Need some help with an SSD issue:

I switched from IDE to AHCI mode in BIOS and my Windows 7 startup time went from ~20 seconds to over a minute.  Can anyone help me figure out what's up with that?

System specs:

3.2Ghz AMD Phenom II X4 955
Asus M4A88T-M/USB3
2 x 2GB Kingston PC1333
Asus GTX460 1GB DDR5 256-bit
60GB OCZ SSD Agility 2
150GB WD VelociRaptor 10k RPM





SSD was originally set to IDE in the BIOS.  I updated the firmware to the latest (1.37), edited the registry then switched from IDE to AHCI in the BIOS (kept blue-screening before I edited the registry).  After that, it detected and installed the AHCI drivers, but startup time was a lot slower. 

WEI only went from 6.9 to 7.1, and there was only a minor improvement when I ran the benchmarks (screenshots are under AHCI mode).

Any ideas/suggestions?

ur port is SATA 2..

if health below 100% what does it mean? any bad sector formed?

will any data lost if health is not 100%?

lol...... 1min+
This is the answer.

And remember, dun panic..

Any ideas/suggestions?

Added to the user list. Enjoy your SSD while it's still good.

thinking about buying ssd in the coming weeks. any recommended model, spec? and best price in lowyat. TQ

Try to use AHCI driver from AMD, http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/wind..._windows.aspx#2
you are currently using the default Microsoft AHCI driver.

thanks for your recommendation, around 120 gb would be enough i guess. what about corsair ssd? why no one recommend that here?

The Corsairs that are readily available here are using Sandforce controller. So I guess no one dare to recommend it  . Mostly going for the more reliable Marvell based controller, but for the Corsair (marvell based) need to import and the price is on the high side.
BTW TS add me to the user list

tskhang | Crucial M4 | 128GB x 2 | RAID-0
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tskhang | Plextor M3S | 128GB
tskhang | Intel X-25M G2 | 160GB

anyone here tried SanDisk SSD before?

http://www.sandisk.com/products/ssd/sata/s.../?capacity=64GB
what controller does it use?

saw someone selling at garage sale, price seems ok..

using sandforce controller....

Planning to get one 100~GB hard disk.
I think better go for marvel controller much better.
Anyone have suggestion? ^^

Thanks for the advice.  I did as you suggested and installed the AMD AHCI driver.  Boot time is back down to ~20 seconds, but when I check Device Manager, no AHCI controller appears there anymore: