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TRIM is not active without optimizer

idata
Esteemed Contributor III

Appreciate any corrections to the following:

Per Intel, "The Intel SSD Optimizer is the tool that implements Trim functionality."

And, since SSD Optimizer is part of the Intel SSD Toolbox, those of us with new G2 SSDs cannot utilize TRIM until the SSD Toolbox download is available.
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idata
Esteemed Contributor III

¿como se puede activar el optimizer?

idata
Esteemed Contributor III

Mi pagina Principal no esta activado el optimizer. Y como le puedo activar?

idata
Esteemed Contributor III

More definitive info:

So, apparently, we do need the Toolbox download to implement TRIM in Windows 7.

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Intel's white paper:

http://download.intel.com/support/ssdc/hpssd/sb/434471_intel_ssd_optimizer_white_paper.pdf

The Intel® SSD Optimizer takes advantage of the new DATA SET MANAGEMENT command now available in the ATA8-ACS-2 specification.

Without the Intel® SSD Optimizer, the performance of the drive will begin to slow as it fills.Any 34nm Intel® X25-M or X18-M solid-state drives running firmware version 02HA or later will contain support for the Intel® SSD Optimizer.

idata
Esteemed Contributor III

Operating System

Storage Driver

Execution Environment

Microsoft Windows* 7

Microsoft* AHCI

Native OS support (Intel

® SSD Toolbox not required)

Microsoft Windows 7

Intel

® Matrix Storage Manager**

Intel

® SSD Toolbox required

Microsoft Windows Vista* or XP

Microsoft AHCI or Intel

® Matrix Storage Manager

Intel

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idata
Esteemed Contributor III

Look at the heading in the third column: "Execution Environment"

IMO: there is no [manual] execution of Intel's Toolbox required as Win 7 has "Native OS support"