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    Fixed slow R/W on 2nd HDD in caddy

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by KEEVS, Nov 24, 2011.

  1. KEEVS

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    Hey everyone, I just got my m14x the other day and following the guide on the site installed a HyperX 240 GB SSD as primary and the 500GB WD Black it came with in the optical drive caddy. At first I was getting I/O errors constantly and about 3MB/s on the 2nd HDD. I read a couple post about others having the same issue, to fix it I just installed the IRST drivers that came with the m14x and it has worked flawlessly since. Hope this helps some of you!
     
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    Do you get SATA 6Gbps speeds with RST installed? +REP (haha your first post)
     
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    I didn't test without the IRST drivers, but after Im getting Sata II speeds. I think Ive seem somewhere else on the forum that w/o the IRST you get 6Gbps is that correct?
     
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    I would like to know too if you can achieve sata 6Gbs on the hyperx ssd without hanging issues. Mine is also running sata 2 speed and I want to take advantage of the read and write of this ssd
     
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    I will have to try that thanks
     
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    Just wanted to update this post, I still haven't changed my setup so using IRST and I downloaded AS SSD benchmark and it seems even though IRST says my SSD is sata 2 its getting sata 3 speeds 506 read and 290 write so I think i will leave well enough alone...
     
    KEEVS, Dec 26, 2011
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