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    Good SSD News for Z owners

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by beaups, Nov 21, 2011.

  1. beaups

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    beaups, Nov 21, 2011
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    Haha. I was wondering when this news would reach the Sony forum.

    Finally good news!
     
    namaiki, Nov 21, 2011
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    Will this actually help Z1 owners? Some comments on another forum alluded to the fact that this would only work with newer controllers, and therefore there wouldn't really be any difference/advantage with these new drivers.
     
    superkrad, Nov 21, 2011
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  4. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Newer controllers? Like yet to be released?
     
    namaiki, Nov 21, 2011
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  5. NuShrike

    NuShrike Notebook Guru

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    Doesn't this require updating the Intel OROM? How do we update the OROM on the Z1?
     
    NuShrike, Nov 25, 2011
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  6. pyr0

    pyr0 100% laptop dynamite

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    Let's wait for the new RST driver to be released first.
     
    pyr0, Nov 25, 2011
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    clever_trevor, Nov 26, 2011
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    Great news :)
     
    Ambroos, Nov 26, 2011
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  9. ComputerCowboy

    ComputerCowboy Sony Fanboy

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    I need this, my Intel SSDs don't have GC but they do have TRIM... I haven't noticed any degradation yet... but I am sure it will happen eventually if it leave it like this.
     
    ComputerCowboy, Nov 27, 2011
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  10. crcomp

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    and where to download?
     
    crcomp, Nov 27, 2011
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    pyr0 100% laptop dynamite

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    pyr0, Feb 7, 2012
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  12. Louche

    Louche Purveyor of Utopias

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    Would the new driver with TRIM make a difference compared with the current garbage collection?
     
    Louche, Feb 7, 2012
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  13. pyr0

    pyr0 100% laptop dynamite

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    TRIM is TRIM and this can't hurt performance.
     
    pyr0, Feb 7, 2012
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    Louche Purveyor of Utopias

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    That's all I need to know. I'll download as soon as it's available.
     
    Louche, Feb 7, 2012
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    im not running on raid with my ssd on my Z1, will i still benefit from this?
     
    chroma_cg, Feb 7, 2012
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  16. pyr0

    pyr0 100% laptop dynamite

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    If the new drivers bring performance enhancements yes, but as you are actually using TRIM already, there will be no additional advantage in your case.
     
    pyr0, Feb 7, 2012
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    Sony probably not planning an option rom update?
     
    NuShrike, Aug 16, 2012
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