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    T410, SSD Samsung 840 Pro and Windows XP

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by francescop, Jul 25, 2013.

  1. francescop

    francescop Newbie

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    Hi, I have a Lenovo T410 corporate with Windows XP Professional sp3 and I cannot upgrade to a newer OS version.
    I changed the traditional HD with a Samsung SSD 840 Pro 256GB, but the performance is very, very, very poor: only 60Mb/sec instead of 550Mb/sec of 840 Pro.

    I know that T410 contain a Sata2 controller, so my expectation is max 230Mb/sec.
    I know that Trim function is not supported with Windows XP, but SSD is new and empty for 85%.
    I just enabled AHCI function into BIOS before installing OS, so it is correctly recognized from Windowx XP.
    I used Samsung Magician 4.1 utility to optimize OS and SSD.
    I updated driver for Intel 5 Series Sata AHCI Controller to the last available from Lenovo support site.
    SSD Firmware version is the last available from Magician and from Samsung support site.

    I tried the same T410 with an SSD OCZ Vertex 4 256GB and the performance are correctly 230Mb/sec due to Sata2 controller. So the problem is on the combination of SSD 840 Pro and Windows XP.

    Do you have ideas? Thanks
     
    francescop, Jul 25, 2013
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  2. A1X

    A1X Notebook Consultant

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    Is your partition properly aligned?
     
    A1X, Jul 26, 2013
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  3. ajkula66

    ajkula66 Courage and Consequence

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    Was the aforementioned Vertex loaded with the same version of XP that is giving you grief on the 840?

    Have you tested the 840 in another machine?
     
    ajkula66, Jul 26, 2013
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  4. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    You need to make the install partition with either a Vista or Windows 7 disc so that the partition is in proper alignment, then install Windows XP. The XP disc can't do the alignment. You can download a Windows 7 disc in the Windows forum.
     
    ZaZ, Jul 27, 2013
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