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    m14x SSD Problem

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by red1ty1, Jun 22, 2012.

  1. red1ty1

    red1ty1 Newbie

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    I have an Alienware M14x r1 and i just bought an OCZ Agility 3 SSD. With reads of 500mb/s and writes of 500mb/s or so. Im on BIOS a08 and i know its sata 2 but when i use crystal disk mark i only get max reads of 198mb/s and writes of 198mb/s.

    I have a second hdd in a caddy but its forced to sata 150 so i have 0 problems with that drive.

    I downgraded to bios a05 and i couldnt ever get windows to boot and i was getting either freezes or bsod's.

    So is there anything i can do, to get faster speeds? or a fix if i go to bios a05 (which i would really like to)

    ok so i downgraded/updated to a08 modded with sata 3 bios. And everything works fine no crashes no problems at all, its amaxing. and here are my results. Wow this is great

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    CC268 Notebook Evangelist

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    umm where did you find this modded bios....please post it as I am getting Sata II speeds and have no idea how to fix it...
     
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    CC268, Jun 22, 2012
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  3. doniGforce

    doniGforce Notebook Geek

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    moded a8 with sata3?? could you give a link. i have gt555 (gf116 version) and I can only use a8 with sata2 :( (samsung 830 ssd) that would be awsome
     
    doniGforce, Jun 22, 2012
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  4. red1ty1

    red1ty1 Newbie

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    Ok, so im having problems booting windows, and i got a bsod a couple of minutes ago. So its not stable...... but here is the link. I am trying some other stuff to try to get it to work, i will come back later with more details if i can get it fixed


    M14x R1 - BIOS A08 with SATA fix
     
    red1ty1, Jun 22, 2012
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  5. CC268

    CC268 Notebook Evangelist

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    Dang...well maybe a stable release will come out...I would really like to fix this issue
     
    CC268, Jun 22, 2012
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  6. doniGforce

    doniGforce Notebook Geek

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    upgraded myself to this bios :) samsung 830 stable for now at sata3 thanks red1ty. also aded ea thread bassed at your post to let people now it's now available.
     
    doniGforce, Jun 23, 2012
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    CC268 Notebook Evangelist

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    Yea I did it and it worked perfectly, results are amazing, I posted a thread with a title to make sure anyone else experiencing this issues knows there is a fix, giving proper thanks to red1ty1 and svl7 over at TechInferno. It is something that really should be stickied as it is very useful
     
    CC268, Jun 23, 2012
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  8. Rogeliocenit

    Rogeliocenit Notebook Enthusiast

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    YEAAAHH!!! SATA III speed!!

    [​IMG]

    No problems for the moment. Runs excellent. :D

    Alienware M14x R1

    Intel i7 2670QM

    Dell SSD ( Samsung PM830 256gb OEM, SATA III)

    NVIDIA GeForce gt555m 3gb "GF116 chip"
     
    Rogeliocenit, Jun 25, 2012
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