depending on usage, it could be a better option if the ram cache is sufficient. i do the same to my pcie ssd also.

No bro i never had this message before. I run emet 5.5 too, with max security settings.

I'm not sure of the real cause.

samsung 850 evo is a mainstream ssd. samsung 750 evo is entry-level.

yeah it's ok to enable rapid mode. appreciable difference depends on usage. if it's for common usage, not really. if your ram is precious, you can just turn rapid mode off. i suggest only turn it on if you have at least 12gb of system ram. i only turn it on when i have at least 16gb. (i don't use pagefile also)

right tbh if system ram is sufficient, you will not have any negative effects.

it's ram of course it's that fast hehe

Sandisk SSD Dashboard 1.4.2

http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a...ort-information

Release notes: http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/15576

SanDisk SSD Dashboard software: version 1.4.2, release date: April 4, 2016
New changes since version 1.4.1:
- Fixed bugs related to user interface malfunctions
- Updated S.M.A.R.T. attributes list and values
- Improve the Status Screen information display
- Added support for automatic firmware update on additional SanDisk SSDs

Known Issues:
- Cannot perform firmware update/Secure Erase/Crypto Erase or Sanitize using USB bootable drive if the drive is ULTRA II, X400, or Z400s
- Cannot perform firmware update using USB bootable drive if the drive is connecting to certain USB/SATA adaptor cables
- Cannot detect multiple drives if they are connected to a Silicon Image PCI(e) SATA controller card
- Cannot detect drives if they are connected to a Marvell controller and configured as RAID
- The unsubscribe URL provided at the bottom of all text message alerts (when in the Danish language) that uses the Verizon gateway will have two periods in it; therefore, clicking this will correctly indicate that it is an invalid URL. As a work around, copy the URL, paste it into your browser, edit it by removing the extra period, and submit it. Alternately, open the SanDisk Dashboard, and unsubscribe within it.

it all depends on your budgets. if it's for common usage, entry-level ssd like uv400 should be good enough. i personally will go for 850 evo because of longer warranty period. (have tested m.2 sata variant of 850 evo; not bad)

as for its shelf life, don't worry about it. i have 2x old 840 evo 500gb (planar tlc). after a few years' use (close to 3 years), the tbw is currently about 2tb only (the laptop is used for programming and compiling; running virtual machines. however i do use primocache with deferred writes on).

tbw is 'total bytes written', a guaranteed limit of the amount of data to be written (and get erased) to ssd within valid warranty period.

another measurement for endurance is wpd, or 'drive writes per day', e.g. for a ssd with a capacity of 480gb, 1 wpd means the ssd is guaranteed so that it can be written 480gb of data everyday without fail, within warranty period. my old samsung sm843t 480gb has a random terabytes written endurance of 2wpd for 5 years, which means it can be written 2x 480gb (its sequential terabytes written endurance is 11 wpd for 5 years) it's an enterprise drive built to last (and expensive). seriously you don't need it.

all in all, just don't worry about the lifespan. with proper use, you will not exceed even the consumer ssd limit for many years. (don't use it for torrents; hdd is good enough for that)

personally i think it's worth it to pay myr 90 per year for the additional warranty; plus you can run rapid mode (free ram caching with magician; if you have extra system ram to do this).

kingston ssd tool doesn't provide ram caching afaik.

it's just my personal preference. if you don't need long warranty or ram cache, you probably can just save 180 and go for uv400.

nice

check the first page for ssd optimization. disable only things that you think you don't need. for new os like w10 a lot of things have been taken care of automatically, including the part in optimize drives dialog (ssd will be detected as ssd and defragmentation will be replaced by issuing trim command instead)

If it's for optimizing ssd in optimize drives dialog, you dont need to turn it off.

Yes i remove most apps in w10 too, and i turn off the background thing is settings. Never click on any of them before. Extra ram is always a good thing

Sandisk extreme ii is also a good chocie. Honestly, as long as it's normal computing, these mainstream drives will work well

yeah with fastboot on, it's that fast. i am ok without it.

as long as it's sufficient 8gb is fine. however i think the current optimal is 16gb. software do make use of ram to enhance much better user experience.

Yeah it's better to invest it if you use it frequently

imo the optimal system setup for current personal computing consists of:

1. 1x sata ssd, at least 240gb;
2. 1x hdd (mainly for data storage);
3. 16gb ram.

