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In the control panel under the AHCI driver what does it say? Msahci.sys or iastor.sys and what does it say for driver version?
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Can you confirm exactly where I should be looking please?
You're not alone. It doesn't work for me either. Best just wait for Crucial's own GC tool I reckon.
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Flashed in IDE mode using a trusty USB floppy (always handy for firmware updates).
Then switched back to AHCI, booted into Windows, restarted, booted again and then ran the OCZ Wiper tool (as administrator).
All good, no issues. Running Windows 7 64-bit with the standard Microsoft drivers.
Then switched back to AHCI, booted into Windows, restarted, booted again and then ran the OCZ Wiper tool (as administrator).
All good, no issues. Running Windows 7 64-bit with the standard Microsoft drivers.
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Ah right, I'm using IDE mode, not AHCI.
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Well that's very odd, you shouldn't have any issues with wiper running at all, try running at Administrator. Which version of wiper.exe does it say in the load screen?
Ugh. I've got Windows 7 installed on my SSD. Am I right in thinking then that I have to install Windows on a completely seperate drive (which I don't currently have plugged in) purely to flash the drive back down to 1571, before going back up to 1819 in DOS?
Ridiculous.
Ridiculous.
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Run as administrator works perfectly thanks!
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Glad you got there.
Yes and its got to be in IDE mode. You might want to back up a drive image first, because it wipes it clean.
I reinstalled my image again as the write performance was down even after running wiper, this time doing a sanitize erase first. Which cured it, something about the downgrade flash I suppose.
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Urgh I think I'll just leave it on 1711. Thanks. 
EDIT: What's a "sanitize erase"? Something that's part of your imaging software? I don't need/want to image anything, I'll just reinstall it all from scratch if I bother to do it. Will I need to do a "sanitize erase" if I just removed the partitions, downgraded then upgraded the firmware?
EDIT: What's a "sanitize erase"? Something that's part of your imaging software? I don't need/want to image anything, I'll just reinstall it all from scratch if I bother to do it. Will I need to do a "sanitize erase" if I just removed the partitions, downgraded then upgraded the firmware?
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There's an app, sanitary_erase.exe that totally wipes the drive and sets it back to factory. First time I restored the image I assumed the gradgrade flash and second flash would have reset the drive. When I checked, the writes were all down around 25%, no idea why. SE and restored the image and its back to pretty much what it was on 1571.
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Still no better after the wipe
Here's what I'm getting.
Here's what I'm getting.
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Just had a play install of Windows 7 Corporate trial, colour me impressed.
This thing is fast, I like how the desktop is instantly responsive on boot, and stuff starts when you click it and I like how install bars just go at top speed. I'm not sure things like windows boots or getting into warcraft are really that valid a benchmark as they are usually cpu dependent at some level. Overall PC nippiness is *MUCH* better. That little slumber when waking up the spinning disks to get at some stuff on the D drive is really noticeable now tho.
This thing is fast, I like how the desktop is instantly responsive on boot, and stuff starts when you click it and I like how install bars just go at top speed. I'm not sure things like windows boots or getting into warcraft are really that valid a benchmark as they are usually cpu dependent at some level. Overall PC nippiness is *MUCH* better. That little slumber when waking up the spinning disks to get at some stuff on the D drive is really noticeable now tho.
There was a thread about it a while back. Basically in XP, there were issues where uninstalling a program could remove dlls and such that other programs needed to run, so in Vista it fixed this problem by creating a seperate dll for each program you installed. Turns out, they don't get deleted so much and the folder with them and whatever else in (winsxs) just sits there getting bigger and bigger. Unfortunately there was no real conclusion as to what you could do with it..
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Have you seen NAND Flash pricing recently? I warned people on here a while back that these would be going up and even held the price for a little while giving people a chance to order. Have a look at this article if you don't believe me: http://www.dramexchange.com/WeeklyResearch/Post/2/2118.html. Since then, Apple have also confirmed orders for pretty much the entire world's current supply of NAND (http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/09/apple_again_causes_worldwide_nand_flash_shortage.html) which has pushed pricing even higher.
I appreciate that people are selling lower than us currently but as soon as they actually get some stock from Crucial, their price will suddenly sky rocket too.
As for us not selling anymore, our pre-orders suggest otherwise.
