So I've been having issues with my SSD for a while now. One of the issues I've been having is that it never shows up as a boot option the first time I start up my computer after a full shutdown. I have to soft reset in order for it to show up in it's proper boot order (or at all, actually).
Possibly related is the issue I've been troubleshooting today. I didn't take a screenshot of the CrystalDiskMark benchmark, but it was hecka crummy. However, upon reading a few more threads, it seemed like maybe I should look at another benchmarking tool, so I ran the recommended ATTO, and got this for a result:
http://i.imgur.com/ClkZpVz.png
Now, those read speeds seem pretty good to me. The company touts the OCZ Agility 4 as being capable of up to 420mb/s, but I don't expect that to be true. And also, it seems to me like those write speeds are not so great. Am I incorrect, or reading it wrong? I'm happy to admit that this isn't my area of expertise.
Anyway, the reason I looked this up in the first place is that the drive just feels slow. For example, I've been playing Skyrim off of my 2Tb HDD (which is 7200rpm), and the loading times are ridiculously long (I do run a lot of mods). So I switched it to the SSD to boost performance...and it runs exactly the same. Loading screens are still long, framerate is still mediocre.
So I checked to be sure it was hooked up properly. I have an ASUSTeK mobo, P8Z77-V LK. The SSD is plugged into the grey Intel 6GB port, not the blue ports. In my BIOS, the drives are set to AHCI. I tried setting them to IDE per recommendation of another post, but then the PC won't start (brief blue screen and then reset, then Windows asks me to repair next startup). I've checked the registry edits for msachi and the "Start" value is set to 0. However, the link that suggested changing to AHCI also told me to change something under the "Peripherals" screen, which my ASUS BIOS doesn't seem to have.
So, en toto, I'm completely flummoxed, and I would love the help of anyone! Especially if that person is so familiar with this that you can't even believe I don't know something this simple, haha.
tl;dr: Is my SSD hooked up right? Can I make it faster somehow?
Possibly related is the issue I've been troubleshooting today. I didn't take a screenshot of the CrystalDiskMark benchmark, but it was hecka crummy. However, upon reading a few more threads, it seemed like maybe I should look at another benchmarking tool, so I ran the recommended ATTO, and got this for a result:
http://i.imgur.com/ClkZpVz.png
Now, those read speeds seem pretty good to me. The company touts the OCZ Agility 4 as being capable of up to 420mb/s, but I don't expect that to be true. And also, it seems to me like those write speeds are not so great. Am I incorrect, or reading it wrong? I'm happy to admit that this isn't my area of expertise.
Anyway, the reason I looked this up in the first place is that the drive just feels slow. For example, I've been playing Skyrim off of my 2Tb HDD (which is 7200rpm), and the loading times are ridiculously long (I do run a lot of mods). So I switched it to the SSD to boost performance...and it runs exactly the same. Loading screens are still long, framerate is still mediocre.
So I checked to be sure it was hooked up properly. I have an ASUSTeK mobo, P8Z77-V LK. The SSD is plugged into the grey Intel 6GB port, not the blue ports. In my BIOS, the drives are set to AHCI. I tried setting them to IDE per recommendation of another post, but then the PC won't start (brief blue screen and then reset, then Windows asks me to repair next startup). I've checked the registry edits for msachi and the "Start" value is set to 0. However, the link that suggested changing to AHCI also told me to change something under the "Peripherals" screen, which my ASUS BIOS doesn't seem to have.
So, en toto, I'm completely flummoxed, and I would love the help of anyone! Especially if that person is so familiar with this that you can't even believe I don't know something this simple, haha.
tl;dr: Is my SSD hooked up right? Can I make it faster somehow?
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