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r835-p89 disk controller/driver issue?

Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by wel51x, Jul 20, 2012.

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I recently upgraded from a Fujitsu Lifebook lh531 to this brand-spanking new Toshiba Portege machine.

I installed a Corsair GT240 ssd on the Fujitsu and saw my ATTO Disk Benchmark go from roughly 80K R/W (roughly!) to roughly 525K. What a screamer!!

Imagine my SHOCK then when I did the same to the Portege and saw it go from 80K to ONLY 225K.

I also copied roughly 42gb from c: to d:. It took ~5 mins wall clock time on the Fujitsu and ~12 mins on the Portege.

Does anyone have any idea as to how I might rectify this? Or am I hosed (eh)?

This pretty MAJOR!

wel51x, Jul 20, 2012

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alexUW Notebook Virtuoso

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Your not going to be happy, but the Sandy Bridge Porteges are BIOS limited to SATA II speeds [would need a BIOS to enable SATA III speeds, why was this done? I have no idea...].
Nothing can be done to attain SATA III speeds unless Toshiba releases a BIOS to address the issue [they have hinted they might, but we have yet to see it].

Good luck and keep us posted with any updates.

alexUW, Jul 21, 2012

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Thanks. I just posted a request here and at digitallife to see if there is a hacked BIOS around.

wel51x, Aug 13, 2012

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