First SSD install issues - Corsair M4 64GB

Vegeta · 26 Jul 2011 at 15:23

Right i'm probably the only person in the world to have a issue with this drive but here we go.

I bought it to run my OS off. I unhooked all the other hard drives, went into bios turned on AHCI ad booted up windows DVD and installed windows. As soon as windows ran i installed the Intel RST drivers. I installed a few programs and then I ran windows index (forgot todo that are the start).

Anyways i've been having a few issues straight after the install before I even put the RST on and ran windows index.

1, Sometimes when it boot's it'll stop after the windows logo for a couple of minutes then continue to boot normally.

2, I got one BSOD when installing itunes

3, I don't think it's running quite right if you check this HD Tune graph out, the speed change from 200mb/s to 360mb/s.

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What do you think the issues are guys? How do I check if TRIM is working and it is not defragging (no idea what TRIM is I just want to make sure it works lol).

Admiral Huddy · 26 Jul 2011 at 15:27

TRIM plays a part for garbage collection. You can check this is enabled by typing in the following at the command prompt:

fsutil behavior query DisableDeleteNotify

if 0 then trim is enabled, if 1 then trim is not enabled

Do you have the lastest RST drivers?

What happens if you use the standard windows drivers?

Vegeta · 26 Jul 2011 at 15:35

Admiral Huddy said:
TRIM plays a part for garbage collection. You can check this is enabled by typing in the following at the command prompt:

fsutil behavior query DisableDeleteNotify

if 0 then trim is enabled, if 1 then trim is not enabled

Do you have the lastest RST drivers?

What happens if you use the standard windows drivers?

I got the latest RST drivers. I never tried the standard windows drivers I never knew you could I thought you had to install RST to work? If I uninstall RST will it be fine?

Trim is set to 0 apparently phew.

Vegeta · 26 Jul 2011 at 16:04

Now i'm getting a even weirdo issue. When I restart and about to put in my password to login as soon as I press a key for my password it all crashes except the mouse. Just tried pressing the arrow to login without a pass and crashed now too.

Admiral Huddy · 26 Jul 2011 at 16:32

Is this just an upgrade or is it part of a new system? i.e. has anything else changed?

Vegeta · 26 Jul 2011 at 16:34

Just a upgrade all other parts are working 100% fine. I uninstalled the RST drivers and I don't seem to be having any problems yet so will wait and see.

Admiral Huddy · 26 Jul 2011 at 16:48

by the way, I'm guessing that a crucial drive

What motherboard do you have?

Yes, just see how it goes with the standard drivers. If that works, then grab an archived copy of the RST and try that.. If that works, then it has to be a the latest drivers..

It might also be worth checking for a firmware updates (only if you are out of options)

http://www.crucial.com/uk/support/firmware.aspx

it might also be worth updating your motherboard BIOS too

Vegeta · 26 Jul 2011 at 17:49

I run a MSI P67 C45. Oops never realised I wrote Corsair ha. If it works i'm just going to leave it don't want to mess with it too much. Might try updating things at a later date, exhausted from restoring my pc.

zom247 · 26 Jul 2011 at 18:23

I have the C300 64GB SSD and I had some freeze issues when I built my new sandybridge pc last week. A bit of searching and I found this on the Corsair forums:

http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Solid-S...eze-ups-in-Windows-7-solved-for-me/td-p/38766

Not sure if it will help you but it's worth a try. I copied the text and made the .reg file and it's worked for me. Not had one freeze/BSOD since I did this.

Vegeta · 26 Jul 2011 at 19:08

Thanks very much mate. Not had anything yet but if it happens again I will do that seems to be the problem!

Admiral Huddy · 26 Jul 2011 at 19:50

Let us know how things go

MrChops · 26 Jul 2011 at 20:53

I also had freeze issues for what seemed like a minute after login. The reg fix above fixed mine.

Vegeta · 27 Jul 2011 at 13:21

Right mine just locked up again randomly... Time to try that reg fix.

Vegeta · 27 Jul 2011 at 14:46

Right installed latest RST drivers, updated LPM reg, updated motherboard bios and then finally updated firmware on my SSD. Let's hope this works.

prt · 27 Jul 2011 at 23:28

I had to remove the rst drivers, and it has been much better for the past couple of hours, found it to hang a little with the rst drivers installed

Vegeta · 29 Jul 2011 at 15:33

Vegeta said:
Right installed latest RST drivers, updated LPM reg, updated motherboard bios and then finally updated firmware on my SSD. Let's hope this works.

Right just for everyone who experiences problems with this drive after doing all of this I've had no problems at all.

Danfoss2011 · 29 Jul 2011 at 16:12

Do a deep and i mean deep CMOS clear.
Pull the ram at the same time and leave it out.

I been getting them during the day today but i think it's ram related for me, hard to tell as im such a new bord

Vegeta · 29 Jul 2011 at 16:17

Read the thread mate I fixed it for me. It's not a ram issue for me the hard drive as a upgrade to a already stable system.

prt · 29 Jul 2011 at 18:30

have to say mine is running fine, or i seem to think so

Vegeta · 29 Jul 2011 at 23:10

This is mine now: