SSD Performance Confusing

Okay...here is the latest.

I disconnected both WD External HDD's and the Internal Seagate HDD. I also removed every other USB device except for the KB & the mouse.

The computer went from cold off to loaded desktop in 35 seconds. Here is where we have a change....On restart, where it would take 2.5 to 4 minutes, it also took only 35 seconds.

There is absolutely no way I can use my computer the way I need to, if I have to have my External HDD's and my Internal HDD disconnected. It would take considerably too long and too much effort to plug everything back in to save 2 minutes on a restart. Certainly 2-4 minutes with everything connected is better than having to take off the side of my case and then fumble around for cables to get everything reconnected.

Unfortunately I think that the SSD is not performing as it should either. I have attached a screenshot of the AS-SSD test I just ran, WITH ONLY THE SSD CONNECTED. I don't know how bad these numbers are or what light they might shed, but here they are.

By the way, don't ask me why the AS-SSD download was in German...I guess I am just tired. I am sure that all you need is the numbers, the language doesn't matter I'm sure.

Let me know what you think.

Rick

essenbe said:

Seagate's program is called sea Tools. Seatools for Windows is a program you install, Seatools for dos should be an iso that you burn to a CD and boot from the CD. The dos program will give you the best test as it tests the disk when not in use. It sounds to me that the problem is with your Seagate drive. Whether it is the drive itself or whether it is the OS on the drive I don't know. But, if I understand you correctly, you boot like you are supposed to if the Seagate isn't connected. That says it is an issue with the Seagate drive. If you have another hard drive, try to use that and see if the results are the same. I am also assuming that the firmware on your SSD is up to date. Have you installed IRST? If not, you may try to download it from gigabyte for your motherboard. It is Intels Raid driver but also contains their AHCI driver IaStor. That is the driver I use. And don't worry, you do not have to run raid by installing the IRST. It is just the way to get the Intel AHCI driver. you said when you changed from IDE to AHCI some of the drivers didn't seem to load. Installing IaStor may resolve that issue if it is the problem. Let us know how the tests come out.

One more update for the night.

I downloaded and installed the correct IRST driver for my motherboard. Although the restart speed was a little faster...maybe about 1.5 minutes, I now have a driver software installation message telling me that it loaded the driver for my Seagate HDD but is still trying to find drivers for my DVD drive and my SSD. It has been trying for about 10 minutes with no luck.

I will give it a few more minutes. If I restart the computer without it finding these drivers, can I roll this back or should we try to keep this driver and try to fix the driver message?