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    Samsung SSD in Studio XPS 16

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by vishank, Sep 13, 2009.

  1. vishank

    vishank Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys,

    I was wondering if anyone else has the 128GB Samsung SSD in their Studio XPS 16 and having stuttering issues?. Lately I have been having a lot of stuttering issues in which the mouse cursor freezes up.

    Also, anyone running Windows 7 on it? I cant seem to get higher than 5.9 as the HD score under WEI. Anyone got a higher score?

    I have my SSD partitioned. Would that be a reason for the slow performance? Thanks.
     
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    How do I install it? Only came with one file in the archive?

    EDIT: Ok, I installed it however, windows will not boot at all after I did it. I had to use "last known good config" to come back to windows. Any tips to get it to work?
     
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    vishank Notebook Consultant

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    Ok I tried that. I actually get even more stuttering than before! :eek: How do I uninstall this driver and xflashpoint?
     
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    Uninstall

    1. Execute regedit
    2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-SYSTEM-CurrentControlSet-Control-Class-{4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
    3. Then, double click LowerFilters (It should have ‘diskfp’ ;)
    4. Remove ‘diskfp’
    5. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-SYSTEM-CurrentControlSet-Service-diskfp
    6. Remove whole diskfp (Select diskfp, push delete key)
    7. Reboot
     
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    vishank Notebook Consultant

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    Hmm ok.. that fixed it. But I still got the stuttering issue. Thanks for your advice. I have read that using xflashpoint usually makes ssds faster. Anyone have any more tips?
     
    vishank, Sep 14, 2009
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    mine is lightning fast and never stutters. Thanks for the Xflashpoint info
     
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    K kool. Will give it a try! Thanks again!

    Which model of the 128GB version do u have. There were two I heard. I have the slower version.
     
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    yeah you might just have a crap SSD. Lots of the older ones stutter.
     
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    I have a samsung :D
     
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    Ya there are two versions of the samsung 128gb ssd. One is slower read/write speeds (which is what i have) and the other is blazing!
     
    vishank, Sep 14, 2009
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