Samsung Gamer 7 NP700G7A - Win8 & Crucial M4 SSD (Warning!!)

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Word of warning - my experience has been that the M4 with Firmware 000F and Windows 8 is some weird issue where the goes into 100% utilization at slowing everything to a grind.

The latest Firmware 010G seems to solve the issue but has serious problems with boot failures, drive the disappearing all together, data corruption and incompatibility with UEFI BIOS (more on the Crucial forums and here on OCUK on that one)

I've spent all week tearing my hair out with 000F and after I upgraded to 010G.

more info on 010G here http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18445674

I don't advise anyone upgrading this laptop to Win8 if you have a Crucial SSD with either firmware version until the problem is solved.

I'm testing a Samsung SSD tomorrow to see if it has the same problem.
 
Seeing as that's a different SSD and doesn't use the firmware the topic is about, that isn't going to help...

I'm on 000F, no reason to upgrade it really. I've stopped recommending M4s to people because of this issue now. I have 2 myself, but not happy about this.
 
To be fair I had zero problems with 000F & Win7.

The issue with Win8 and 000F could be down to Win8 and this laptop.

My desktop is happy with 000F and Win8. However the time I lost solving the shambles that was this latest firmware upgrade doesn't bear thinking about. I will be looking elsewhere.

I think people (including me) mainly buy M4s because of benchmark results. In real day to day use I doubt 99.9% can tell the difference.

I run SSDs on both my laptop and my desktop. The Samsung laptop is now on a SATA 3 6Gb/s whilst the desktop has only SATA 2 3Gb/s. Both boot incredibly quick under Win8, both are very responsive. I could not tell which has the slower interface. Same for the laptop, I can't really tell any difference between SATA2 and 3 on the laptop after it's been upgraded via the BIOS.
 
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Nah, M4s are popular because of their previous reliability. You have to remember that while the Vertex 2s were dieing twice a week each, the C300 came out and was pretty much bullet proof. Then the M4 came out and was much the same, just faster. This is the first common issue I've heard of with the M4s.

I could be wrong on that though, but I'm fairly sure it's all about the reliability and the fact that the M4 was always a bit cheaper than most rivals.
 
Muel said:
Seeing as that's a different SSD and doesn't use the firmware the topic is about, that isn't going to help...
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The thread was about the Samsung Gamer 7 (NP700G7A) laptop, Win8 and the M4, which didn't work for me with either 000F and 010G firmware.

I had no problems with the Samsung SSD. This information should indeed be helpful for those looking for a path to upgrade a NP700G7A to Win8.
 
Genoma said:
The thread was about the Samsung Gamer 7 (NP700G7A) laptop, Win8 and the M4, which didn't work for me with either 000F and 010G firmware.

I had no problems with the Samsung SSD. This information should indeed be helpful for those looking for a path to upgrade a NP700G7A to Win8.
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i've not tried Windows 8 on my Samsung G700 but this is good info - thanks for sharing.

i'm going to sell my Gamer 7 soon as I'm not impressed you can't change the GPU - its not a standard MXM socket, so I'll sell it now whilst its still worth something and get myself an alienware with a better GPU - and I could do with HDMI in as well as out...

Still a very good laptop mind, thanks for informing us of this issue.
 
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