Posts by Memristor

So I finally got it to work with some modded Nvidia drivers from Fernando from NforceHQ (http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/win7-vista-optimized-nforce-driver-packs-t70915.html). Just download and unpack the drivers for your chipset and...

I'm at it again, this time with Windows 8 pro 32bit. The basic installation of Win8 went well and trim seems to work. But the SSD drive still runs with the standard Microsoft ide drivers and it's pretty slow compared to Win7 with the...

Yes, the original driver from Microsoft runs in compatibility mode only and does not support Nvidia's Ultra DMA 6 mode.

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Here are some ATTO and AS SSD benchmarks after one week of use.   ATTO Benchmark with MS IDE Driver before upgrading to Nvidia Driver:     ATTO Benchmark with NVIDIA nForce3 Parallel ATA Controller driver...

Thanks, I updated the story with another picture and some information on Windows 7 TRIM which by the way works flawless with this setup. If I have some more time next week I'll add some benchmarks. The only issue I have is that the...

Quote: Originally Posted by qhn  Allow me to pick your brain again - 1.8" SSD: can the ZIF format be used as well? cheers ... Theoretically this should work as well with the following ZIF to micro SATA adapter....

Quote: Originally Posted by qhn  Another question: I noticed that some manufacturers offer SSDs with 44-pin drives. Would this be the same as your set up concerns? cheers ... I updated my guide to include above...

Picture added. Regarding the 44-pin PATA SSD's: There are several issues with these drives. 1. All the PATA SSD drives I checked out come with an old SSD controller that does not support TRIM or wear leveling. Above Vertex 2...

I have this old HP Pavilion zv5000z notebook laying around for a couple of years and since it still worked flawless I didn't want to throw it out. I decided to test what a modern SSD drive could do to improve the performance of this...