win 7 not genuine glitch with SSD drive.


  1. Posts : 3
    win 7
       #1

    win 7 not genuine glitch with SSD drive.


    I am using a 60gb OCZ SSD drive as my system partition and 2 1TB WD black drives as data in raid 1. OS is win7 ultimate. Fully verified and updated.

    What happens is that every few days to 2 weeks, my system suddenly throws the windows not genuine watermark and black background. A simple re-boot fixes it every time.

    Moving my internet cache to the raid drives has helped a lot, but it still throws the error every few weeks now.

    MGADiag reports everything as genuine. (It better be...)

    This does NOT occur if I use a normal hard drive as my system drive.

    The theory is that the SSD moves a "fixed" file occasionally as part of it's internal wear leveling algorithm. Windows then does not see the file when it checks itself, and throws the watermark.

    I really like win7, but it frustrates me that I have to purposely re-boot my computer every time it decides to do this. I generally only put it to sleep and only do a cold boot for updates or once a year for machine maintenance. Yes, I have computers that have run non-stop with XP for 3 years, no lock-ups or hard boots. It can be done.

    Does anyone have any info on the SSD issue? I have read that Win 7 has SSD support built into it, so I am annoyed to have this problem.

    Searches have not turned up any specific answers, so I thought I'd post here.

    Any thoughts?
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  2. Posts : 6,885
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
       #2

    Install the SSD drivers.

    ~Lordbob
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  3. Posts : 3
    win 7
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Ahem... WHAT SSD drivers? The OCZ drive doesn't come with any drivers that I know of. And I bought it retail.
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  4. Posts : 6,885
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
       #4

    Check on their site. They may have something.
    If not, check the mobo site for BIOS updates.

    ~Lordbob
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  5. Posts : 3
    win 7
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Nothing....

    So I tried a few additional tweaks to optimize 7 for SSD. Will see how it runs. Microsoft and their incessant WGA checking. You'd THINK once installed and verified/registered/etc. it would STAY valid on the same computer. I REALLY want to switch to Linux, but am stuck with a few apps that have not been ported yet.

    And Win7 is the first MS OS I actually LIKE.

    Oh well. Will see what it does now. I may have to live with a weekly reboot.
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