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11-20-2012, 01:14 PM
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SSD on an older board with no AHCI?
I have an older setup with the Abit IP35-E and would like to put an SSD drive into it. I just scored a Kingston Hyper S sh103s3 120GB for a great price and want to consider putting it into this machine.
I see that this board has an ICH9 chipset which doesn't include RAID/AHCI.
I read elsewhere that it should still work great and will be a big improvement over a mechanical drive, but won't be as fast as it could (Run about 1/2 speed).
Will TRIM still work properly?
I'm not well versed on SSD and the technology so all feedback is appreciated.
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11-20-2012, 01:25 PM
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I think everything should be fine, only the speed will be decreased
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11-20-2012, 01:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheep221
I think everything should be fine, only the speed will be decreased
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Must I make any adjustments or settings so the drive can use the TRIM feature, or whatever that function is that manages and monitors the reads/writes? Sorry if my terminology is off.
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11-20-2012, 01:32 PM
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TRIM is reliant on OS I think, it works in Windows 7 and Windows server 2008 R2
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11-22-2012, 09:11 AM
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Ich9r has ahci + raid, and ich9 should still have ahci. Ich7 is one that does not have either.
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11-22-2012, 09:20 AM
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Follow most of these suggestions... but that is with ANY SSD with ANY motherboard with ANY operating system.
http://www.tech-forums.net/forums/f1...-guide-236563/
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11-24-2012, 10:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by itakey
I have an older setup with the Abit IP35-E and would like to put an SSD drive into it. I just scored a Kingston Hyper S sh103s3 120GB for a great price and want to consider putting it into this machine.
I see that this board has an ICH9 chipset which doesn't include RAID/AHCI.
I read elsewhere that it should still work great and will be a big improvement over a mechanical drive, but won't be as fast as it could (Run about 1/2 speed).
Will TRIM still work properly?
I'm not well versed on SSD and the technology so all feedback is appreciated.
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the Abit Ip35-E (I had one with a Xeon 3060) did include the ICH9R and does support achi / raid with the correct bios it's a p35 chipset board that was the midrange board below the ip35-e pro. check your bios & make sure it's the latest one.
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11-24-2012, 11:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Arcanedeath
the Abit Ip35-E (I had one with a Xeon 3060) did include the ICH9R and does support achi / raid with the correct bios it's a p35 chipset board that was the midrange board below the ip35-e pro. check your bios & make sure it's the latest one.
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Nope. IP35 (no "-E") had ICH9R. IP35-E only had ICH9, no "R". I don't think that the IP35-E had AHCI setting in the BIOS. It certainly didn't have RAID.
Oh, and there was no "IP35-E Pro". Only an "IP35 Pro".
Edit: OP, you'll be fine. As long as you use an OS with TRIM (Windows 7/8), then you should be fine. AHCI implies support for NCQ, which can improve SSD multi-threaded performance, but it's not a big deal. Even at QD=1, an SSD should be noticeably faster than a HDD.
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Last edited by VirtualLarry; 11-24-2012 at 11:36 PM.
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11-26-2012, 03:26 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VirtualLarry
Nope. IP35 (no "-E") had ICH9R. IP35-E only had ICH9, no "R". I don't think that the IP35-E had AHCI setting in the BIOS. It certainly didn't have RAID.
Oh, and there was no "IP35-E Pro". Only an "IP35 Pro".
Edit: OP, you'll be fine. As long as you use an OS with TRIM (Windows 7/8), then you should be fine. AHCI implies support for NCQ, which can improve SSD multi-threaded performance, but it's not a big deal. Even at QD=1, an SSD should be noticeably faster than a HDD.
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my apolgies got the E and non E confused but the E does have ICH 9 which does support ACHI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813127031
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11-26-2012, 03:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VirtualLarry
Nope. IP35 (no "-E") had ICH9R. IP35-E only had ICH9, no "R". I don't think that the IP35-E had AHCI setting in the BIOS. It certainly didn't have RAID.
Oh, and there was no "IP35-E Pro". Only an "IP35 Pro".
Edit: OP, you'll be fine. As long as you use an OS with TRIM (Windows 7/8), then you should be fine. AHCI implies support for NCQ, which can improve SSD multi-threaded performance, but it's not a big deal. Even at QD=1, an SSD should be noticeably faster than a HDD.
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Thanks for confirming, I'm going to go ahead and give it a go and see how it does.
In Windows 7 I take it there is a spot where I am able to enable TRIM, or is it automatic?
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