Intel X25-M S2 - Ease of setup?

dancook · 22 Oct 2009 at 09:57

Hey,

I should received W7 and the Intel X25-M S2 ssd today.

Do I need to do anything with it, other than install windows?

Do I need to install firmware or configure anything?

Thanks

kablooey · 22 Oct 2009 at 10:17

Nope, just install windows and you're good to go.

dancook · 22 Oct 2009 at 10:21

kablooey said:
Nope, just install windows and you're good to go.

Thanks

kablooey · 22 Oct 2009 at 10:26

Though....Before you install set SATA to AHCI and make sure the SSD is the primary boot drive or win7 will not install.

dancook · 22 Oct 2009 at 10:31

kablooey said:
Though....Before you install set SATA to AHCI and make sure the SSD is the primary boot drive or win7 will not install.

Ok I'll do that thanks, I'll read up about AHCI as I don't know what that is.

snakefood · 22 Oct 2009 at 22:29

AHCI is a mode thar your sata ports should be capable of operating in.
It enables disks attached to these ports to utilise some of the nicer features; should be a setting in your bios that switches the sata ports modes.

FYI, in AHCI mode, you may need the F6 boot disk for drivers when loading W7...

hth

jbloggs · 22 Oct 2009 at 23:26

you may need the F6 boot disk for drivers when loading W7

Once AHCI or RAID is set(up) in BIOS(s) and the Win 7 install starts, the drivers will load automaticlly without doing anything (certainly for the Intel ICHx(R) controller) as Win 7 contains the drivers needed, once installed you can always update the controller drivers if you want, if you are using the Intel controller (or indeed any controller), make sure you install the latest Intel chipset drivers, as both RAID and AHCI require them or you otherwise will get freezing etc of system.

AnastieByte · 23 Oct 2009 at 09:03

I just installed my Intel X25-M G2 lastnight with W7. Set Bios storage to AHCi and crossed fingers. All was fine with no additional drivers required.

dancook · 23 Oct 2009 at 09:30

I didn't have an AHCI setting

so installed it as was.

mrbios · 23 Oct 2009 at 11:59

dancook said:
I didn't have an AHCI setting so installed it as was.

What motherboard do you have? it should be a standard capability of every new board these days so it's definately there somewhere

dancook · 23 Oct 2009 at 12:53

mrbios said:
What motherboard do you have? it should be a standard capability of every new board these days so it's definately there somewhere

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