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    Crucial M4 Slow Speeds?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Agent CoolBlue, Jan 30, 2012.

  1. Agent CoolBlue

    Agent CoolBlue Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Hi, I am just wondering what I can do to try to get more speed out of my Crucial M4 64GB.

    Here's some background info...

    -Current speeds:
    Sequential Read: 256 MB/s
    Sequential Write: 107 MB/s

    -Have tried tests with both Intel RST installed/uninstalled, didn't make much of a difference either way

    -Bios A08 w/ AHCI setting

    In all benchmarks I have seen online, the drive gets about 500 MB/s read. Should I be worried here?!
     
    Agent CoolBlue, Jan 30, 2012
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  2. pokemon123

    pokemon123 Notebook Consultant

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    Bios A08 limits your speed at SATA 2. To get SATA 3 speed you would need to flash to bios A05 or lower. But there has been a problem of crashing freezing bsod. It's basically unstable.
     
    pokemon123, Jan 30, 2012
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  3. wakkigy

    wakkigy Notebook Enthusiast

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    I think the bigger drives are faster, 64G M4 sounds like about right for speed.
     
    wakkigy, Jan 30, 2012
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  4. custom90gt

    custom90gt Doc Mod Super Moderator

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    You wont get any faster read speeds with A08, it limits the board to SATA II speeds... The read speeds are right for your drive.
     
    custom90gt, Jan 30, 2012
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