Any news about Crucial BX100? Planning to get 250gb one if the price is good.

finally. the second fix (hopefully the final one) to cure the slow read bug of old data in 840 evo by samsung is on the way.

further reads:
http://www.techspot.com/news/60362-samsung...ic-refresh.html
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Storage/Samsu...w-Finally-Fixed

Sifu, I installed my windows on my Intel 530. So far so good.

But recently I can't search any Windows update, nor update my windows security center. Yesterday I was playing Dota 2 (installed in the same ssd) and it just suddenly hang and I power off it and now when I start up my pc. It only goes to Windows repair and end up a black screen with my mouse cursor.

Can I say if ssd causes this and can I rma it only with the ssd and receipt? I lost the box..

er what made you think it's the issue caused by ssd, and not os- or software- or other hardware-related?

i believe you can do rma with the ssd and receipt only. (not sure because i never do rma before)

HI it's just my suspect, I had done clean format just now. The windows seem to be not bootable (my motherboard can detect the sad though) and leave blank black after the windows logo

If it's software I don't think I can't boot even after clean format

blank black screen? may i know your pc's specs? which windows version is this?

so now the ssd contains only os that was not yet personalized?

Windows 8.1 Pro student edition Bukan pirate
Intel xeon 1231 v3
Gigabyte h97n WiFi
Gigabyte 7970 gc
8gb ram
650W psu

Yup it only contain the os which I didn't ever boot into it yet..
Black screen is after the windows logo and the loading, after the windows logo is gone. My screen just left nothing.

One thing to note is about my ssd before I format. From what I see before I format, it shows 11x gb of free space where my sad capacity is only 120gb. This is totally impossible because I have my system and games inside...

Very headache now haihs

the os installation is uefi or legacy bios mode? it sounded like uefi issue to me. can you check in the bios if the first boot order is windows boot manager or something else?

if all failed maybe you can try to use commandline diskpart to clean up all partitions and start over.

I am not sure about the os installation but what i found from my motherboard is I ticked "uefi and legacy"
I just used diskpart to clean up and reinstalling Windows again.. Hope it works

BTW I found out that Intel ssd has a very good aluminium finish at the front plate. But back plate is like a lot of scratches and imperfect finish. Is it common to all ssd? I know it won't affect the performance but it looks ugly imo

if you used diskpart, the system partitions with previous uefi settings will be removed so you should be good. normally i do diskpart clean to get rid of everything in the os drive before a fresh install, it's the least problematic (well, like none)

ah it's just cosmetic haha some of mine are scratched also. (different brands) as long as the internals are intact i am all good

hello guys, i'm new to this thread and interested to get my first SSD

so i have two SSD in my sight, the Kingston HyperX Fury and Liteon 900S

i was looking at this seller's thread here: sale

it seems the price for 240GB for both of them doesn't differ much (only RM10)

which is better in your opinion sifus? i'm going to purchase one soon

nice. it seemed the price is still pre-gst. maybe you should check with the seller first.

these two should do well in general use/gaming. i will go for liteon s900 mainly because it has faster read speed, higher iops, and its controller can handle incompressible data better, and it's MYR 10.00 cheaper hehe

i am not sure why kingston still use the old sandforce-2281 controller in hyperx fury.

this happened to crucial before, now it's here again. this time it's mx100.

http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Crucial-SSDs/M...mes/td-p/158815
http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Crucial-SSDs/F...100/td-p/165974

whenever a ssd is popular it tends to have more issues (maybe because they are exposed to far more variety of systems and usage)

I'm new to SSD and first time buying one, should I go for Liteon 900s 256gb or Samsung 850 evo 250gb, 850 has many good reviews all over the net like Amazon, while 900s seems very popular here plus it's cheaper

if you have money go for samsung 850 evo..bcoz i own 2 of samsund drive..
but both of them are 840 PRO..no issues until now

liteon s900 has a very good price-performance ratio. for general use/gaming, it's good enough.

since 2 years ago, most sata-based ssds have reached the limit of sata bandwidth. that means almost all mainstream ssds have similar speeds. compared to samsung 850 evo, liteon s900 is considered being 'slower' on paper. however for common usage, i bet you will never feel the differences between the two. the same applies to mainstream vs. performance ssds like 840 pro within the scope of common usage.

for sata drives, i suggest you go for mainstream with higher capacity instead.

edit: liteon s900 uses mlc synchronous nand from toshiba. when you have to choose between mlc and tlc, get mlc. when you have to choose between synchronous and asynchronous nand, get synchronous. nand flash is the most expensive component in a ssd. you should get the highest physical quality nand possible with the same amount of money.

This post has been edited by horns: Apr 21 2015, 08:45 AM

Guys, I'm planning to buy a 256 gb ssd. Which is the cheapest but still considered good?

liteon s900 256gb. it's the only decent one that is below MYR 400.00 for 240gb range currently.

This post has been edited by horns: Apr 22 2015, 06:41 PM

Liteon S900 256GB, price/performance ratio are best bang for bucks.

update: samsung magician 4.6 is out, but you cannot get it now for some reasons :/

Magician version 4.6 features a number of improvements over version 4.5:
- New model support : 850 EVO mSATA, 850 EVO M.2
- Advanced Performance Optimization feature for 840 EVO; New firmware is required to use Advanced Performance Optimization
- Update Magician GUI and Help file

edit: it's up applied the firmware update (only for sata version, not msata version), then the advanced performance feature will appear. when you run the advanced performance feature, it's best to leave the machine alone. everything will become slow during the optimization process.

it will take some time to complete.

This post has been edited by horns: Apr 23 2015, 05:31 PM