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    My dv8t seems to be in IDE mode. How do I put it in AHCI?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by ricksaint, Sep 22, 2011.

  1. ricksaint

    ricksaint Notebook Consultant

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    Yesterday, I installed a Crucial M4 SSD in my dv8t. However, I noticed practically no performance improvement over the hybrid Momentus XT that was in it. I think I may have found out the reason why.

    I wanted to upgrade the firmware in the SSD, but to do so, as per the guide, I needed to set the mode temporarily to IDE. Indeed, the SSD is visible to the update program only in IDE mode. I did the update this morning and it worked. That means the computer was already in IDE mode!

    Is there a way to definitely find out which mode it's in? If it's IDE, how do I change it to AHCI?
     
    ricksaint, Sep 22, 2011
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Could you take a screenshot of AS SSD benchmark? It should tell you if the SSD is aligned and also what driver is being used.
     
    namaiki, Sep 22, 2011
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    I did a clean install on the brand new unformatted SSD. I would think that Windows 7 took care of the alignment?
    As for the driver, all it says is that it's a Microsoft driver.
    AS SSD benchmark coming up.
     
    ricksaint, Sep 22, 2011
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    iaStor should mean that you are in AHCI mode as far as I know.
     
    namaiki, Sep 22, 2011
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    Are these good numbers for an SSD, especially the 4K ones?

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    ricksaint, Sep 22, 2011
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    I believe the M4 is suppose to be getting roughly twice those numbers
     
    Svegetto, Sep 23, 2011
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