During Install - it would hang when it was getting set to do the final reboot, and if I forced it (even after waiting 2 hours the first time) W7 gave me an error and asked for me to boot from the DVD and restart my install.
Weird, since Vista never once coughed at my OC - then again, I did have my OC toned down a bit, to 3.21 GHz instead of 3.375, that may also have been a factor....
Yeah, I did that - no change.
But, I figured it out. Thanks to this post
https://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/1088-7000-leak-14.html#post9814 I found the answer - and I haven't even applied Dave's tweak yet.
Many of us, especially OCers, tend to disable Native Command Queuing in the BIOS - however, I just found out that W7 has it enabled as an option for our SATA controllers. Whether this is from the nVidia drivers or native, I don't know - I suspect native because of the dramatic results I am about to show you:
My original Build 7000 WEI:
Attachment 1900
So, seeing Dave's post made me think - perhaps there is
another tweak. Sure enough, take a look at your SATA controllers in Device Manager. See the following window captur and the attached
Speed Test:
Attachment 1901Attachment 1902
Now, if you
uncheck Command Queuing, initially nothing happens if you run a speed test - because a reboot is
required. However, notice the *
dramatic* speed changes after removing Command Queuing and the requisite reboot:
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I say that the drop in
sustained speed is
negligible compared to the *
massive*
increase in the
burst speed - and, as I suspected, the WEI is based more on
burst than
sustained....
And, finally, my new WEI:
Attachment 1905
Again, this is
without Dave's tweak - I am going to see if that makes a difference or not - I suspect I'll be back in the 6.9 range with it also performed.
Enjoy, Folks!
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