Neutron GTX on Sata 2

[ElCucoArg]

Hi,

 

I'm a new Corsair buyer. I just bought a brand new Neutron GTX 120GB SSD to use on my PC as a primary disk.

 

When I made a clean install of Windows 7 all was very slow, slower then befor (250 HD WD). I dead a little bench with HD Tune and there where a LOT of 1MB/s minimum speed on read. with a max of 200MB/s aprox.

 

After this I put back my original WD and put the SSD as slave and made a new Benchmark.

The result of this bench is attached.

 

I did changed the sata calbe to verify is that was the problem but it didn't help. Maybe if I put it in another sata slot in the motherboard?

 

Thanks for the help.

[Toasted]

Run a ATTO benchmark and post a screenshot.

[ElCucoArg]

Here is the benchmark. I used the original settings.

 

This is as a slave of my old system.

[LuckyDuck69]

What motherboard are you using?

[ElCucoArg]

Mother Asus P5E X38

 

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5E/#specifications

[Turbonerfs101e]

Hi ElCucoArg

 

That is the speed you get on old SATA2 chipset.

As maximumspeed ove SATA2 is 280MB/s

But did you check for moterboard bois update? Last Version 1201.

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5E/#support

And SATA drive give by ASUS is no good to run SSD, You nead driver serie 11 from intel. Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 11.7.0.1013

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProdId=3449&DwnldID=22194&keyword=Intel®Storage+&lang=eng

But not sur that it will worck with your old chipset?

 

Hope this help

Sincerly yours

[ElCucoArg]

Hi ElCucoArg

 

That is the speed you get on old SATA2 chipset.

As maximumspeed ove SATA2 is 280MB/s

But did you check for moterboard bois update? Last Version 1201.

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5E/#support

And SATA drive give by ASUS is no good to run SSD, You nead driver serie 11 from intel. Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 11.7.0.1013

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProdId=3449&DwnldID=22194&keyword=Intel®Storage+&lang=eng

But not sur that it will worck with your old chipset?

 

Hope this help

Sincerly yours

 

I have the last update of the bios.

 

If I don't understant wrong. The chipset in my mother is a

Intel® X38 Intel ICH9R Intel Fast Memory Access Technology

And the intel Rapid Storage Tech requires one of a list they have ther,

and in between is this one.

 

Intel® 82801IR/IO Controller Hub (ICH9R/DO) - RAID and AHCI

 

I'm assuming that this should work then.

 

I'll try to make a new Clean install of the system other sata slot and make this installation.

And then re do the bench.

 

Thanks.

 

PS. should y change any config in the bios?

[Toasted]

if you are planning to re install Windows. Secure erase the drive with Parted Magic before installing Windows. Make sure AHCI is enabled in the BIOS as well.

[ElCucoArg]

Hi again.

 

Its seems like I solve my problems.

Here is what I did.

 

First I put back the ssd and boot with it, and took a ATTO benchmark.

( 20130411 Corsair Neutron GTX SSD as C IDE.PNG )

That didn't look good at all.

 

Then i tried to change to AHCI in bios but when i booted the system crashed.

Back to IDE and try to install Intel® Rapid Storage Technology in W7 but it the machine req were not enough.

 

So the only thing to do was to change to AHCI and re install W7.

With that done i re made the ATTO test and got a much nicer result.

( 20130411 Corsair Neutron GTX SSD as C ahci.PNG ).

 

I'm sure that with a brand new mother and sata3 the result could be better but the idea was to have a nice SSD to improve this system and eventually when I upgrade it I can use the same SSD.

 

Thanks you all!

 

Any other suggestion?

[Toasted]

You can get a PCIe card if you want SATA III 6.0Gb/s speeds.

[Turbonerfs101e]

I have the last update of the bios.

 

If I don't understant wrong. The chipset in my mother is a

Intel® X38 Intel ICH9R Intel Fast Memory Access Technology

And the intel Rapid Storage Tech requires one of a list they have ther,

and in between is this one.

 

Intel® 82801IR/IO Controller Hub (ICH9R/DO) - RAID and AHCI

 

I'm assuming that this should work then.

 

I'll try to make a new Clean install of the system other sata slot and make this installation.

And then re do the bench.

 

Thanks.

 

PS. should y change any config in the bios?

 

Did youtry Intel Rapid Storage Technology 11.7.0.1013?

As SATA drive give by ASUS is no good to run SSD, You nead driver serie 11 from intel. Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 11.7.0.1013

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Det...rage+&lang=eng

 

Your last post with ATTO benchmark is prety good for Intel ICH9R. Ervy thing look to run at maximum speed ove SATA2 Controller

(280MB/s)

[ElCucoArg]

You can get a PCIe card if you want SATA III 6.0Gb/s speeds.

 

I'll look this up. If its not too expensive maybe I'll buy one.

 

Did youtry Intel Rapid Storage Technology 11.7.0.1013?

As SATA drive give by ASUS is no good to run SSD, You nead driver serie 11 from intel. Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 11.7.0.1013

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Det...rage+&lang=eng

 

Your last post with ATTO benchmark is prety good for Intel ICH9R. Ervy thing look to run at maximum speed ove SATA2 Controller

(280MB/s)

 

I tried to install it but the chipset is too old for it.