(Storage) SSD Discussion Thread

[xtreme84]

icic. thanks. asking bcos laptop already 2+ years old and doubt acer will bother to answer. as laptop still going strong, thought of getting 2x250GB SSD (one to replace HDD and another to replace optical drive) as a minor upgrade. but will drop acer an email and hope to hear their replies.

Might be a little late to reply now, but you can consider the 480GB model below.

Not sure how much of a good deal is this... Posted by bizgram.

 

[zhaoshanhe]

Might be a little late to reply now, but you can consider the 480GB model below.

hi bro, thanks for SIC. however i bought the intel530 240gb already. suay is jus bought b4 the USD149 deal but very happy with it thus far. Thanks once again!

 

[xtreme84]

hi bro, thanks for SIC. however i bought the intel530 240gb already. suay is jus bought b4 the USD149 deal but very happy with it thus far. Thanks once again!

Ah... Well, that's a good choice too. I suppose you didn't swap out the optical drive? Anyway, 240GB should be plenty if you're using just for work. Just store your non important data on a portable HDD.

Enjoy the speed boost that comes with your SSD!

 

[zhaoshanhe]

Ah... Well, that's a good choice too. I suppose you didn't swap out the optical drive? Anyway, 240GB should be plenty if you're using just for work. Just store your non important data on a portable HDD.

Enjoy the speed boost that comes with your SSD!

haha actually i did. now using the intel 530 as the main os/app/game drive and the old HDD within the optical bay caddy as the secondary drive. best of both worlds! couldn't have known such good deals without the SIC from all the people here!

 

[nakamoto]

which one will be better for mbp early 2011?

crucial M500, samsung 840 evo, samsung 840 pro or samsung 840 ?

TIA =)

 

[xtreme84]

haha actually i did. now using the intel 530 as the main os/app/game drive and the old HDD within the optical bay caddy as the secondary drive. best of both worlds! couldn't have known such good deals without the SIC from all the people here!

That's great! Enjoy!

 

[ccmheoa]

hi bro, thanks for SIC. however i bought the intel530 240gb already. suay is jus bought b4 the USD149 deal but very happy with it thus far. Thanks once again!

Just bought the intel 530 at us$149 this morning 3am, it was available again as a lightning deal.

 

[c1steady]

Just bought the intel 530 at us$149 this morning 3am, it was available again as a lightning deal.

Hi

May i know the diff between a "reseller kit" & "drive only" ?

 

[shadow84]

Hi

May i know the diff between a "reseller kit" & "drive only" ?

Reseller kit comes with everything, CD and sata cable. Drive only is just the ssd itself only, in anti-static i presume.

Only the reseller kit qualifies for free shipping to SG, not the "drive only" version.

 

[ipaq4444]

anyone know what size per block should i format my 256 ssd to? 4k per sector?

 

[mogucon]

Need some help gurus. Connected my new intel 530 240gb ssd, but my bios wont detect it. I'm using an asus p8p67 mobo.

Swapped power cables, sata cables and sata ports whilst using an old crucial m4 ssd to test and seems like my connections are not e issue

Bios is already on the latest firmware. Any other things i shld try?

 

[Unclemun]

Need some help gurus. Connected my new intel 530 240gb ssd, but my bios wont detect it. I'm using an asus p8p67 mobo.

Swapped power cables, sata cables and sata ports whilst using an old crucial m4 ssd to test and seems like my connections are not e issue

Bios is already on the latest firmware. Any other things i shld try?

Any lights?
You will now need to test on another system. Otherwise, it would be DOA.

 

[noobzpro]

guys i got a huge problem.

ive got a ux302lg replaced a intel 530 ssd into it...its ok as it detects it...

so i carried on and installed win 8 pro using the original iso...everything swee swee drivers and all, win update too...there after i went to store to update to win 8.1....once it downloads finish and restarts it does its thing for a while and gives me a error report...shuts down and goes straight into bios as the ssd is no more detected....i need to shut it down from bios, start it up again then it will say windows failed to update...ive made sure all drivers are the latest and also updated the fw of the ssd....

so i went on and gotten the win 8.1 pro iso thinking it would be ok....instead the installation cant even detect the ssd at all...

can i conclude this intel ssd not compatible wif my laptop and 8.1? if so im planning to go buy a samsung ssd..

 

[Just Me]

Need some help gurus. Connected my new intel 530 240gb ssd, but my bios wont detect it. I'm using an asus p8p67 mobo.

Swapped power cables, sata cables and sata ports whilst using an old crucial m4 ssd to test and seems like my connections are not e issue

Bios is already on the latest firmware. Any other things i shld try?

guys i got a huge problem.

ive got a ux302lg replaced a intel 530 ssd into it...its ok as it detects it...

so i carried on and installed win 8 pro using the original iso...everything swee swee drivers and all, win update too...there after i went to store to update to win 8.1....once it downloads finish and restarts it does its thing for a while and gives me a error report...shuts down and goes straight into bios as the ssd is no more detected....i need to shut it down from bios, start it up again then it will say windows failed to update...ive made sure all drivers are the latest and also updated the fw of the ssd....

so i went on and gotten the win 8.1 pro iso thinking it would be ok....instead the installation cant even detect the ssd at all...

can i conclude this intel ssd not compatible wif my laptop and 8.1? if so im planning to go buy a samsung ssd..

Looks like the sandforce chipset is still not on par with crucial or samsung...

 

[tenzine]

New firmware for Intel530SSD available from Intel, see below:-

ken-Intel
replied 19 hours ago
Hi All,

The new firmware for the Intel® SSD 530 Series is now available.

Windows* users can download version 3.2.0 of the Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox at:

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Det...?DwnldID=18455
(Firmware updates are part of the Toolbox download).

After installing the new version of the Toolbox, simply click the Firmware Update button to start the update process.


Non-Windows users can download version 2.0.9 of the Intel® Solid-State Drive SATA Firmware Update Tool and User Guide at:

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Det...?DwnldID=18363

Instructions for using the Firmware Update tool are in the User Guide.


We are confident that the new firmware will fix the issue of drives not being seen on restart. We
would appreciate it if you would confirm that your restart issue is fixed by posting a comment to this thread.

Thanks for your patience while we completed development and testing of this firmware update.

 

[Kirakun83]

Juz got my 1st samsung 840 evo SSD and really amazing wif the loading speed to windows. Juz check wif u guys, ur storage hdd drives all run in ahci mode or IDE mode? I installed the win 7 in Ahci mode, if I plug in my hdds which previously run in ide mode will it give me bsod?

 

[tekster]

need some help.

is there any cloning software to clone from hdd to ssd? or any standard cloning software also can?

 

[SimonLam]

Juz got my 1st samsung 840 evo SSD and really amazing wif the loading speed to windows. Juz check wif u guys, ur storage hdd drives all run in ahci mode or IDE mode? I installed the win 7 in Ahci mode, if I plug in my hdds which previously run in ide mode will it give me bsod?

SSD must be in AHCI mode... if not crawling.

For Samsung SSD, load the Magic program and turn on rapid mode... your 840 Evo will fly...

 

[SimonLam]

need some help.

is there any cloning software to clone from hdd to ssd? or any standard cloning software also can?

Acronis True Image Home?

 

[noobzpro]

guys 840,840evo or 840pro? require 7mm drive