Intel X-25 M Really Slow Help Needed

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Hello guys I am new to SSD drives

basically my write speed on the 80gb x-25 mainstream is really really slow I ran the ssd benchmark

those are my results

I first thought I had so many virsuses so I formatted my pc and whenever I run couple programs and they take too much write speed my system lags so bad thats it just lags and I have to power it off

I have it in my bios on ahci and I have the matrix drivers too and I just dont know what to do my motherboard is

ASUS P5K PREMIUM

http://i43.tinypic.com/2jcj43l.png

-- EDIT 2

I downloaded matrix drivers from asus p5k premium section WRITE SPEEDS ARE NORMAL! however READ speed is now about 130 MB/s instead of 200-250 MB/s

I will update bios if that does not help any suggestions would be apperciated 😃

EDIT 3 :

After bios Update Read Speeds Are Maximum 140 MB/s any way to boost that?

[idata]

The first thing I suggest is go with AHCI mode. Why are you not running in AHCI mode?

If you need guidance switiching to AHCI mode, here are steps to take:

Tip 3: Enabling AHCI to speed up hard drive operations

The Advanced Host Controller Interface needs to be enabled in the computer's bios. Windows 7 will not load if this is done without ensuring that the AHCI driver is loaded in the operating system (which it is not by default). The benefit of enabling AHCI is that it will speed up read and write operations of the hard drive if the hard drive supports AHCI. It is therefor recommended to check the hard drive first to ensure that it is supporting AHCI.

Here is a step by step guide to enabling AHCI in the Windows 7 Registry.

* Press [Windows R], enter [regedit] and hit [enter]. 

* This opens the Windows Registry editor. * Move to the path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetServicesMsahci * Locate the parameter [Start] on the right side and double-click it. * Change its value from 3 to 0 * Restart the computer and enable AHCI in the bios

Windows will install the AHCI drivers on the next start and prompt for another reboot afterwards.

Source: http://deepmemo.com/pg/blog/JeeSee/read/609549/f-ghacks-technology-news http://deepmemo.com/pg/blog/JeeSee/read/609549/f-ghacks-technology-news

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In addition to the above, I suggest using the default AHCI driver, msahci, installed by Windows 7.

OK, I see you have 02HD firmware.

And do your testing with AS SSD--stick with one type of benchmark testing software.

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I already had this set on 0 byitself

here is screenshot

http://i41.tinypic.com/24greaf.png http://i41.tinypic.com/24greaf.png

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But your last screenshot of AS SSD shows iaStor as the driver--not msahci. Something doesn't quite make sense here. If you have BIOS set to AHCI and msahci driver installed, AS SSD would show msahci as your driver, not iaStor.

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I don`t want argument, I`d like to help.

"Something doesn't quite make sense here." Because he installed the Intel Matrix strorage driver from Asus homepage. He should uninstall it to get the msahci driver back.

Anyway you`ve pointed to me twice: "whats weaird is that i was getting 250 read before getting the matrix storage drivers".

Message was edited by: Dverez