New firmware for Intel X25-M is out

[RollerBoySE]

OK, installed firmware, seems fine so far. Had to switch to IDE mode because it wouldn't recognize the drive in AHCI, but so far so good. Win7 had to be restarted and all.

Anyway, got a question. I just ran AS SSD and I got kind of low scores for my 160G2 (about 70GB free space). Total score is 362, of course that's an OS drive with lots of stuff installed/running in the background. I want to run SSD Toolbox Optimizer, but I can't find it at Intel website. Search on intel website finds the toolbox, but when I follow the link it says page not found. Does anyone has link to the toolbox at intel website?

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProdId=3114&DwnldID=18455&lang=eng

 

[Makaveli]

What INF are you talking about ?

What Inf??

I thought anything other than the MS IDE drivers will cause TRIM not to function.

So installing the Intel Matrix storage drivers would not allow theTRIM command to be send to the drive as its not supported in these drivers currently.

 

[fleshconsumed]

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProdId=3114&DwnldID=18455&lang=eng

Thanks, installed it, ran it with nothing but sidebar and usual background processes running. Got 377 score. My 4K writes are slightly below average and 4-64K are substantially below average. Still, the drive feels fast enough so I won't fret about it. Thanks for the link.

 

[Voo]

Thanks, installed it, ran it with nothing but sidebar and usual background processes running. Got 377 score. My 4K writes are slightly below average and 4-64K are substantially below average. Still, the drive feels fast enough so I won't fret about it. Thanks for the link.

If the threaded ratings are too low that probably means that ncq isn't runinng.. check if you're using AHCI.

 

[nycxandy]

Installing the INF gave me a boost. CrystalDiskinfo still reports TRIM as active, hoping this is the truth...

What/Which INF are you referring to? Thanks!

 

[Luddite]

I just did the firmware update (from 2CV102G9 to 2CV102HD) for my 160 gb G2. It seemed to increase my write speeds a bit.

Sorry for the noob question, but if down the road I need to wipe my SSD drive, will that also wipe off the firmware update?

 

[rcpratt]

I just did the firmware update (from 2CV102G9 to 2CV102HD) for my 160 gb G2. It seemed to increase my write speeds a bit.

Sorry for the noob question, but if down the road I need to wipe my SSD drive, will that also wipe off the firmware update?

No, it won't.

 

[Obsoleet]

I get about the same. It's only that fast after a new reformat and OS install.

The TRIM command is probably not being passed to the drive.
Make sure you're using the MS AHCI driver, and set your bios to S1-mode only.
I would then format to give 7 a proper drive bitmap, do not reimage it.

What/Which INF are you referring to? Thanks!

Intel Matrix storage drivers, you don't want to use them. Install no INF, you will lose TRIM support.

 

[Obsoleet]

I just did the firmware update (from 2CV102G9 to 2CV102HD) for my 160 gb G2. It seemed to increase my write speeds a bit.

Sorry for the noob question, but if down the road I need to wipe my SSD drive, will that also wipe off the firmware update?

What rcpratt said. Firmware is just that, firmware, it's permanent. Has nothing to do with the data on the drive.

 

[MrK6]

The TRIM command is probably not being passed to the drive.
Make sure you're using the MS AHCI driver, and set your bios to S1-mode only.
I would then format to give 7 a proper drive bitmap, do not reimage it.

I know, I'm not sure what you mean by your comment. I was referring to Windows boot time, not the AS SSD score (mine is in the 430-440 range).

 

[Makaveli]

The TRIM command is probably not being passed to the drive.
Make sure you're using the MS AHCI driver, and set your bios to S1-mode only.
I would then format to give 7 a proper drive bitmap, do not reimage it.



Intel Matrix storage drivers, you don't want to use them. Install no INF, you will lose TRIM support.

Why S1 only and not S3?

 

[Obsoleet]

I know, I'm not sure what you mean by your comment. I was referring to Windows boot time, not the AS SSD score (mine is in the 430-440 range).

I thought you were talking about generally low performance. No matter what conditions, you shouldn't have an enormous boot time.

Why S1 only and not S3?

Word is that some motherboards aren't passing the TRIM command unless S1 mode is set. My own board wasn't passing TRIM when set to auto. Found it by abnormally low benchmark speeds. I haven't had a chance to run my Vertex under forced S1-only to verify if it fixed the issue for me.
I don't have a good way to delete a file and verify TRIM is working. You can check TRIM being enabled or not in 7, but no easy way to see if it's making it to the SSD.