Samsung 840 series 120Gb

janpatz1983

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I have a concern, having SSD they said can improve performance on booting up your system.

I used Samsung 840 series 120 Gb but booting up my system from cold boot takes time ( I mean I finish shower still the MOBO logo appears). I don't know if I had the correct settings.

boot option priority 1: Samsung ssd 120Gb
boot option 2 : disabled
boot option 3 : disabled.

I used Samsung 120 Gb for my OS and other application, office, motherboard drivers and have 23gb free.

Other SSD Adata 120 Gb where I installed my games. Seagate 7200 rpm 2Tb for general storage.


Please help what do I need to improve this.

specs:

cpu: core i5 3570k @4.2 Ghz
mobo: asrock z77 extreme6/tb4
gpu: evga GeForce gtx 680
psu : thermaltake 850watts
ram: 32Gb 1600mhz
 
Solution
Your motherboard has 4 SATA 3 (6Gb/s) ports.
Make sure your Samsung 840 and Adata SSDs are connected to the Intel 6Gb/s ports (SATA3_0 & SATA3_1), not the ASMedia 6Gb/s ports (SATA3_A1 & SATA3_A2).
See page 14 of your motherboard manual for the location of the ports.

Also double-check in BIOS that your ports are in AHCI mode.
Your motherboard has 4 SATA 3 (6Gb/s) ports.
Make sure your Samsung 840 and Adata SSDs are connected to the Intel 6Gb/s ports (SATA3_0 & SATA3_1), not the ASMedia 6Gb/s ports (SATA3_A1 & SATA3_A2).
See page 14 of your motherboard manual for the location of the ports.

Also double-check in BIOS that your ports are in AHCI mode.
 
Solution


Download AS-SSD benchmark software. Open the program (not necessary to run the benchmark).
Post a screenshot or write the info that's in the left rectangular box (next to the rectangular box that says "Read:").
 

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You are right Derek I use the SATA Asmedia. so far working now. I will still install the SSD benchmark to show it to you. they are on AHCI also.

How to attach photo in here? I don't have url
 
No problem. No need to post the photo if you've verified that you're on the wrong ports.

Once you have the SSDs on the Intel ports boot into BIOS and set "ASMedia SATA3 Mode" to disabled, and set "SATA Boot ROM" to disabled.
See page 69 of your motherboard manual.

It's possible that by disabling the ASMedia controller that your boot time will decrease.
 

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How would i do that, what I did on the bios boot section. the boot priority option 1: samsung 840; option 2 disabled; option 3: disabled.