60GB Pro (Win7) Installation

[pistolhero]

Hello, I recently bought the 60GB Pro SSD from newegg.. got it and my brand new Obsidian 800D case (pretty sweet, awesome if gskill ever goes that direction 'case building') A side note.. it does NOT work with the hot swap bay interface of the machine, which wasn't a huge deal remove back panel and ran the wires through same route reguardless.

Now that I got the history out of the way here is my issue. I installed Win Vista 64-bit OEM version fresh onto the drive. Upgraded immediately to Win7 64-bit OEM (Upgrade package deal at newegg awhile back). Since then I read the common tweaks etc, and changed all of my configurations and don't notice a difference at all really.. but my computer was fast to begin with so I thought nothing of it. However, the biggest part.. switching to "AHCI" mode from "IDE" in my BIOS.. causes a blue screen of death.. then I reset my BIOS settings it instantly boots up.

What approach should I take to make sure I am optimizing the performance of my SSD? I was a bit overwhelmed seeing I got my brand new case the same day and spent 5 hours moving my rig and my SSD configuration wasn't at the forefront of thought at the time as I rushed to get my OS on my system. (Broke my IDE input it seems during MB transfer so my CD-ROM wouldn't work.. I have ordered a SATA drive)

It has been an ordeal and I have everything working, except my SSD is not the "amazing fast you won't believe its the same computer" results. I very seriously doubt it is the quality of the product as every gskill product I have bought exceeds the competition. Instead I know I am at fault, which is fine.

Shall I wipe my SSD and reinstall my OS AFTER I setup "AHCI" mode? Or would there be an alternative reason I have system instability (BSOD) when I boot now that my OS is setup? Is there any way to fix this without reinstalling my OS?

System Specs:
MB: ASRock P55 Extreme LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard
Processor: Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor BX80605I5750
SSD: G.SKILL Phoenix Pro Series FM-25S2S-60GBP2 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
RAM Set 1: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL
RAM Set 2: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL
RAM FAN: G.SKILL FTB-3500C6-S Fans
GPU: GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-1GI GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

(Included mostly all of my system specs to be throughout for any known complications)

Thanks in advance!

[nikldan]

I am far from being an expert but I do believe that you will get the best results if you first enable AHCI in BIOS before installing OS to fresh drive.

[Wales]

Try this steps
1. SSD Connection to motherboard E-SATA port
2. BIOS => Storage
SATA operation [AHCI]
ESATAII operation [IDE]
3. Into Windows Install IRST driver
http://www.station-drivers.com/page/intel%20raid.htm
4. Turn off Power
5. SSD Connection to motherboard SATA port
6. Success or failure

[pistolhero]

Thanks for you responses guys! I will try this after I get off work Wales. Thanks again.

[AJCroteau]

Before you switched from IDE to AHCI, did you do the following:

1 Click Start, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
2 If you receive the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue.
3 Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Msahci

4 In the right pane, right-click Start in the Name column, and then click Modify.
5 In the Value data box, type 0, and then click OK.
6 On the File menu, click Exit to close Registry Editor.

If you installed windows 7 using IDE mode, in order for it to work in AHCI, you must do this... otherwise, you will bluescreen on load because windows 7 is still expecting IDE mode...

Other than that, i installed Windows 7 in IDE mode, then switched to AHCI and my performance is either on par or better than what others have been posting...

AJ

[Ranxerox]

I also have Corsair Obsidian 800D and one Phoenix Pro SSD 60 Gb and not recognize the disc in hot swap bay interface of the machine.

Receive my best regards

[pistolhero]

Thanks AJ! Thats what I was hoping to hear it was a registry change but couldn't find more info online. I will keep everyone posted on how it goes later.