Your Samsung SSD might not compatible with your machine. Does it work good on another machine? By the way not that much peopel use Samsung SSD. I am thinking to buy a SSD for my machine too, I'd better get Crucial M4 or Intel. It seems people have less issues when they use these two kinds of SSD.

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Hi,

i get my W520 last week with an normal SATA 500 GB Drive, at home i changed it to a Samsung Series 830 SSD SATA III (256GB) and install windows 7 64bit pro via recovery media.

 

I was wondering, startup was taking very long .... from starting windows to the logon screen 1.45 minutes ... Now i tried a new recovery, same issue, tested the harddisk which is in good state.

 

I changed back to the 500GB Drive, startup take only 30 seconds around....

 

Are there any known issues?

 

Best Wishes

 

Markus

 

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1. Have You installed Intel RST (Rapid Storeage Technology) drivers?

2. I suggest setting the BIOS Startup Mode to Diagnostics. This will give you an ide of where the slow down occurs.

With my Intel 510 SSD there is a 40 second delay during the "Thinkvantage Active Protection System Sensor Diagnostics"

Hi heberth:

I noticed that your machine is BIOS 1.34, has 1.34 been posted?

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Hi heberth:

 

I noticed that your machine is BIOS 1.34, has 1.34 been posted?

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Yes:

http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/W-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/W520-BIOS-1-34-is-out-21-Nov-2011/td-p/600143

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wrote:

 

i get my W520 last week with an normal SATA 500 GB Drive, at home i changed it to a Samsung Series 830 SSD SATA III (256GB) and install windows 7 64bit pro via recovery media.

 

Markus

 

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Do you have a Windows 7 x64 DVD so you can do a clean install?  Highly recommended.

Hi,

hope to catch all questions and some additional Information :)

1. RST is installed

2. BIOS 1.34

3. latest Lenovo Updates are all installed

4. latest Windows Updates are all installed

5. Clean Install i have tried, but first startup has shown the same issue

6. Tried the SSD via main bay and via multibay

7. checked BIOS for AHCI Mode

8. switched to Diagnostic mode (where can i view the report, machine goes driectly further in Booting windows)?

Machine Type is 42844MG

Core i7-2860QM (2.50GHz), 16GB RAM, 500GB 7200rpm HD, 15.6in FullHD LED BL 1920x1080 + Colorimeter, 2GB nVidia Quadro 2000M, CDRW/DVDRW, Intel 6300AGN Wireless, Modem, Bluetooth, UMTS, 1GB Ethernet, UltraNav, Secure chip, Fingerprint reader, Kamera, 9c Li-Ion, Windows 7 Professional (64-Bit)

What speaks again Samsung SSD's, at the moment it is the fastest SDD on the market and so far i've seen no bad rewiews.

I can't find any thread with same (SSD and problem) ... i have seen some SSD issues in another community thread, but not with same symtoms. I don't know where to locate, at the SSD, at W520, whereeever.

Best Wishes

Markus

Suggestions:

1. Install Intel SSD Toolbox (not sure if it works wiht non-Intel SSDs) and run the optimization manager and the diagnostic scan:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=18455

2. Check this thread:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2206374