M4 SSD 5200 hour timebomb

remy87 · 20 Jan 2012 at 17:45

How is that possible? on sata 2.
I only get 270mb/s on both read and write.

{SAS}TB · 20 Jan 2012 at 19:01

Its a pair in RAID 0

Tombo · 20 Jan 2012 at 19:55

Strange how 4k doesn't seem to benefit while everything else does.

cammy5477 · 20 Jan 2012 at 20:24

mine updated first time no problems

remy87 · 21 Jan 2012 at 00:21

~TB~ said:
Its a pair in RAID 0

What controller do you have? Surely even with raid0 how did you overcome sata2 maximum throughput? or am I missing something.

VortexA1 · 21 Jan 2012 at 03:25

Doesn't RAID 0 take both throughputs (Sata II speed here)and x2 the result...thereby bypassing the throughput limit of one..

{SAS}TB · 21 Jan 2012 at 07:53

Its just the onboard controller from the mobo, VortexA1 may well be right but im not sure on the technicalities

Tute · 21 Jan 2012 at 11:20

Tombo said:
Strange how 4k doesn't seem to benefit while everything else does.

Surely 4K needs a fast access time as well as a good transfer rate. RAID0 only doubles the max transfer rate - it doesn't increase access times, which is still the same for both drives.

So moving small files won't be affected.

VortexA1 · 21 Jan 2012 at 18:54

Tute said:
Surely 4K needs a fast access time as well as a good transfer rate. RAID0 only doubles the max transfer rate - it doesn't increase access times, which is still the same for both drives.

So moving small files won't be affected.

I'm confused by what you said there..

Stinger53 · 21 Jan 2012 at 19:23

i'm thinking of getting one of these. it is still a problem? or has it been fixed?

Surveyor · 21 Jan 2012 at 19:45

Stinger53 said:
i'm thinking of getting one of these. it is still a problem? or has it been fixed?

It's been fixed.

You'll need to update the firmware if the drive you buy doesn't have the latest version.

M4 firmware 0309 is now available

robgmun · 21 Jan 2012 at 21:34

All done and i'm so happy that you can upgrade it in ACHI now, They have impressed me so much that i still declare this the best SSD in the world.

VortexA1 · 21 Jan 2012 at 22:11

robgmun said:
All done and i'm so happy that you can upgrade it in ACHI now, They have impressed me so much that i still declare this the best SSD in the world.

They are good arent they.

NUTTERZ · 21 Jan 2012 at 22:33

Is it possible to update the firmware during a brand new build before installing windows? Or is there no real benefit in doing this?

robgmun · 21 Jan 2012 at 23:16

Doesn't matter at all, it's completely independent of the state of the hard drive build wise, just go ahead

NUTTERZ · 22 Jan 2012 at 10:02

ta robgmun. one less thing to think about.

RaveyDaveyUK · 22 Jan 2012 at 11:30

Zero problems updating my 2 drives (64gb and a 128gb.) in AHCI.

Not sure if this has been said above...

If you have more than one drive it just updates the first one and then locates the second. No need to download and burn a second version of the firmware. Seems to be the same for all...well certainly the 64gb and 128gb.

Buying another one tomorrow.... snigger snigger...

Meridiusuk · 28 Jan 2012 at 08:33

hi all just wanted to ask i just bought one of these and waing for the drive to come and going to upgrade it.

but the question is i have windows 7 64bit installed on a samsung F1 and have done a full image backup of the drive using win7 pro built in backup is it safe to put the image on the new SSD or do i need to do a clean install ? or do i need to use windows 7 cd first to format the drive before i put the image back on ?

just needed a little help on that

thanks

ChrisD. · 31 Jan 2012 at 20:43

Just spotted thsi thread after hearing about an update.

Will get mine done tomorrow, currently on 4459 hours!

Guest2 · 31 Jan 2012 at 23:10

hmmm, i was just about to order an M4 to replace my Velociraptor I have been using for the past god knows how long. The Velociraptor is going strong and my motherboard only supports 3gbps instead of 6. With the 5200 hour thing on top, do you think its wise to stick with my WD Velociraptor?