This setup is affordable these days. You can use it for quite some time for normal use. When it gets too old, just convert it to storage server at home.

right if you are going to use freenas, the recommended minimum is 16gb ram. (bare minimum is 8gb)

yeah i tried on transcend and samsung ssds with their migration tools. they're pretty straight forward. i did defrag and then resize the os partition to fit into the ssd before the migration.

try use intel sata port. by right there is nothing to do except what you have done and connect it to intel sata port for better performance. (that's what i remembered when i did clean install with w7 usb stick, both in legacy and uefi mode)

to test like others said just use it as storage drive and see if it's detected. btw what's the error message / code? also, maybe try update bios just in case.

hehe ok as long it's working

Micron Storage Executive Version 3.30.022016.10

https://www.micron.com/products/solid-state...cutive-software

This software allows you to update the firmware of the SSD Micron, view useful information about the system (physical memory/virtual available, OS, IP address, etc.), view details of SSD (total capacity/available model, serial number, interface type, firmware, driver, health, etc.).

To consult SMART monitoring data, erasing the SSD (Sanitize) or remove the encryption keys (PSID Revert). This software uses a web interface but can also be executed in the command line interface (msecli.exe).

Supported OS: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 - 32/64 bit.

Software Storage Executive (SE) supported Solid-State Drive (SSD) Micron:

