tfannon Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 FW: VBM1801Q I would like to know the best method of restoring performance to a drive with this firmware. I was planning on doing a quick format and then letting the Windows 7 Backup / Restore utility put the image back on the drive. Will this work or do I need to use a cleaning utility. Thank you Tommy PS: i apologize as this question was asked by me in another thread but i think it got lost in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 14, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 14, 2009 I would suggest doing a quick format and check the performance specs after to see if it does the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tfannon Posted October 14, 2009 Author Share Posted October 14, 2009 Ok. I can tell you that doing a quick format does NOT restore performance. CrystalDiskMark numbers after quick format: Seq: 169/65 512: 141/56 4k: 21.34/8.427 After GPARTED erase Seq: 221/179 512: 177/141 4k: 20/8.0 So, bottom line is the disk needs to be wiped by something other than quick format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 15, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 15, 2009 Try doing a full format and if that doesn't work I would recommend to have it replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tfannon Posted October 15, 2009 Author Share Posted October 15, 2009 the gparted command did the trick unless you think those numbers above are bad. after my next business trip, i may call to have the drive flashed to the self-healing firmware. gparting and restoring an image once every 2 months is somewhat of a pain in the ***. can i contact you directly? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasy Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 I'm in the same boat. Drive was installed on 6/24 with no HDDERASE or GPART done to it. FW: VBM1801Q Seq: 188.6/26.15 512: 152.6/27.75 4k: 25.64/1.59 Guess I need to GPART it, as it's got to the point that it's noticeably slower. Samsung needs to get off their ***, and release an update utility asap. :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasy Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Okay I used the gpart utility, but I didn't use the drive on via usb. My results after this operation are not very good at all. Seq: 179.1/47.89 512: 168.6/44.83 4k: 24.43/1.82 Does it make a difference if you run it via SATA or USB? I was hoping for much better results. My old WD writes this fast. What has happened to my SSD? :(: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasy Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Ran HDDerase on the drive today. It took about 4-5 minutes... Then I reloaded my os image using acronis 2010. Results are no better. http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/7749/captureux.png I'm going to do a fresh windows install, and if that doesn't do the trick I guess it's RMA time. :(: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tfannon Posted October 18, 2009 Author Share Posted October 18, 2009 did you confirm alignment with the diskpart utility? those numbers are terrible. i am sure you already knew that though :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 19, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 19, 2009 Please run the HDD Erase again and then before you image the drive quick format the partition and run the test on the drive with no O.S. on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollywombat Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Out of curiosity, what should the results of the crystalmark tests look like for the P128/P256? Currently getting: Read Write Seq: 207.7 162.4 512k: 169.9 118.8 4k: 16.25 3.082 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 19, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 19, 2009 That is about normal if the drive is the BOOT Drive. Did you run the Gparted on the disk like talked about in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasy Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Please run the HDD Erase again and then before you image the drive quick format the partition and run the test on the drive with no O.S. on it. The drive died on me Saturday while I was playing NFS Shift, so I had to RMA it. Just disappeared from the bios. I've never had to use Corsair's RMA before, but so far it's very painless. Thanks for trying to help though! Going back to a mechanical drive while I wait is painful. :laughing: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 20, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 20, 2009 I am sorry about that and I do understand your frustration, and please let me know when you get the new drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasy Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Quick question about what I should do when I get my new drive. Sorry if this has been posted, but I didn't really find much in the sticky. Is there anything I should do to prep the new drive before I dump my image back on it with trueimage? I've heard people talk about prepping the drive by setting a specific block size. I've never done this outside of RAID 0 setups. Is this something that I need to consider, or should I just drop the drive image I have on to the new drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 26, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 26, 2009 I would format the Drive with the Quick option Only and set the cluster size to 32K should be all you should do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasy Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 New drive is much better. Although it's still new. I did get the latest firmware on this one, so I hope the self healing will keep my speeds closer to where they should be. http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/3156/capturecj.png I do have to say that the RMA process was much slower than I expected it to be. They dropped the ball on recognizing they had received it, and it took over 8 days longer than it probably should have. :sigh!: That's not exactly the level of customer service I've come to expect from Corsair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees Bluebeard Posted November 11, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted November 11, 2009 Apologize for the delay but please keep in mind that we don´t have unlimited supply of these drives and if they are short it can simply take some days longer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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