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    HELP - Vaio TX, New SSD, vista constant errors

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by jmagnuss, Nov 27, 2009.

  1. jmagnuss

    jmagnuss Newbie

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    I recently upgraded my Vaio TX to a RunCore 128G ZIF SSD drive, and for about a week it worked great (I'll post more about that separately). Now however, I get constant errors. Desktop window manager (dwm.exe) keeps getting killed by data execution prevention, chrome crashes all the time, explorer is giving me problems, system things like the IP Helper Service are crashing as well. It doesn't seem possible to get a stable process running.

    What's going on? The problems are pretty widespread.
     
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    jmagnuss Newbie

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    I tried looking in the event viewer for hard disk errors, but it won't start, says "the pipe state is invalid". My whole system is really unstable now. I'll have to switch back to the old hard disk if I can't figure this out.

    Thanks!
     
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    Did you do a clean install on your new SSD, or did you mirror your old hard drive onto your SSD?
     
    MidnightSun, Nov 27, 2009
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    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    Also, how full is your SSD? Are you able to install Intel Rapid Storage Technology drivers on your system?

    davepermen noticed quite a difference in his 'old' mtron installation.

    Oh, what O/S?
     
    tilleroftheearth, Nov 27, 2009
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    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    which version of the runcore do you have? i hope it's not one which still has jmicron in it?! because they would suck. only the newest (v5?) has a good one (indilinx) in.
     
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    I mirrored my old drive. I have the V4 I think, they don't have the latest versions in he ZIF interface.
     
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    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    should be indilinx..

    try a clean installation if you can..

    hope it's not faulty that thing. i don't like runcore. i have one that that failed in the first gb of formatting
     
    davepermen, Nov 27, 2009
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    CharlesS Notebook Guru

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    Did you install any software or Vista updates after the SSD upgrade ?

    I recently installed a PhotoFast 64Gb G-Monster V2 SSD into a TX670 running XP SP3 and so far it has been working well...
     
    CharlesS, Nov 28, 2009
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