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    SSD compatibility issue

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by eoinmfoley, Oct 2, 2011.

  1. eoinmfoley

    eoinmfoley Notebook Consultant

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    To those with Intel 510 Series SSDs:

    My SSD and HDD conflict with each other. When the HDD is installed it slows the SSD boot time from 10-12s to about 25-30s and the HDD makes a clicking sound during boot up even though it shouldn't be doing anything. Intel RST shows the SSD working at 6GB/s until after a reboot when it shows it working at 3GB/s.

    When the SSD is installed by itself, boot times are very fast (10-12s) and the drive stays operating at 6GB/s, even after rebooting. It's quite annoying.

    My HDD is a 750GB AWD Scorpio Black 7200rpm.

    Does anyone have an Intel 510 Series SSD and a regular HDD that work together without any problems with speeds or boot times?

    If so, what model is your HDD?

    Thanks for any help.
     
    eoinmfoley, Oct 2, 2011
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  2. mythlogic

    mythlogic Company Representative

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    Hey

    We've done a lot of SSD's with HDD's with them and we've never seen that. If I had to guess you might have a bad HDD I would get that one exchanged and see if that helps your issues.
     
    mythlogic, Oct 2, 2011
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  3. eoinmfoley

    eoinmfoley Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for your reply. When I got the system, the OS was installed on the Scorpio Black drive and it seemed go work perfectly so I thought the HDD was fine. I have another HDD from my old XPS M1730 so I'll throw that in instead of the Scorpio and see how it goes.
     
    eoinmfoley, Oct 2, 2011
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