80gB X25m g2. The drive came with 02HA and I upgraded to 02HD before using it. Perceived speed was good and other benchmarks were as expected but I was concerned other people were reporting 7.8 WEI ratings. Before installing Win7 I had created a partition with the correct offset and left 5 Gbytes unpartitioned (supposed to help with wear). During Win7 installation a 100 mbyte hidden system partition was created automatically. I suspected the problem might be related to the way I created a partition so I did a secure erase and then let win7 install automatically handling partitions. The WEI score improved to 7.7 but I don't really notice a speed improvement and other benchmarks are generally the same as before. Even if you didn't do anything like I did with the first win7 install, you might try secure erase and a fresh install if the WEI score bothers you.