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Hah, I ended up doing the same. Actually still had the unallocated space so I just used a neat little program called "Partition Wizard" to set it right.
None of the sticks are soldered. I just installed 2x2GB sticks. Alas it only recognizes 3, but it does contain 4. Didn't have it in the post originally.. updated now.
I am offering for sale an Asus laptop in good condition (there are some scratches on the cover, but hardly noticeable). It was bought in June 2007 for school, so it's just over two years old now, but it was top of the line at the time, and it has been upgraded significantly over the last year or...
Hmm, well the "Intel Storage Matrix" drivers (I'm assuming these are what you mean) won't install without AHCI enabled. I'm thinking maybe there's a problem with my BIOS?
I may have just figured it out. HDTune says that the drive is running in "UDMA Mode 6 (Ultra ATA/133)". I'm thinking it's running in some sort of compatibility mode such as what you mentioned! Only problem is that I don't see any of those options in my BIOS. Hmm.
Oh and I'm running Vista BTW -...
Pretty much, although the actual read speed is 65 or so (around half my burst speed) so it could be.. related. Seems odd though, you'd think that flash memory (what I can only assume the cache is made of) would be pretty indestructible. Maybe I should try the drive in another computer and see...
*Bump*
There's no AHCI option in the BIOS. I called tech support and they said they had the same laptop there with an AHCI option. Could this be the culprit?