TRIM

Hello! I'm currently building a retro PC that will have 2 x SSDs, one with XP and the other with Windows 7. I'd like to make sure that the XP SSD is alligned properly. I know very little about this other than a few sites have recommend using windows 7 to partition because it does 2048 byte...

I was wondering if Linux supports modern SSD features such as trim, SMART, wear leveling etc.

Greetings Samsung Magician latest version has no dashboard!! I re-re- and re reinstalled the software (also as admin) as they suggested, still no dashboard, just an empty screen (see attached pictures) Using older version of Magician? Sure, it does the same thing and can't find any drive...

I am aware that defragmenting the SSD drive is unnecessary and will harm it's life span, I am not doing that. I have set TRIM to be done weekly using the program that is used for WD BLACK SSDs: Screenshot by Lightshot (prnt.sc) However in the past I have disabled the "Optimize and defragment"...

I want to what is actual difference between ssd trim and ssd defrag .I have read somewhere that ssd defrag reduces its lifespan.While ssd trim is beneficial for device health and lifespan also.I am little confused plzz clarify.Does ssd trim reduces lifespan or not??.Does regular trimming is bad...

Hey guys, I recently got a GA-P55-UD for my backup PC and since I was rebuilding it and had two 120 GB SATA SSDs lying around, I decided to to run them in Raid 0, because 1) 120 GB is not a lot by itelf nowadays 2) questionable performance gains 3) they're not worth much. It was only...

Recently I find my laptop boot poorly, it's using KDE Neon as its OS. From boot log, I found out that there was a service called fstrim that took 12 minutes (yes, 12 minutes) to finish xloading. fstrim is a service to trim SSD, which is weird because my laptop using HDD not SSD. And I decide to...

Hello everyone, i recently bought an SSD and i dont know much about it i had question about SSD Optimization, "Image" it says it needs a partition to execute the Trim Command it says it needs a partition to execute. so my question it is it safe to run it? i got my OS installed on SSD and...

Hello,I recently bought a Samsung PM851 128GB SSD,and i would like to ask some questions related to it, 1. What is the SSD TRIM Function? Is it necessary,what are its Disadvantages? 2. I have a MSI H61M-P31/w8 Which only has SATA 2 ports........Will this affect my SSD speed which requires SATA...

Hi guys, just bought and installed my new SSD. The Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVME M.2. I installed the samsung magician application to benchmark it and to my horror i found that i get really low speeds on the squential read and writes. I tried crystaldisk mark aswell but to no change. Currently i...

I recently replaced my laptop's hard drive with an SSD because I was tired of the unresponsiveness of the system. And since I cloned my HDD to the new SSD and deleted a lot of files, I wanted to trim the SSD so those deleted files get deleted and also because I routinely trim my SSDs once a...

Hello All, Recently, I used Windows Disk Management tool to upgrade my SSDs to dynamic-disks from basic-disks. Upon doing so, I noticed that I lost the ability to optimize / TRIM these drives. At first, I thought it may have been the AHCI SATA Controller drivers that were causing the issue...

Hi I have a problem with John the ripper: Version :John the Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Windows XP SP3/ Windows 7 I tried to decrypt a winrar file but i allways get the the error message: "No password hashes loaded" specifications CMD rar2john.exe test.rar >hash.txt (to extract the hash) john.exe...

Been looking to upgrade from my old i5-2500k, GTX 760 system. I just play on 1080p, no VR or 4k so I just want stable fps on ultra. Saw this with a 1080 included and thought it was a good deal but thought I'd check.

hi, i bought a laptop a month ago. dell inspiron 15 5559 core i5 6200u 8 Gb ram amd r5 m335 2Gb the temperature while gaming (battlefield 1, gta v, far cry 4 , (low settings)) is arround 95°. is that safe. the laptop has never shuted down and iam not useing over clocking.. sorry for bad English

I have a custom build computer and I just installed Windows 10 OS on my SSD drive. The Windows installation was fine, but I have major issues booting it. So this is my bios boot order: When I boot though, this comes up: The only way to get into Windows is by going to the boot menu: And...

I'm looking for recommendations on a gaming build for about a $700 budget. I'm mainly wanting to play Overwatch and do some streaming if possible. Could you recommend or comment on this build i put together? I really don't know much and i was just putting things together based off what i was...

I am upgrading my pc soon and was woundering should I use my windows 7 cd key and then update that to windows 10 Or should I buy windows 10 cd key

(This issue was not happening before but now it suddenly is occurring) Devices being used: Magewell XI100DUSB-HDMI HDMI XSplit Broadcaster(Premium Membership) ---------------------------------------------------- For some reason the focus area won't go away when I try setting up the Camera in...

As the title says i know its confusing, but when I play ANY games, likes GTA 5, BF4, etc, the GPU loads 99%, but the temperature stays at 34-35 Celcius, and the game lags as hell. Also, The GPU1 power in MSI afterburner shows that it's at a concerning level since the strip thingy becomes...

Did massive searching a could not find an answer. The Asus VG248QE supports DisplayPort, Dual-link DVI-D, and HDMI ports. Currently I am using an Apple Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter, it looks like it's dual link, but I do not believe it's active. No option to on the Nvida Control panel to...

can anyone make this build cheaper or better i want to play future games at high-ultra at 60fps http://evatech.com.au/pcsummary.php?sysid=53877 CPU: Intel Devils Canyon i5 4690K 4-Core 3.5Ghz Motherboard: Intel B85 Chipset ATX Gaming Edition RAM: 16GB DDR3 Dual Channel Blue Series Case...

CPU: AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Motherboard: Asus M5A99X Evo R2.0 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard Cooler: Prolimatech 68 - 120mmTower Cooler Hardrive: Seagate Barracude 1TB 7200rpm Power Supply: Super Flower 550W 80+ Gold Rated PSU Memory:TeamGroup...

Hi all I have been using an NVIDIA gtx 560 ti GPU instead of my APU's graphics. Now I intend to use my APU's graphics instead. I have already downloaded Catalyst drivers but when I plug my monitor into the motherboard dvi, my monitor won't display anything even after restarting with it plugged...

I haven't bought an ssd yet, but I'm planning on buying one. I already have a 3TB HDD with everything I have installed. I'm thinking of putting the software/ programs I need to load up quickly into the ssd (browsers, games, etc) and keep everything onto the other hard drive. I do not know if...

Hey guys, My friends got this rig with that mother inside(ASUS P5KPL-CM LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard) he's wondering if he can upgrade the video card(Hes using the integrated graphics provided by the motherboard). In your opinions, what's the video card of your choice that...