Recent content by tcstech

One of my OCZ SSDs was doing the exact same thing. From my experience it is pretty harmless as my benchmarks are reading exactly where they should be. I did coincidentally do a reinstall of my operating system and oddly, it reverted back to the standard status. The only thing I did different was...

Thanks fellas, this has now become my favorite website! Case solved!.

I found out exactly what it was. I was at my local compusa ready to buy an Ultra SATA II controller when I said "Man this might not even work." So I went back home and got to looking around, running benchmarks and the command to check if TRIM is working. Sure enough, TRIM is working and I...

I would still go with the Crucial M4s. I can vouch for it as I dropped it into my Dell Inspiron Duo Netvertible and was able to get an insane speed boost. Version I got was 64GB model and it cost 89.99 at buy.com with free shipping.

I have a Gateway LX6810-01 that has a locked down BIOS that does not allow you to change your SATA Mode from RAID to anything else (AHCI). I bought a Crucial M2 64GB SSD that I wanted to be able to use with AHCI and TRIM. I have looked everywhere for a solution that wouldn't involve me having...

I have a gateway lx6810 with a lockdown BIOS and I am interested in doing this procedure. Unfortunately, the BIOS is locked in RAID mode and there are many forums that state this is not changeable so I cannot just utilize AHCI or trim because of the RAID functionality. I was wondering if you...