SSD Results

wiserommer · 2 Oct 2010 at 20:18

Hey guys,

I am really niave when it comes to benchmarks, is this any good?

if not, can i improve?

kona786 · 2 Oct 2010 at 20:22

looks like you have it installed on IDE - AHCI would yeild faster speeds

wiserommer · 2 Oct 2010 at 20:26

nah its sata and what s AHCI...as u said Niave

wiserommer · 3 Oct 2010 at 11:24

any help?

mmj_uk · 3 Oct 2010 at 11:39

In your computer BIOS there should be a setting to change your SATA controller from IDE to AHCI.

wiserommer · 3 Oct 2010 at 11:57

i did that in storage information and when i do before windows 7 boots up i get a blue screen and it stp[s working.

mmj_uk · 3 Oct 2010 at 12:07

Ah, you need AHCI drivers too but it's not easy to switch over.

You need the F6 drivers for your SATA controller, then if you are able to do a fresh install, set the BIOS to AHCI and install Windows and use the F6 drivers when it gets to the partitioning screen.

I'm not sure if there is an easier to switch from IDE to AHCI.

Freakbro · 3 Oct 2010 at 13:25

Yea, You set the hard disk controller in the bios to either IDE or AHCI

Generally you need to do this before you install windows, if you change it after windows wont boot up (as you have seen). So you can either :

a) do a fresh install of windows (what version are you using?) and change it in the bios first .. or

b) There is a method that changes settings in the registry to make it work
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/244840-14-convert-sata-ahci-vista here's one thread that talks about it, there are plenty others if you google them.

I suppose it depends which windows you are using, but i would do some reading up yourself before choosing what to do. Since you say you are naive about these things, maybe changing the registry isnt a good idea

Harpss1ngh · 3 Oct 2010 at 13:53

What motherboard do you have? If it has a secondary SATA controller like a SATA 3 one as well as the Intel ICH10R on the SB, you can set that on to AHCI, install the drivers for it in windows, plug it into the secondary controller and it will work.

wiserommer · 3 Oct 2010 at 17:10

Harpss1ngh said:
What motherboard do you have? If it has a secondary SATA controller like a SATA 3 one as well as the Intel ICH10R on the SB, you can set that on to AHCI, install the drivers for it in windows, plug it into the secondary controller and it will work.

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