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    Problem with Samsung PM800 SSD

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by frazzyfin, Jun 13, 2011.

  1. frazzyfin

    frazzyfin Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey folks,

    I've recently realised that i've been getting really bad transfer speeds when copying files between folders. When transferring files, speeds never go over 30MB/s.

    I've got a 256GB Samsung PM800 SSD with firmware VBM24D1Q in my Dell XPS 1645. This is my CrystalDisk score: [​IMG]
    My Windows Experience Index for the hard drive is 5.9 :(

    I've tried contacting Dell about it and they say it's a software problem although i'm skeptical about that. Does anybody know how i can fix this?

    Cheers
     
    frazzyfin, Jun 13, 2011
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  2. maximinimaus

    maximinimaus Notebook Evangelist

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    Are your partitions correctly aligned?
    There is also a newer firmware available at
    Drivers & Downloads
     
    maximinimaus, Jun 13, 2011
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    pkincy Notebook Evangelist

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    pkincy, Jun 14, 2011
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    maximinimaus Notebook Evangelist

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    If a SSD partition is unaligned you get a bad write performance.
    Just Google for misaligned SSD.
     
    maximinimaus, Jun 15, 2011
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