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    Alienware owners with Samsung PM800 SSD - TRIM now available!

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by 5150Joker, Dec 22, 2009.

  1. deedee2003

    deedee2003 Newbie

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    Hi all, I have a problem with SSD from M17X10, I dont know what to do with my ssd.
    I have the AHCI option enabled from bios, windows is installed with this option on.
    When the hdd was almost empty I had writings speeds of 20Mb/s, now its even worse.
    Any help would be apreciated

    http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/3433/ssdcrap.png
     
    deedee2003, Jan 3, 2012
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  2. dave-p

    dave-p Notebook Deity

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    I would try a secure erase and -reinstall windows again

    if that does not fix it, it maybe RMA time
     
    dave-p, Jan 4, 2012
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  3. steved271

    steved271 Newbie

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    Can anyone confirm if this solution will work for the PM810 supplied with Dell Lattitude, I have Created the USb Bootable and put the firmware on the Stick... the reason i need to do this is because I claimed on my insurance for a new laptop but they allowed me to keep it as beyond repair, The drive is recognised in my desktop but will not initialze, Possibly because its Not a dell Board???....... I am not worried about losing the data..... but would like to be able to use this drive in my desktop... Cheers for any feedback
     
    steved271, Feb 19, 2012
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  4. dave-p

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    ther should be a firmawae for your PM810 on the samsung website or the Dell site if it came supplied with a Dell laptop. Then you would see any firmware updates listed for the model of laptop it was installed in.

    They are done my model part number and firmware revision.

    it should work on any computer. but a secure erase maybe what you need to try.
     
    dave-p, Feb 20, 2012
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  5. dellienware owner

    dellienware owner Notebook Evangelist

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    mine is being controlled by nvidia dso i need to update through nvida or grab this update
     
    dellienware owner, Feb 29, 2012
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  6. dave-p

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    SSD updates come from the manufacter of the SSD or is it is a OEM drive Such as the Dell SSD Drives, NVIDIA is a chipset maker, so you would not update the SSD drive with a NVIDIA update.

    To secure erase a SSD drive you either a SSD tools program that is sometime supplied by various vendors, or you can do it using linux tools.

    here is a linik from one site that I used for several different SSD drives, it works great.

    Guide Secure Erase From Within Linux For Windows Users
     
    dave-p, Mar 1, 2012
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  7. malkie0831

    malkie0831 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I know this is an old thread, but there is still much detailed info in here for Dell SSD users.

    I have an XPS1645 with a 256G Samsung SSD that had old firmware on it that did NOT support trim. I have now used the files linked above and successfully updated it and now it DOES support trim. I only did this when I had decided it needed a reload anyway, the speeds don't radically different now, and even after 2 years the drive had not significantly slowed, so I guess the garbage collection was doing it's stuff, but now has trim so should be even better going forward.

    Thanks to all the contributors to this thread that helped me find this firmware.
     
    malkie0831, Apr 10, 2012
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  8. YiZuSc

    YiZuSc Newbie

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    Hi there i have read the entire thread, but i can't manage to work TRIM to the VBM1AH1Q firmware of my MMCRE28G5MXP-0VBH1 128 GB.
    It still says "No supported SSD(s) detected for firmware download" while trying to get the second option in the samsung update tool
     
    YiZuSc, May 24, 2012
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  9. dave-p

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    u may have to try flashing on a differnt computer, or different sata port.

    Typically flashing software looks at Port 0

    Also make sure the Sata port is set to either AHCI or IDE mode.
     
    dave-p, May 28, 2012
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  10. YiZuSc

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    thank you dave-p for your reply, i have checked settings and tried 2 differents computers, desktop and notebook, and the same message "No supported SSD(s) detected for firmware download" appears,
     
    YiZuSc, Jun 23, 2012
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