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    SSD 830 speed

    secure erase... wouldn't that (potentially) work even if I just backup the whole partition, erase and restore?
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    SSD 830 speed

    with c1e, c3, c6 disabled in bios (I would not consider keeping these setting anyway): ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CrystalDiskMark 3.0.1 x64 (C) 2007-2010 hiyohiyo Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/...
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    SSD 830 speed

    AFAIK iaStor in AS SSD means AHCI is on
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    SSD 830 speed

    RST is updated. We are not really making progress, CDM just shows slightly higher numbers :) (as-ssd just measured seq write 225) Take your time, it took me weeks to post about this problem :)
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    SSD 830 speed

    with 9.3.0.1019 seq write is 250 in CDM
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    SSD 830 speed

    should I try 9.2.0.1030?
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    SSD 830 speed

    chipset @ 9.2.0.1021 ; RST @ 10.8.0.1003 ; ssd magician performance optimization once more and sequential write is ~230-240
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    SSD 830 speed

    drive was new alignment is ok (105 906 176 / 4096 = 25 856) After performance optimization sequential write is 220, but that seems to be within error margin RST 10.6.0.1002 Where can I check chipset drivers version?
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    SSD 830 speed

    ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 i5 2500K HD4850 What driver details would you like to know?
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    SSD 830 speed

    Is this normal performance for a Samsung 128GB 830 series SSD as a system drive? Writes seem to be slow (and always have been)
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    SSD/Vista/Sata 2 -> Samsung?

    Does anyone know any other reviews where SATA3 drives were tested on SATA2?
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    SSD/Vista/Sata 2 -> Samsung?

    I stopped looking at crucial ssds after I heard about whine under load http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Solid-State-Drives-SSD/Ringing-noise-on-m4/m-p/50658/highlight/true#M15717 http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Solid-State-Drives-SSD/M4-Electronic-noise-under-load/td-p/50110
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    SSD/Vista/Sata 2 -> Samsung?

    Also, judging just by these scores http://www.anandtech.com/show/4159/ocz-vertex-3-pro-preview-the-first-sf2500-ssd/8 it would seem that 470 operates at Sata2 limits.
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    SSD/Vista/Sata 2 -> Samsung?

    I'm hesitant to move to Win 7 only because it's not free :)
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    SSD/Vista/Sata 2 -> Samsung?

    bump SSD buying just became much harder after sandforce released its newest firmware which might fix most BSODs anyway I wanted to repeat the most basic question: Is it worth going with faster Sandforce/Samsung 830 (vs samsung 470) on SATA 2 mobo?
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    SSD/Vista/Sata 2 -> Samsung?

    I'm thinking about buying an SSD (again). I will try one of the 120-128GB models. By elimination I don't think I want any of these: Intel 320 - 8MB bug (after f/w update http://communities.intel.com/thread/24339) Sandforce (I bet I would be lucky enough to get BSOD problems) Crucial m4 - no...
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    New Intel SSD out in Feb

    and AFAIU G3 = series 320
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    New Intel SSD out in Feb

    is this correct?: SSDSA2xxxxxG3xx = Intel 320 series (25nm) 250/170 MB/s R/W SSDSC2MH120A2K5, SSDSC2MH250A2K5 = Intel 510 ssd series (34nm) (R/W 450/300 280$ for 120gb) These two 34nm based drives seem cheap as the current Intel 120GB (250/100) is priced at 230$ ;) [So maybe G3 320 series...
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    OCZ Vertex 2 with 25nm NAND flash reported slower

    and are we sure about other manufacturers? benchmarks seem to be quite variable... http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=corsair+f60+as-ssd&go=&form=QBIR
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    OCZ Vertex 2 with 25nm NAND flash reported slower

