Kingston Mseries ssd

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Jeeprs69

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Got the knockoff Intel drive. it has a firmware of 8610. Is this the newest?
I tried the INtel firmware update tool, but it says it's not a INTEL ssd. and quits out.
Loaded Win7 x86 ultimate RTM and ran the performance score. hard drive scored a 7.7
whole computer 7.3
My question is 8610 the current firmware(which I don't think it is) and HOW do I get it to update the firmware?
Oh and I'm a total noob at ssd's. How do I set partion alignment and what do I need to do to Win7?
 
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CrystalDiskMark 2.2 (C) 2007-2008 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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Sequential Read : 263.627 MB/s
Sequential Write : 77.363 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 196.924 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 79.216 MB/s
Random Read 4KB : 19.649 MB/s
Random Write 4KB : 55.131 MB/s

Test Size : 100 MB
Date : 2009/09/25 21:58:19
 
Well if it will not accept Intel firmware then you have no choice but to wait and hope as Intel releases a firmware update that Kingston will make their branding changes and offer an update shortly after. As far as settings in Windows 7..... you "should" not have to do anything. I'd still double check that at a minimum defrag is disabled for the SSD.
 
I remember reading somewhere about the Intel Matrix Storage Manager and it making a difference in how it performs. But can't find it again. Right now I'm using whatever I got with the chipset dl from ASUS. It's a p5Qpro mobo.
 
Where do I turn off indexing?
Should I be using the Intel Matrix storage manager?
 
Intel Matrix Storage Manager can only be used if you're running the drive as RAID or nonmember RAID I believe. As for drive indexing, go into my computer, right click the C: or whichever is your SSD and select properties. Uncheck index this drive or whatever and hit apply. Click through the errors about what it can't unindex (it will unindex them after the system reboots). Reboot

Jason
 
Kingston's product support page links to Intel for the firmware update. I'd call up kingston and talk to their tech support to see why the intel update isn't working, and if they're working on a solution.
 
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