Micron 1100 256 Mo (MTFDDAK256TBN), 1100 256 Mo (MTFDDAV256TBN), 1100 512 Mo (MTFDDAK512TBN), 1100 512 Mo (MTFDDAV512TBN), 1100 1 To (MTFDDAK1T0TBN), 1100 1 To (MTFDDAV1T0TBN), 1100 2 To (MTFDDAK2T0TBN), 2100, 7100 400 Go (MTFDHAK400MCG), 7100 400 Go (MTFDHBG400MCG), 7100 480 Go (MTFDHAK480MCH), 7100 480 Go (MTFDHBG480MCH), 7100 800 Go (MTFDHAK800MCG), 7100 800 Go (MTFDHBG800MCG), 7100 960 Go (MTFDHAK960MCH), 7100 960 Go (MTFDHBG960MCH), 7100 1600 Go (MTFDHAK1T6MCG), 7100 1920 Go (MTFDHAK1T9MCH), 9100 800 Go (MTFDHAL800MCE), 9100 800 Go (MTFDHAX800MCE), 9100 1200 Go (MTFDHAL1T2MCF), 9100 1200 Go (MTFDHAX1T2MCF), 9100 1600 Go (MTFDHAL1T6MCE), 9100 1600 Go (MTFDHAX1T6MCE), 9100 2400 Go (MTFDHAL2T4MCF), 9100 2400 Go (MTFDHAX2T4MCF), 9100 3200 Go (MTFDHAL3T2MCE), 9100 3200 Go (MTFDHAX3T2MCE), M500 2.5" 120 Go (MTFDDAK120MAV-1AE), M500 2.5" 240 Go (MTFDDAK240MAV-1AE), M500 2.5" 480 Go (MTFDDAK480MAV-1AE), M500 2.5" 960 Go (MTFDDAK960MAV-1AE), M500 mSATA 120 Go (MTFDDAT120MAV-1AE), M500 mSATA 240 Go (MTFDDAT240MAV-1AE), M500 mSATA 480 Go (MTFDDAT480MAV-1AE), M500 M.2 120 Go (MTFDDAV120MAV-1AE), M500 M.2 240 Go (MTFDDAV240MAV-1AE), M500 M.2 480 Go (MTFDDAV480MAV-1AE), M500DC 1.8" 120 Go (MTFDDAA120MBB-2AE1), M500DC 1.8" 240 Go (MTFDDAA240MBB-2AE1), M500DC 1.8" 480 Go (MTFDDAA480MBB-2AE1), M500DC 1.8" 800 Go (MTFDDAA800MBB-2AE1), M500DC 2.5" 120 Go (MTFDDAK120MBB-1AE1), M500DC 2.5" 240 Go (MTFDDAK240MBB-1AE1), M500DC 2.5" 480 Go (MTFDDAK480MBB-1AE1), M500DC 2.5" 800 Go (MTFDDAK800MBB-1AE1), M500IT 2.5" 60 Go (MTFDDAK060MBD), M500IT 2.5" 120 Go (MTFDDAK120MBD), M500IT 2.5" 240 Go (MTFDDAK240MBD), M500IT mSATA 60 Go (MTFDDAT060MBD), M500IT mSATA 120 Go (MTFDDAT120MBD), M500IT mSATA 240 Go (MTFDDAT240MBD), M510 2.5" 128 Go (MTFDDAK128MAZ-1AE12), M510 2.5" 128 Go (MTFDDAK128MAZ-1AE1Z), M510 2.5" 256 Go (MTFDDAK256MAZ-1AE12), M510 2.5" 256 Go (MTFDDAK256MAZ-1AE1Z), M510 mSATA 128 Go (MTFDDAT128MAZ-1AE12), M510 mSATA 128 Go (MTFDDAT128MAZ-1AE1Z), M510 mSATA 256 Go (MTFDDAT256MAZ-1AE12), M510 mSATA 256 Go (MTFDDAT256MAZ-1AE1Z), M510 M.2 128 Go (MTFDDAV128MAZ-1AE12), M510 M.2 128 Go (MTFDDAV128MAZ-1AE1Z), M510 M.2 256 Go (MTFDDAV256MAZ-1AE12), M510DC 2.5" 120 Go (MTFDDAK120MBP-1AN1ZABYY), M510DC 2.5" 240 Go (MTFDDAK240MBP-1AN1ZABYY), M510DC 2.5" 480 Go (MTFDDAK480MBP-1AN1ZABYY), M510DC 2.5" 800 Go (MTFDDAK800MBP-1AN1ZABYY), M510DC 2.5" 960 Go (MTFDDAK960MBP-1AN1ZABYY), M510DC 2.5" TCG Enterprise 120 Go (MTFDDAK120MBP-1AN16ABYY), M510DC 2.5" TCG Enterprise 240 Go (MTFDDAK240MBP-1AN16ABYY), M510DC 2.5" TCG Enterprise 480 Go (MTFDDAK480MBP-1AN16ABYY), M510DC 2.5" TCG Enterprise 800 Go (MTFDDAK800MBP-1AN16ABYY), M510DC 2.5" TCG Enterprise 960 Go (MTFDDAK960MBP-1AN16ABYY), M550 2.5" 64 Go (MTFDDAK064MAY-1AH12), M550 2.5" 64 Go (MTFDDAK064MAY-1AH1Z), M550 2.5" 128 Go (MTFDDAK128MAY-1AH12), M550 2.5" 128 Go (MTFDDAK128MAY-1AH1Z), M550 2.5" 256 Go (MTFDDAK256MAY-1AH12), M550 2.5" 256 Go (MTFDDAK256MAY-1AH1Z), M550 2.5" 512 Go (MTFDDAK512MAY-1AE12), M550 2.5" 512 Go (MTFDDAK512MAY-1AE1Z), M550 2.5" 1 To (MTFDDAK1T0MAY-1AE1Z), M550 2.5" 1 To (MTFDDAK1T0MAY-1AE12), M550 mSATA 64 Go (MTFDDAT064MAY-1AH12), M550 mSATA 64 Go (MTFDDAT064MAY-1AH1Z), M550 mSATA 128 Go (MTFDDAT128MAY-1AH1Z), M550 mSATA 128 Go (MTFDDAT128MAY-1AH12), M550 mSATA 256 Go (MTFDDAT256MAY-1AH12), M550 mSATA 256 Go (MTFDDAT256MAY-1AH1Z), M550 mSATA 512 Go (MTFDDAT512MAY-1AE12), M550 mSATA 512 Go (MTFDDAT512MAY-1AE1Z), M550 M.2 64 Go (MTFDDAV064MAY-1AH12), M550 M.2 64 Go (MTFDDAV064MAY-1AH1Z), M550 M.2 128 Go (MTFDDAV128MAY-1AH12), M550 M.2 128 Go (MTFDDAV128MAY-1AH1Z), M550 M.2 256 Go (MTFDDAV256MAY-1AH12), M550 M.2 256 Go (MTFDDAV256MAY-1AH1Z), M550 M.2 512 Go (MTFDDAV128MAY-1AH12), M550 M.2 512 Go (MTFDDAV512MAY-1AE1Z), M600 2.5" 128 Go (MTFDDAK128MBF-1AN12), M600 2.5" 128 Go (MTFDDAK128MBF-1AN1Z), M600 2.5" 256 Go (MTFDDAK256MBF-1AN12), M600 2.5" 256 Go (MTFDDAK256MBF-1AN1Z), M600 2.5" 512 Go (MTFDDAK512MBF-1AN12), M600 2.5" 512 Go (MTFDDAK512MBF-1AN1Z), M600 2.5" 1 To (MTFDDAK1T0MBF-1AN12), M600 2.5" 1 To (MTFDDAK1T0MBF-1AN1Z), M600 mSATA 128 Go (MTFDDAT128MBF-1AN12), M600 mSATA 128 Go (MTFDDAT128MBF-1AN1Z), M600 mSATA 256 Go (MTFDDAT256MBF-1AN12), M600 mSATA 256 Go (MTFDDAT256MBF-1AN1Z), M600 mSATA 512 Go (MTFDDAT512MBF-1AN12), M600 mSATA 512 Go (MTFDDAT512MBF-1AN1Z), M600 M.2 2260 128 Go (MTFDDAY128MBF-1AN12), M600 M.2 2260 128 Go (MTFDDAY128MBF-1AN1Z), M600 M.2 2260 256 Go (MTFDDAY256MBF-1AN12), M600 M.2 2260 256 Go (MTFDDAY256MBF-1AN1Z), M600 M.2 2260 512 Go (MTFDDAY512MBF-1AN12), M600 M.2 2260 512 Go (MTFDDAY512MBF-1AN1Z), M600 M.2 2280 128 Go (MTFDDAV128MBF-1AN12), M600 M.2 2280 128 Go (MTFDDAV128MBF-1AN1Z), M600 M.2 2280 256 Go (MTFDDAV256MBF-1AN12), M600 M.2 2280 256 Go (MTFDDAV256MBF-1AN1Z), M600 M.2 2280 512 Go (MTFDDAV512MBF-1AN12), M600 M.2 2280 512 Go (MTFDDAV512MBF-1AN1Z), P400m 2.5" 100 Go (MTFDDAK100MAN-1S1AA), P400m 2.5" 200 Go (MTFDDAK200MAN-1S1AA), P400m 2.5" 400 Go (MTFDDAK400MAN-1S1AA), S610DC 1920 Go (MTFDJAL1T9MBU), S610DC 3840 Go (MTFDJAL3T8MBU), S630DC 2.5" 7 mm 400 Go (MTFDJAK400MBT), S630DC 2.5" 7 mm 480 Go (MTFDJAK480MBT), S630DC 2.5" 7 mm 800 Go (MTFDJAK800MBT), S630DC 2.5" 7 mm 960 Go (MTFDJAK960MBT), S630DC 2.5" 15 mm 1600 Go (MTFDJAL1T6MBT), S630DC 2.5" 15 mm 1920 Go (MTFDJAL1T9MBT), S630DC 2.5" 15 mm 3200 Go (MTFDJAL3T2MBT), S630DC 2.5" 15 mm 3840 Go (MTFDJAL3T8MBT), S650DC 1.8" 400 Go (MTFDJAA400MBS), S650DC 1.8" 800 Go (MTFDJAA800MBS), S650DC 2.5" 7 mm 400 Go (MTFDJAK400MBS), S650DC 2.5" 7 mm 800 Go (MTFDJAK800MBS), S650DC 2.5" 15 mm 1600 Go (MTFDJAL1T6MBS), S650DC 2.5" 15 mm 3200 Go (MTFDJAL3T2MBS), S655DC 2.5" 200 Go (MTFDJAK200MBW) et S655DC 2.5" 400 Go (MTFDJAK400MBW).