    I'm just looking at as-ssd for the moment, as atto always shows 270... :)
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    OCZ Vertex 2 with 25nm NAND flash reported slower

    thank you (please also add info about drive model - 60gb?) and more questions... why some people get 67MB/s or 47MB/s... http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?84559-Vertex-2-60GB-%2825nm%29-slow-benchmark-results-and-load-times&p=602217#post602217...
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    OCZ Vertex 2 with 25nm NAND flash reported slower

    yes... just try to copy some files (I guess min size ~100MB to see if it is really capped at 37mb/s) from fast source and measure the time (teracopy might also display transfer speeds correctly)
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    OCZ Vertex 2 with 25nm NAND flash reported slower

    and atto shows 270? could you also benchmark file transfer writes in windows?
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    OCZ Vertex 2 with 25nm NAND flash reported slower

    thats hard to understand after looking at benchmarks like this: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=911&type=expert&pid=3
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    OCZ Vertex 2 with 25nm NAND flash reported slower

    uncompressible would mean zip/rar/video/audio? someone should benchmark normal windows file copying... :) why was vertex worst?
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    OCZ Vertex 2 with 25nm NAND flash reported slower

    it seems it is still ~270mb/s (atto) http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?84087-Poor-Vertex-2-60GB-Performance (both drives at 55GB which makes this comparison weird)...
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    OCZ Vertex 2 with 25nm NAND flash reported slower

    from what I've seen atto scores do not change at all so it might be more complicated...
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    OCZ Vertex 2 with 25nm NAND flash reported slower

    they did not change any of the specs and used additional space and sandforce to keep the 2 million hours MTBF... I would love to know if the changes in some benchmarks have any effect on normal usage speeds
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    WD3200AAKS - disappearing bad sectors?

    oh yes I noticed ;) As I said earlier I will RMA the drive based on that error 08 :)
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    WD3200AAKS - disappearing bad sectors?

    some sectors had delays but I was using the PC during the test
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    WD3200AAKS - disappearing bad sectors?

    no:) 196,197 and 5 are just codes/IDs, not values :)
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    WD3200AAKS - disappearing bad sectors?

    so this one is more important: 5,Reallocated Sectors Count,140,200,200,OK,000000000000,0,Enabled
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    WD3200AAKS - disappearing bad sectors?

    interesting: http://www.ntfs.com/disk-monitor-smart-attributes.htm 196 C4 Reallocation Event Count Count of remap operations. The raw value of this attribute shows the total number of attempts to transfer data from reallocated sectors to a spare area. Both successful & unsuccessful attempts...
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    WD3200AAKS - disappearing bad sectors?

    196 is just a SMART code for Reallocation Event Count program is Data Lifeguard diagnostic AFAIR
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    WD3200AAKS - disappearing bad sectors?

    like this one? :) 196,Reallocation Event Count,0,200,200,OK (Always passing),000000000000,0,Enabled
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    WD3200AAKS - disappearing bad sectors?

    I could not check SMART with HDTune because it does not want to read that info when HDD is connected via USB. Anyway, I received an answer in a mirror post at wdc.com - which sounds reasonable: create RMA :) also: "It is rare that DLG return a false postive for code 08"...
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    WD3200AAKS - disappearing bad sectors?

    Surface scan in HD Tune started detecting bad sectors at ~25% of drive and froze... I wonder why HDDScan reported that every sector is readable?
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    WD3200AAKS - disappearing bad sectors?

    Hello! :) I have a problem with WD3200AAKS hard drive. I wanted to send it for warranty exchange so I did a Full Erase with Data Lifeguard diagnostic. Before the full erase: Current Pending Sector Count was at 8 and extended test results looked like this: Test Option: EXTENDED TEST Model...
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    Can anyone tell me if this Kingston SSD is a relabled Intel, or which one to buy?

    razel, what is the capacity of the drives you tested?
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    Can anyone tell me if this Kingston SSD is a relabled Intel, or which one to buy?

    erm, yes, that's also what pcper says All this SSD models got really confusing, you cant even be sure what you have after opening the damn thing :) Not to mention that each capacity has varying performance...