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    Intel 510 issues need help

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by jeff1304, May 14, 2011.

  1. jeff1304

    jeff1304 Notebook Geek

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    ok so i have a intel 510 120gb brand new in a brand new m17x r3 i just got today. it seems to be running slow i updated all the drivers and everything the ssd is in hardrive slot 0 due to the fact i couldn't change the boot order for it to boot from 1 first instead. i do have ACHI enabled as well. any help would be nice


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    also on ssd life it lists at 100%
     
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    John566 Notebook Consultant

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    It is because you have it in Bay 0. You need it in Bay 1. Not sure why you can't change the boot order. My 510 is running great in Bay 1 and getting speeds almost double yours. I'm also running mine in RAID mode with a 750GB HDD in Bay 0 for media storage.
     
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    Yeah I agave tried pressing enter and using arrows and everything but it won't le me change it when I press up an down it just changes the highlight and when I try to do left and right it jus changes pages. But il try changing to raid. Any suggestions about the bios ?
     
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