Intel Solid State Drive (SSD) Toolbox 3.3.6

https://downloadmirror.intel.com/26085/eng/...lbox_v3_3_6.zip


There is a firmware update available for the Intel® SSD 540s, E 5400s Series and the Intel® SSD DC S3100 Series products. This release of the Intel® SSD Toolbox will detect if user’s drive is eligible for the firmware update and directs them to use the Intel® SSD Firmware Update Tool.
For the Intel® SSD 540s Series, the latest firmware revision is 031C.
For the Intel® SSD E 5400s Series, the latest firmware revision is 031E.
For the Intel® SSD DC S3100 Series, the latest firmware revision is 031D.
The following changes are included in the firmware update:
- Corrected SMART AAh, E8h, ABh, and ACh behavior
- Corrected DIPM enabled after COMRESET issue
- Corrected errant FIS causing BSOD when Write Cache disabled
- Corrected SATA NCQ Command Error log reporting issue
- Mitigated a security vulnerability which in some cases resulted in corruption of user’s data (see Intel Advisory INTEL-A
-00053).

it's better to do a fresh install of os.

to answer your question, unless the key can be used for the latest version, you should stick to 2014. macrium reflect is ok also.

not sure about your situation but sudden power loss might cause it to corrupt. that happened to me only once as external drive (mbr disk formatted with ntfs). i use diskpart > clean to clear everything. the ssd is still fine.

if you have the need now, yes. if not, for max compatibility, it's better to get 2.5" sata ssd. since the trend is m.2 form factors these days, msata is only useful for older models, so you might not be able to reuse it in new systems.

of course you can convert it to external storage later. however the problem might be to find a compatible enclosure for the purpose.