The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Question about Intel RST Driver mSATA

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by StormShadow, May 27, 2011.

  1. StormShadow

    StormShadow Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    84
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Hi there

    Just got my new T520 (will do review soon!) I'm loving it

    I installed an 80 gig Intel 310 mSATA using Lenovo restore media. Should I install The latest Intel RST driver for the SSD or should I leave it as it is.

    If so how do I go about it? What abut the rapid boot driver?

    Thanks

    Also for those interested I can confirm that the drive is properly aligned using the recovery media and also that it works fine using stock BIOS settings.
     
    StormShadow, May 27, 2011
    #1
  2. LenovoGringo

    LenovoGringo Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    15
    Messages:
    155
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    The RST driver adds TRIM support to certain RAID setups (a SSD and a HDD, not 2 SSDs). You won't gain/lose in performance. I don't know about the rapid boot. You may want to hold off on that until you find confirmation on whether it will work in your setup.
     
    LenovoGringo, May 27, 2011
    #2
  3. Thors.Hammer

    Thors.Hammer Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    982
    Messages:
    5,162
    Likes Received:
    33
    Trophy Points:
    216
    If you are running Windows 7, TRIM is already enabled for the Intel drives. RST is not needed.
     
    Thors.Hammer, May 28, 2011
    #3