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    New AHCI Drive

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by iverson333, May 24, 2008.

  1. iverson333

    iverson333 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi There

    Do someone already try to use the new intel matrix storage manager version 8 dated april 2008 available at station-drivers.

    And by the way is a 52mb/s good for a 200gb 7200 hitachi with hdtach on vista x64 Sp1?

    Thanks
     
    iverson333, May 24, 2008
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    Jstn7477 Sam I Am

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    On my two Hitachi 7K200 160GB/16MB drives my burst rate/access times were:
    Drive 1 (Vista Ultimate x86 main drive): 57.8MB/s, 15.6ms
    Drive 2 (Storage): 56.5MB/s, 14.8ms

    Both drives are the same and came with my notebook. Testing was done with HD Tune 2.55, and my notebook has the Intel PM965/ICH8M chipset, and I have not installed the Intel Matrix Storage Manager.

    -J.B.
     
    Jstn7477, May 24, 2008
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    Chrysaor Notebook Consultant

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    I am using 8.0.0.1039 AHCI drivers on XP, and they are working fine. Haven't done comparison benchmarks though.
     
    Chrysaor, May 24, 2008
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    Seems to be slower than the official one (ver. 7.8 I believe) on my Samsung 320G 5400RPM. Averages at 48-49MB/s while the stock driver gives me 50-52MB/s.
     
    rahx, May 25, 2008
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    iverson333 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes but this driver enables you to use write caching and enable high performance for the hard disks whereas with the official one you can't..

    btw my hard drive is a hitavhi 200gb 7200 rpm so does it means that my average read is slow?
     
    iverson333, May 25, 2008
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    @ rahx where did you get these cool banners from? i've been looking all over for them :(
     
    Lynched, May 25, 2008
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    iverson333 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys how can you use the imsm 8 as when i installed it over he previous version it detect the chipset and installed fine but bsod on restart.
    from a cold boot no bsod and the loading is way faster.
    Does it works only in new install ?

    Thanks

    Iverson333
     
    iverson333, May 25, 2008
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    rahx Notebook Consultant

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    Not to bring this thread off topic but the system wouldn't allow me to send you PM, so here goes: http://www.userbars.be/
     
    rahx, May 25, 2008
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    Your speed is about right, it's just 320G > 200G in terms of platter density, hence the transfer rate.

    Hmmm... I don't notice any performance boost with the new drivers, although it does seem to stabilize the readings from hdtune, while the official drivers give me extremely fluctuated curves... but that could just be a Vista thing...
     
    rahx, May 25, 2008
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    On Dell 1720 the new driver ver. 8.2 on 64-bit Vista makes laptop noticeably faster when you enable write caching and advanced perfomance. I recall thread where some "specialist" insisted these two options are not remembered though actually enabled. So much for urban expert I guess. He keeps mum now.
     
    a75user, May 31, 2008
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