Hi Guys. This is my current rig:
CASE: Thermaltake Level 10 GT
CPU: Intel CPU Core i7 975 Extreme Edition
Cooler: Noctua DH-14
Monitor(s)/Displays: Samsung Syncmaster BX2440 x 3, Sony Bravia KDL-5500 40"
RAM: Corsair Dominator DDR3 Triple Channel 6GB
Motherboard: ASUS P6X58D-E
Graphics Card: XFX HD6990
SPEAKERS: Logitech Z5500 5.1 SURROUND SOUND
Network Adapter: ASUS PCE-N13
Hard Drive: OCZ Agility 3 120 GB
Hard Drive: Seagate Momentus XT 500 GB
Hard Drive: Seagate 1000 GB 7200 RPM x 2
Optical Drive/s: LG BluRay Writer, Pioneer DVD Writer
Power Supply: Silverstone 1000W
Software: Microsoft Windows 7 pro 64bit
I upgraded (or so I thought) from a Rampage II Extreme cause i wanted the Agility to be functional on the new motherboard. As I have not overclocked the old one at all, I decided to go for this motherboard model over the next Rampage, which was much more expensive.
Things that started to not function anymore was the OCZ Agility 3. It has absolutely poor performance. We are talking about 190/90 read/write results on CrystalDiskMark, and also some stuttering issues as well sometimes during games like Supreme Commander on the intro screen. Also, the startup times for Win7 is crap. Almost like a minute and a half. The Seagate HDD 7200 RPM was faster than this. Programs aren't as responsive as they should be when opening after the system has booted and ready.
The things that I tried to do first to troubleshoot this problem.
1. Went into BIOS and made sure that it was set to AHCI mode. After this I went and prioritised the boot drive to the SSD. This did nothing, and even though I changed it to AHCI Mode, the boot priority menu still states that it is in IDE mode.
2. Went into Win7 to set it into AHCI mode anyway in Regedit. The "start" value is set to 0 from 3, and this still did nothing.
3. I went to msconfig and cut the delay time to startup. this also did nothing.
4. I made sure that the X58 chipset drivers were updated. In fact, this is where ASUS failed, the drivers on their website are not the latest one, I actually have a more recent version already on my system.
5. Updated Marvell Controllers. I went into the device manager and made sure the Controller was the latest one. I had to download it manually and then force it to update, it is now the one that is current as of 17 of March 2010.
6. I thought the computer might be confused with all these drives at the startup, so I disconnected all of them save the SSD. This still did nothing.
Any advice on this issue? I have a feeling that I have not truly set the SSD to AHCI mode.
*Both the SSD and Hybrid SSD are connected to the SATA 6.0 GB/s connectors.
Also, finally, when I had a PCE-N13 on my Rampage II Extreme in the same room, it worked sweet. The connection was as strong as my PS3. But now that I've connected it in this motherboard, it hardly connects at all and cannot download at all times. What gives? I've also updated the drivers. I'm at a loss.
Any help would be much appreciated, I pictured my upgrade to be much more of a dream than this.
CASE: Thermaltake Level 10 GT
CPU: Intel CPU Core i7 975 Extreme Edition
Cooler: Noctua DH-14
Monitor(s)/Displays: Samsung Syncmaster BX2440 x 3, Sony Bravia KDL-5500 40"
RAM: Corsair Dominator DDR3 Triple Channel 6GB
Motherboard: ASUS P6X58D-E
Graphics Card: XFX HD6990
SPEAKERS: Logitech Z5500 5.1 SURROUND SOUND
Network Adapter: ASUS PCE-N13
Hard Drive: OCZ Agility 3 120 GB
Hard Drive: Seagate Momentus XT 500 GB
Hard Drive: Seagate 1000 GB 7200 RPM x 2
Optical Drive/s: LG BluRay Writer, Pioneer DVD Writer
Power Supply: Silverstone 1000W
Software: Microsoft Windows 7 pro 64bit
I upgraded (or so I thought) from a Rampage II Extreme cause i wanted the Agility to be functional on the new motherboard. As I have not overclocked the old one at all, I decided to go for this motherboard model over the next Rampage, which was much more expensive.
Things that started to not function anymore was the OCZ Agility 3. It has absolutely poor performance. We are talking about 190/90 read/write results on CrystalDiskMark, and also some stuttering issues as well sometimes during games like Supreme Commander on the intro screen. Also, the startup times for Win7 is crap. Almost like a minute and a half. The Seagate HDD 7200 RPM was faster than this. Programs aren't as responsive as they should be when opening after the system has booted and ready.
The things that I tried to do first to troubleshoot this problem.
1. Went into BIOS and made sure that it was set to AHCI mode. After this I went and prioritised the boot drive to the SSD. This did nothing, and even though I changed it to AHCI Mode, the boot priority menu still states that it is in IDE mode.
2. Went into Win7 to set it into AHCI mode anyway in Regedit. The "start" value is set to 0 from 3, and this still did nothing.
3. I went to msconfig and cut the delay time to startup. this also did nothing.
4. I made sure that the X58 chipset drivers were updated. In fact, this is where ASUS failed, the drivers on their website are not the latest one, I actually have a more recent version already on my system.
5. Updated Marvell Controllers. I went into the device manager and made sure the Controller was the latest one. I had to download it manually and then force it to update, it is now the one that is current as of 17 of March 2010.
6. I thought the computer might be confused with all these drives at the startup, so I disconnected all of them save the SSD. This still did nothing.
Any advice on this issue? I have a feeling that I have not truly set the SSD to AHCI mode.
*Both the SSD and Hybrid SSD are connected to the SATA 6.0 GB/s connectors.
Also, finally, when I had a PCE-N13 on my Rampage II Extreme in the same room, it worked sweet. The connection was as strong as my PS3. But now that I've connected it in this motherboard, it hardly connects at all and cannot download at all times. What gives? I've also updated the drivers. I'm at a loss.
Any help would be much appreciated, I pictured my upgrade to be much more of a dream than this.