Intel SSD 330. Windows 7 freezes frequently after fresh installation

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I had purchased intel SSD 330 120 Gb.

At first I installed in my desktop (AMD Board), a lot of time the SSD fail to be detected with SMART error.

After that I had it installed in my notebook. It worked, but frequently the windows freezes, I have to reboot, and it's ok. After that the problems comes again and I have to reboot again.

I had the SSD removed, then installed to another desktop (intel), the same problem comes up. I had to reboot to resolve the freezes. I could not get into the Internet when the windows freezes.

THis is very frustrating, I could not get tow work with three different machine. I have another SSD (OCZ),which work with my desktop and notebook.

Can anybody assist me on this.

I had done fresh installations on all three machine.

Can I proceed with RMA?

Thanks.

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I found one solution for my laptop with intel ssd 330.

The problem comes from the driver of Intel RST and the LPM mode.

When I used the latest driver of AHCI controller ver 11.7, windows freeze so many times. After that I install the old driver, intel RST version 10.1.0.1008, and fix the registry like some above posts. The problem gone!

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I have an HP Elitebook 6930p with the Mobile Intel PM45 chipset.

I am having the same issue as everyone else with installing Windows 7.

But here is the very odd part. Doing absolutely nothing but a fresh install and applying any applicable service packs and device drivers...

Windows XP works fine in AHCI mode

Windows Vista works fine in AHCI mode

Windows 8 works fine in AHCI mode

It's only Windows 7 that doesn't work on my notebook. I've tried a retail disk and I've tried an HP OEM recovery disk.

So, I am keeping Windows Vista on it for now and it has been working for weeks without a glitch.

[idata]

OK...I was able to get W7 Pro x64 installed and running as one would expect.

Here is what I did.

I extracted the 64 bit drivers listed on the first file download at the link below, to my USB flash drive and installed the latest AHCI driver for my ICH9 drive controller at the "install driver option" at the beginning of the W7 install routine.

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProdId=2101&DwnldID=22194&keyword=Intel+Rapid... Download Center

I checked the box to only include compatible drivers.

W7 selected the correct driver and installed it, and then the W7 install routine began.

I then installed W7 SP1 from a DVD and then installed all the drivers for my 6930p.

I installed the latest Intel SSD toolbox and let it optimize the SSD and let it set the default tuning settings.

Works great so far. Not one glitch.

I will report back if I get any freezing issues or blue screens.

My problem was that I couldn't even get far into W7 to try any fixes after it was installed due to the freezing and blue screens.

Still...we shouldn't have to all try a zillion different ways to get our SSD's to work.

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@Paul Tikkanen

I would like to follow your lead here but,

I do not understand "I extracted the 64 bit drivers listed on the first file download at the link below..."

How do you know what are the 64 bit drivers? The "fsflpy -v64.zip" contains these files:

iaAHIC.cat

iaAHIC.inf

iaStorA.sys

iaStorAC.cat

iaStorAC.inf

iaStorF.sys

Which or these is "...the 64 bit drivers..."?

My SSDSC2CT180A3K5 (330 180Gb ssd) on Windows 7 Pro x64 is working worse than anyone in this forum has yet described. Windows 7 works flawlessly on any other hard drive except this Intel piece of crap.

The BSOD has prevented me from ever fully installing the OS. I then tried installing on another drive and cloning the image to my SSDSC2CT180A3K. As soon as I start to run any program at all, the BSODs begin. After about ten increasingly worse crashes and re-starts, my pc enters an eternal cycle of re-boot/BSOD/re-boot/BSOD... etc, etc, etc into infinity until I force power off.

As others on this forum, I keep trying everything (including returning this ssd for a refund). If I ever achieve a solution, I'll post it here. I am completely baffled that Intel continues to ignore this. (It seems that the "Intel tech" who posted earlier has never been heard from again. Did they fire him for trying to help customers?!)

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Hi, Rodney:

First of all, you need to have a PC that has Intel hardware (processor and chipset).

Then you need to know the name of the SATA AHCI controller in your PC which you can easily find by expanding the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers section in the device manager.

Then you match the name of the AHCI controller you see in the device manager with the name of the controller listed in the iaAHIC.inf file. That is where you will find all of the AHCI files listed.

You extract all the files you listed above to a USB flash drive and select the install driver option on the W7 install screen. If you check the box to only show compatible drivers, it will automatically select the right one.

Or you can uncheck the box and manually select the correct one yourself from the list (you will know the correct one because you looked in the device manager).

BTW, the drive is still performing just fine several days later now. Not one hiccup.