Samsung SSD vs. Sandisk

kbrady1979 said:

If it is currently plugged into Port 0, then plug it into the port underneath that one. Make sure you power down and all that good stuff lol. Are your other drives still unplugged?

All other drives are disconnected.

I'll give this a try in the morning and let you know the results.

Thanks again for all your help.

You ought to get hired by this forum - you'd be a lot better than some of the Mods, who I can't mention by name!

I will be able to help more tomorrow when I see the results. I hope we can get this fixed, I don't want you to have a bad SSD. And there are plenty of people here with MUCH more knowledge than me, I just like to help out when I can. I'm sure this thread will have more posts tomorrow with more ideas you can try.

Kelly

bigmck said:

PSCO2007 said:

I thought my computer was sluggish and ran a test on the ssd- I am sick

Do you have your OS and Programs on your SSD and your Data on a HDD? That is the way it should be. When you open a program, does it take less than one second from the time you click your mouse until the program opens? If not, how long does it take? This is the only "benchmark" you need.

Most of the time I would agree, but in his case.......there is CLEARLY something wrong. With the way the numbers are fluctuating, it could range from something easy to fix all the way to the beginning of a failing drive. This is not normal operating behavior from a Samsung SSD.

bigmck said:

PSCO2007 said:

I thought my computer was sluggish and ran a test on the ssd- I am sick

Do you have your OS and Programs on your SSD and your Data on a HDD? That is the way it should be. When you open a program, does it take less than one second from the time you click your mouse until the program opens? If not, how long does it take? This is the only "benchmark" you need.

That's the way I have it.
OS and programs on SSD.

Pages hang and browsers freeze.

Wasn't like that when I got the SSD rwo weeks ago.

kbrady1979 said:

I will be able to help more tomorrow when I see the results. I hope we can get this fixed, I don't want you to have a bad SSD. And there are plenty of people here with MUCH more knowledge than me, I just like to help out when I can. I'm sure this thread will have more posts tomorrow with more ideas you can try.

Kelly

Hi Kerry,

I called Asus to make sure it was plugged into Sata 111 and it is.
I also changed to a different port.

I also realized that My Documents was at almost 4GB and xsferred everything out to reduce the usage of C drive - now at 59%.

I reran the Crystal test and you can see that the Read speeds are considerably better, but the Write speeds are garbage.

I contacted Amazon and they are going to replace it.

Any other info I can provide?

Thanks again,

P.S - pages are now loading pretty fast.

Paul

I am using 58% of my SSD's space and that hasn't affected performance at all. When you get the new drive, look for the guide on here on how to re-map your Users folder to your storage/data drive. That will keep things nice and orderly and keep you from cluttering up your SSD and then having to move them to a different location.

I am sorry that I raved so much about the Samsung and yours is giving you trouble.....but honestly this is the FIRST time I've heard of a problem with one. I still stick by Samsung drives, this is just an exception, not the rule.

Kelly

kbrady1979 said:

I am using 58% of my SSD's space and that hasn't affected performance at all. When you get the new drive, look for the guide on here on how to re-map your Users folder to your storage/data drive. That will keep things nice and orderly and keep you from cluttering up your SSD and then having to move them to a different location.

I am sorry that I raved so much about the Samsung and yours is giving you trouble.....but honestly this is the FIRST time I've heard of a problem with one. I still stick by Samsung drives, this is just an exception, not the rule.

Kelly

No need to apologize.

These things happen and I'm sure this was just a bad one,

I appreciate all your help!!

Have a great Weekend.


Paul