Whats your OS? or it could be your cpu degraded since you oc'ed so high
If your PC keep crashing, you should check the windows logs for more info, it records everything that happened to the system.
and make sure to disable automatic reboot when blue screen, so you can find out the BSOD codes code before it reboots.

Sign of bad hdd/ssd are: random blue screen, read/write file extremely slow, the hdd/ssd disappear without warning.
and of course you can see a lot of warning/error related to "disk" appear on the windows log.

So you should be able to boot using AHCI mode , choose in your bios. I believe previously booting in this mode will cause it to restart the second it reaches the windows boot logo.

Yup, the registry is for AHCI. Then theoretically it should be able to boot in AHCI (in BIOS) as well.

In Windows 7 environment:
It's always recommended to to do fresh installation in IDE mode and subsequently enable AHCI in regsitry then in BIOS.

guys, for the AHCI setting, do i do it before migrating HDD to SSD or after?

Depending on setup, for desktop normally I recommend it to be done after installation of OS into SSD. For laptop, AHCI is set as default in BIOS.

thanks.

Windows 7 already include AHCI driver, so you can directly install in AHCI mode and not messing around with registry setting.

i do it right after i plug in my ssd (no OS yet) into my pc. just go do bios and enable it, after that reboot, you will see a screen where the AHCI drivers are loaded (diff mobo may vary). then i only install the OS

and again for those who wanna use/change to Win 8, the registry value is StorAHCI

This post has been edited by ZeneticX: Nov 26 2012, 04:19 PM

installed ssd in my laptop. yeah AHCI is already enabled in my windows 7, and AHCI is already selected in my BIOS so i dont really have to do anything right?

btw, i bought intel 330 180GB at jayacom for RM405

Quite dilemma rite now... Crucial M4 256GB, Intel 335 240GB or others? Need advice on SSD's choice, currently which is the best bang for buck? Heard bad rumors that Intel 335 doesn't worth the money..

This post has been edited by Glabros: Nov 26 2012, 10:36 PM

try samsung SSD 830 series..I think it better than other brands..

Question from newbie in ssd:

1. Is it common these days to buy a new notebook and instantly replace with SSD ?

2. The original harddisk comes inside the notebook has a hidden partition where it stores the COMPLETE windows/drivers/softwares for re-installation purpose in the event when u need to perform fresh installation of Windows.
After we replace it with SSD and clone it, will this partition also bulat-bulat exist in the new SSD ??

@chinkw1,

For me, I replaced them straight away. You can feel hell lot of different experience after going to SSD.

Do not clone the existing HD, reinstall the OS on the SSD. No point wasting your precious space with unneeded stuff.

After physically replace the HD with SSD, how to fresh install Windows to SSD from HD (hidden partition) ?

Fresh install.

Install directly from CD, reactivate your Windows using the original key, install drivers and you're done.

Btw, you wont have your hidden partition anymore because it's on your old HDD.

You don't need it, just bunch of crappy utilities inside.

But nowadays, when we buy new notebook, they no longer give CD.
They only put the stuffs in the hidden partition in the HD...

Check if your notebook comes with installation DVD, if not, check if you could create an installation DVD from the recovery software. Most recovery software has someway to create installation DVD. If else failed, you may want to download the OS image file from Microsoft server, you may need to use phone-in to do reactivation.

This post has been edited by wiraone: Nov 27 2012, 07:31 PM

No need
Just install you OS in AHCI mode since Windows 7 have in built AHCI driver

External SSD, where I can find it?

errr....is it possible?? cpu degraded? summore im using WC,the temp not so high....

btw, how to check window log? where i can find it?