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    Calling all T500 owners with X25-M G2!

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by buckle, Mar 11, 2010.

  1. buckle

    buckle Notebook Guru

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    hey guys,

    I recently got an x25-m g2 80gb ssd for my t500 and it doesnt seem to be hitting the benchmarks that other people are getting.. so im trying to narrow it down and might be my t500 at fault.

    I will be posting my AS-SSD benchmarks up soon, but if people can post theirs up, please do!

    thanks

    edit:
    windows 7 x64
    t500, p8600
    4gb ram

    using ms ahci drivers

    [​IMG]
     
    buckle, Mar 11, 2010
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  2. TinyRK

    TinyRK Notebook Evangelist

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    Which AHCI driver are you using?
    Which operating system?

    Info please...
     
    TinyRK, Mar 11, 2010
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  3. buckle

    buckle Notebook Guru

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    ok added some
     
    buckle, Mar 11, 2010
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  4. khtse

    khtse Notebook Consultant

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    Have you enabled AHCI in BIOS?
     
    khtse, Mar 11, 2010
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  5. jaredy

    jaredy Notebook Virtuoso

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    Have the latest firmware?
     
    jaredy, Mar 11, 2010
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  6. buckle

    buckle Notebook Guru

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    yes and yes

    i 've put up the benchmarks im getting

    comparing them to others i've seen, my 4k benchmarks and access times seem to be off

    could it be cause of the laptop?
     
    buckle, Mar 11, 2010
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  7. jaredy

    jaredy Notebook Virtuoso

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    Your benchmarks seem very good. Remember test benchmarks are on all comparable systems in controlled conditions. Stop worrying about the synthetics so much and just enjoy your SSD.
     
    jaredy, Mar 11, 2010
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  8. buckle

    buckle Notebook Guru

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    lol

    just have to make sure, makes me feel uneasy not knowing.. :)
     
    buckle, Mar 11, 2010
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  9. khtse

    khtse Notebook Consultant

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    OK

    Your benchmark is really slow. There is clearly something wrong. You should worry.
     
    khtse, Mar 11, 2010
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  10. giangdude

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    Here's mine:
     

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  11. MidnightSun

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    Here's mine from a while back. I got pretty much the same numbers as you. Don't worry about it :)
     

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  12. CrunchDude

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    As others have said, the benchmarks you posted are excellent. Have you not experienced a night-and-day difference in boot-up/shutdown/application execution, etc., compared to the fastest hard drive that you've ever owned?

    Enjoy your SSD. ;)
     
    CrunchDude, Mar 12, 2010
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  13. Paul386

    Paul386 Notebook Evangelist

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    Here is mine:

    W500
    Windows 7 64 bit
    160GB X25-M G2
    4GB DDR3-1066
    2.53 Ghz P9500

    I use the SSD optimizer and the latest Intel firmware.
     

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  14. buckle

    buckle Notebook Guru

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    ok.. i can relax now and stop being paranoid :) I do enjoy it but it was quite an investment to make at this point so just looking out

    thanks everyone for the posts!

    and one last thing.. you have to manually trim with the intel matrix (something..) drivers right?
     
    buckle, Mar 12, 2010
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  15. jaredy

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    Not with windows 7 and the latest firmware.
     
    jaredy, Mar 12, 2010
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  16. buckle

    buckle Notebook Guru

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    Oh ok, thanks
     
    buckle, Mar 12, 2010
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  17. Paul386

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    I don't believe the latest Matrix driver support TRIM. I use the Intel SSD optimizer and run it on schedule once a week to TRIM my drive.
     
    Paul386, Mar 13, 2010
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    Here's mine. It's a bit faster than the other 80GB drives on here, but I think it's because it's nearly empty 'cept for Windows 7 and a few apps.
    [​IMG]
     
    qweewq11, Mar 13, 2010
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