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M4500 and MyDigitalSSD 256GB BP3 Bullet Proof 3 mSATA III (6G)

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by zerosource, Dec 23, 2012.

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    A still young and fine M4500 wanted to keep in pace with the outside world now got a msata. The speed is not great as advertised. Does anyone know what is stopping it from good speed? Does WWAN port in M4500 a bottleneck?

    as-ssd-bench SATA SSD 12.23.2012 1-46-43 AM.png
     
    zerosource, Dec 23, 2012
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    The seq speeds seem on par with what a SATA II connection would do, the rest is down to controller firmware, is it up to date?
     
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    Do you know how to check firmware version?
     
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    CrystalDiskInfo should be able to display the firmware version.
     
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    thank you!
     
    zerosource, Dec 25, 2012
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    Also, out of curiosity how full is the drive?

    EDIT: I think the series 5 Intel mobile chipset is also biting you in the rear, with a few tweaks, you can minimize that. I can link the relevant thread(s) if you want.
     
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    About ~80% full.

    and the link : YES PLEASE
     
    zerosource, Dec 26, 2012
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    thanks again!
     
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    zerosource, are you running just the SDD?

    I just installed the exact same drive in my M4500 and I can't get it to boot Win7 unless I pull the HDD out of the bay.
    My BIOS is A12. I have slipstreamed SP1 into my Win7 install.

    Any ideas on this?
     
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