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Intel X-25M SSD, lags/stutters

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I don't know what to tell you then. Whenever I've benchmarked a flash drive in HD Tune, the line going across has been almost perfectly straight and completely horizontal.

Something is going on with your system. It seems electrical to me, and I know that's vague but it's the best I can do for you at this point.
 
Should I just RMA it then? I wonder if it's a valid reason to do so. I mean it lags sometimes but I cannot tell for sure it's the SSD, even tho it's the only thing I changed.
 
Is there any way you can try it out in another computer?

Give me a few minutes, I'm gonna go see if I can find a review of the drive.
 
My initial analysis is that there is a problem with your drive. The review I just read scored 228mb/sec on the reads in HD Tune. The only reason your drive is below that is because of what's happening at the beginning of the drive.

You'll probably have to RMA it but I'm going to see what else I can find.
 
For some strange reason I can't find an HD Tune graph for your drive so we're SOL and stabbing in the dark to an extent.

Good luck though, you deserve to have a solid drive in good working order.

I guess an RMA isn't too big a deal. Just clone the thing onto an HDD and call it a day.
 
Hmm well thanks for the info. I did look around for similar issues and a lot of people have had them, with SSDs in general and not just intel. Some say the jagged lines are because of the data on the drive and that with an OS drive it will usually happen. No one talks about the lag I have had though.

IMO it might not be the drive, because it only happens under heavy loads. Is there a possibility my RAM might be the culprit? I remember running memtest and got like 2k+ errors on it. I took out 2 sticks out of 4 and never thought about it again and only put them all back when I put the new SSD in.

I'll try to remove the sticks again and see. If the drive had a real issue wouldn't it lag consistently?
 
wut? 😛

I guess you mean the event viewer. What info can i get from there in regards to the lag? I was staring at the ressource monitor when the lag happened but nothing jumped out.
 
If you're getting memtest errors that could absolutely be the culprit.

Also, test the drive from Linux or something just to be safe. Just boot up off of a livecd or a usb flash drive.

To fix your memory problems, increase your memory voltage a little (0.1v or 0.2v should be safe). You can also loosen your timings. Change your CAS latency for sure.
 
SickBeast said:
If you're getting memtest errors that could absolutely be the culprit.
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You should never ever ever see a single memtest error. A healthy system should be able to run memetest for months without a single error. If you are seeing memtest errors then you have a serious problem and that is probably the cause of your issues. Also you would most likely have OS file corruption, so after you fix the hardware you will need to reinstall your OS.

IMO it might not be the drive, because it only happens under heavy loads. Is there a possibility my RAM might be the culprit? I remember running memtest and got like 2k+ errors on it. I took out 2 sticks out of 4 and never thought about it again and only put them all back when I put the new SSD in.
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Yea, putting known to be defective ram sticks back in with the new SSD is 100% the culprit here. Take them back out again.
 
Ok thansk for the ideas.

First I increased the voltage on the ram (+0.025 first) since it's the easiest one to do. I rebooted, opened every program i have and played a game at the same time. No lag at all.

I'll test it out again tomorrow and if that doesn't work I'll remove some ram sticks, then try the linux boot.

This is quite a weird problem as it happens totally randomly it seems.

thanks again
 
Is there a possibility my RAM might be the culprit? I remember running memtest and got like 2k+ errors on it. I took out 2 sticks out of 4 and never thought about it again and only put them all back when I put the new SSD in.
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PascalT said:
This is quite a weird problem as it happens totally randomly it seems
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You had RAM errors as confirmed by memtest.
You took out the defective RAM and the memtest errors went away.
You suddenly decided to put the known to be defective back in for no logical reason whatsoever.

This is in no way random or weird. It is the natural and expected result of using defective RAM.
 
PascalT said:
Checked them out and the hard drive is set to Never Sleep. Is that all?

CPU: Q9450 @ stock speeds

I used the same OS from OCZ -> Intel, same hardware as well.
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I was thinking something with the link states, like the PCI-E power saving features but if it happens when there is a lot of programs running then its probably something else. I would look SSD drivers/write cache stuff.
 
PascalT said:
Ok thansk for the ideas.

First I increased the voltage on the ram (+0.025 first) since it's the easiest one to do. I rebooted, opened every program i have and played a game at the same time. No lag at all.

I'll test it out again tomorrow and if that doesn't work I'll remove some ram sticks, then try the linux boot.

This is quite a weird problem as it happens totally randomly it seems.

thanks again
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Good. That's not much voltage to give it. Rum memtest again and keep increasing it until you're 100% stable with no errors. ()🙂
 
PascalT said:
alright so it's doing it again.. i have around 6-7 programs opened. 25% Cpu usage, 4gb of memory free. I have the ressource monitor on and nothing stands out. Is there anything i can check now to see what the issue is with?

Everything is slower than normal, even popping out a window is laggy.
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Virus? I've seen that a couple of times.
 
taltamir said:
You had RAM errors as confirmed by memtest.
You took out the defective RAM and the memtest errors went away.
You suddenly decided to put the known to be defective back in for no logical reason whatsoever.

This is in no way random or weird. It is the natural and expected result of using defective RAM.
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/thread!
 
I realize this is an old thread but I want to hear back from the OP.

I have an Intel 520 240GB drive, same issue. I went hunting to see if I could find a solution or if it's the drive. If you still have this account please respond and let me know what solution you came upon. Thanks.
 
Hey James,

Honestly it has been so long I don't remember what I did to fix it. I did not RMA it or change the memory. Sorry I can't help you. If I remember again I will let you know.
 
JamesWoods said:
I realize this is an old thread but I want to hear back from the OP.

I have an Intel 520 240GB drive, same issue. I went hunting to see if I could find a solution or if it's the drive. If you still have this account please respond and let me know what solution you came upon. Thanks.
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Also your drive and his drive using different controllers. So whatever he did may not work on your sandforce controller drive.

And from the rest of the thread I would also suggest running memtest on your system.
 
What exactly is the 'issue' here? The fluctuating graphs in HDtune are normal. In fact, you can see in the HDtune graph where real data is stored and which spots are free. The performance will be slower for parts that are in use, while unused sectors will have lower latency and higher throughput.

The Crystal Disk Mark scores the OP posted look fine to me. In other words, nothing is wrong, only the interpretation of benchmark scores is wrong. That is not an issue of the hardware, it is an issue of the human mind.
 
yeah you need to OP non-trim drives to avoid sustained but while i'm here samsung 840 pros stutter to. 50-60ms is not unheard of. Now this might not seem to be much but if a raid set is at 100% queue then this one spike will lag out the others. then imagine a random set of drives repeating at various intervals in a big raid set.

OP - trim or otherwise, even 1 gb will help.
 
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