SSD crossroads
Sep. 12th, 2012 01:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ceagleI just got off of a chat with a SanDisk SSD rep, and they are suggesting a reinstall of Windows ;P
Easy enough, but I *dread* having to spend more hours on this doing that, not to mention the reconfiguring of everything... *sighs*...
Still having the sleep/wake problems with the Sandisk SSD (freezes or bluescreens)... no firmware or driver updates available..
So, I could 1) reinstall Windows, 2) workaround the issue by just never letting the laptop sleep anymore (full shutdowns only), 3) or take the blarn-durn Sandisk out and just use it as some sort of external backup or transfer drive..
That's the updated report so far, kiddies.
Easy enough, but I *dread* having to spend more hours on this doing that, not to mention the reconfiguring of everything... *sighs*...
Still having the sleep/wake problems with the Sandisk SSD (freezes or bluescreens)... no firmware or driver updates available..
So, I could 1) reinstall Windows, 2) workaround the issue by just never letting the laptop sleep anymore (full shutdowns only), 3) or take the blarn-durn Sandisk out and just use it as some sort of external backup or transfer drive..
That's the updated report so far, kiddies.
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Date: 2012-09-14 09:35 am (UTC)Thanks for all the input... ^v^ *wagglefeathers*
Yeah... I yam indeed considering taking it back.... though after Atkelar suggested defragging it, I was amazed I mean AMAZED to see how much disk space was recovered on it.. as I never see that with HD defragging... got like 15 GIGS back!! took about 8 hours though.. heh... whew...
It seems a tad peppier, but I haven't tried the sleep again to see if it's licked that problem, and I don't know how to set the TRIM you suggested, because the interface looks different from the way it's described for Win 7 ... (there are about 7 or 8 parameters)
But yeah.. .. funny how the different shops have different brands on thios item!... Fry's had this Sandisk, Staples had the Kingston, and I saw Intels in Best Buy today.
I am contemplating just doing the shutdown thing all the time... but mebbe I'll re-test the sleep function ...
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Date: 2012-09-14 10:27 am (UTC)TBH, return it. Get an Intel or Samsung:
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Solid-State-Drive-SATA-2-5-Inch/dp/B006VCP7YA/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005T3GPXY/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
Good luck!
Mako