My first solid state.

[essenbe]

Download AS SSD, and open it, but don't run the tests. When it is open it will show some info in the top left corner. Upload a screenshot of the program. Again, don't run the test.

 

[Hopalong X]

Essenbe

You will probably need to tell him how to find his firmware version.
I don't know how myself on an OCZ V2.

Never mind.

You have it covered.

 

[panais]

Download AS SSD, and open it, but don't run the tests. When it is open it will show some info in the top left corner. Upload a screenshot of the program. Again, don't run the test.

Here,

In bios i set in IDE and i installed now again the windows in IDE mode.

I want to use ANCI mode for better speed but ANCI gave me BSOD so iv done everything from the begining in IDE mode.

Sorry for asking again,but in my last hdtune\read\benchmarks screenshots isnt the IDE faster??

 

[essenbe]

You are in IDE mode, the alignment is OK, you have the most current firmware. You installed in AHCI mode, is that correct? when you installed, you had to do several restarts. Did it restart OK. Was the SSD the only drive connected during the install? Did you change the Boot order in bios listing CD/DVD as 1st boot device and SSD as 2nd boot device. If you were rebooting last night OK, what did you do just before it started BSODing?

 

[essenbe]

Also, you uploaded 2 screenshots of HDtune. I can't tell which one is IDE and which is AHCI, but the one on the right seems to run faster. Although either one is 10 times faster than a mechanical hard drive.

 

[panais]

Download AS SSD, and open it, but don't run the tests. When it is open it will show some info in the top left corner. Upload a screenshot of the program. Again, don't run the test.

Here,

In bios i set in IDE and i installed now again the windows in IDE mode.

I want to use ANCI mode for better speed but ANCI gave me BSOD so iv done everything from the begining in IDE mode.

Sorry for asking again,but in my last hdtune\read\benchmarks screenshots isnt the IDE faster??

You are in IDE mode, the alignment is OK, you have the most current firmware. You installed in AHCI mode, is that correct? when you installed, you had to do several restarts. Did it restart OK. Was the SSD the only drive connected during the install? Did you change the Boot order in bios listing CD/DVD as 1st boot device and SSD as 2nd boot device. If you were rebooting last night OK, what did you do just before is started BSODing?

I unplug everything else, i set in bios IDE mode, restart, press f12, boot from cd ,install win7, shutdown, connect 1 hard disk ,shutdown, connect the other hard disk, install ati catalyst, restart ,run WEI, restart, run hdtune.


(When i set ANCI in bios and install windows i have BSOD)

 

[essenbe]

Then what you are saying is that you installed in IDE mode?

 

[Hopalong X]

Not originally Essenbe.

First install was AHCI then he got the BSOD's.
That is what we- pparks, myself and others helped him set up his bios for yesterday.

Panais on his own did a second install in IDE with no BSOD's. I'm not sure how many he has done in IDE.

I'm at a loss. I'm not familiar with the moboard or the Vertex-2.

I was giving general install info from BFK and WHS.

 

[essenbe]

Mike, if he installed in IDE mode, he cannot change to AHCI without the registry hacks to force windows to download the ahci drivers.

 

[panais]

Then what you are saying is that you installed in IDE mode?

(The first time i set it to ANCI and install win7 but i had BSOD.)So i set it to IDE and i reinstalled win7.


Yes now in bios i have IDE mode and i installed windows in IDE mode,now im in IDE mode.


I cannot use ANCI because it give me BSOD.

Please guys help,advice,i cant find any solution.

 

[Hopalong X]

Steve

He can change to AHCI with this tutorial just as I did on the Intel.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/61869-ahci-enable-windows-7-vista.html

But he may still have the BSOD's??? I don't know.
I don't understand why it BSOD in AHCI mode the first time.
Beyond my knowledge and help.

Any advice you can give won't get an objection from me. I'm lost.

I was just trying to fill you in per yesterday.

 

[essenbe]

If bios is set up correctly, it shouldn't bsod. I don't know why it is doing that.

 

[Hopalong X]

You can look at his Bios screen shots from yesterday and see if you agree with what we came up with and suggested.

His first try he set the SATA 6 to ACHI we beleive. Then we had him set the IDE/SATA controller to AHCI- we thought but.????

 

[DeaconFrost]

It might be worth finding out if the drive is defective from OCZ. AHCI (note, it is an H, not an N), is typically used, not for performance, but because Windows 7 will detect that it is an SSD automatically and set the proper OS settings, such as disabling defrag, enabling TRIM, etc. There may be a way to manually enable all SSD options in IDE mode, but I'm not sure.

Something is causing the AHCI to BSoD, but without codes from the BSoD, we won't know for sure what it is. So, those are my two suggestions. Either go back to OCZ and check the drive, or see if you can configure the OS properly in IDE mode.

Or, you could also try using updated Intel drivers during the OS install while in AHCI mode.

 

[essenbe]

I'm not familiar with his Board. I remember seeing screenshots earlier and thought they looked OK. Let me go back and look again. He can use the registry hack from the tutorial and try. If it BSOD's again, all he has to do is change bios back to IDE and it will boot. It may do good to have him do that because that will install the ahci drivers. They will still be there even if he goes back to IDE. So, when we figure this out, he will already have the ahci drivers installed.

 

[Hopalong X]

Deacon

It can be set after install.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/61869-ahci-enable-windows-7-vista.html

 

[Hopalong X]

Post your suggestions for Panais once you check the screen shots.

Mike

 

[essenbe]

You can look at his Bios screen shots from yesterday and see if you agree with what we came up with and suggested.

His first try he set the SATA 6 to ACHI we beleive. Then we had him set the IDE/SATA controller to AHCI- we thought but.????

I am going back to look now, but what he changed the last 2 ports to shouldn't matter, it should only matter if the controller his OS is installed on is ahci. He should have the ssd in port 0. and have the SSD as the 1st hard drive in the boot order in bios.

 

[panais]

Can you please check my last updated screenshots,the hdtune read benchmars.

The one is in IDE mode and the other is in ANCI.

Which is faster in these screenshots??

Btw let me check this from essenbe ""He should have the ssd in port 0. and have the SSD as the 1st hard drive in the boot order in bios. ""

If i remember well is correct but i wll check again,restarting.....

 

[Wishmaster]

Although this is not directly related to your issue ...


Something like HD Tune will show you Seq. read and Write Speeds.

The thing is, with the OS running on a SSD these numbers mean little to nothing. Higher Seq. does not really mean faster.
For example, I have 2 different SSDs. One is faster in those Seq scores, but when put in use its MUCH slower than the the other SSD which actually scored lower in Seq.

As suggested, try ASSSD, and look at the 4K speeds as well as access time.
This is where you can see the true difference, as well as what really matters to the OS.

But this is for future reference. At the moment, concentrate on whats wrong and giving the BSOD.
Exactly what message were you getting?