w510 very slow ssd

[triex]

i have tried 3 ssds (patriot warp 32g, ocz agility 3 60g, and ocz deneva 240g) in my w510 4318 and the drives are very slow. the system is slower than my original 5400 rpm drive. i reinstalled the system to factory defaults, and tried a clean install. i an running win 7 32 bit. i turned on trim, and tried all the tweaks i could find online. am i missing something or do i need to use a specific ssd on the w510?

[ThorsHammer]

I am not familiar with the controller in those drives, but if it's the same as the Crucial C300, the following instructions may be beneficial:

http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Solid-State-Drives-SSD/Solution-C300-Disk-Freeze-ups-in-Windows-7-solved...

[ExJamJus]

Weird ... I used the Agility 3 60GB on the W520, works fantastic~!

I used the R&R and did a factory recovery disc first then restore it on the Agility 3 ... It works fine ... note that I did not put HDD password on mine.

Have you tried updating the BIOS?

- Another thing you might want to try is to use a OEM Win 7 x64 disk and install it directly on the SSD. Also go to BIOS and change it to AHCI mode.

[Chatbox]

@ ExJamJus , triex's system is a W510.

[ExJamJus]

@Chatbox,

Yeah ... I know ...

[Chatbox]

Sorry, I wasn't sure if you were trying to relate, or just saying your experience.

AHCI in the BIOS?

[harrisb]

Are you cloning the HDD to the SSD or doing a clean install? You also need to insure that the partitions are properly aligned. Where is the original HDD? In the Ultrabay or removed?

[triex]

i did a clean install and the drive is in the drive bay,  a dvd rw is in the ultra bay. i updated the bios to the newest on lenovos site, and also updated the bios for the ssd erase option. the drives are also updated to the newest firmware.

[triex]

my drive uses a sandforce controller so i don't know if it's the same problem but i'll give it a try.

[JDay]

You should do a secure erase of the drive (never format it) since this will fix any alignment issues, and do not use any SSD tweaks with Windows 7 since it automatically optimizes the system for an SSD when installed onto one. Those tweaks are really for older generation SSDs and XP.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/e7/archive/2009/05/05/support-and-q-a-for-solid-state-drives-and.aspx