TRIM and specific chipset?

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Is the TRIM feature for SSDs chipset dependent? Will TRIM work better with one chipset than with another?

I have a Zotac GeForce 9300 motherboard that has a NVIDIA nForce 730i chipset. Will an Intel G2 SSD work better with an Intel G45 board than with my motherboard?
 
As long as you use Microsoft's built in AHCI driver, TRIM should work. It's only when you install the chipset's specific driver that you usually get problems.
 
First issue is TRIM. With nVidia motherboards, there really is not a way to have TRIM working with Windows 7 and the current nVidia Storage Controller Drivers. We must get rid of those and install, Microsofts storage controllers instead.

If your mobo is nVidia (ChipSet), then do the following. If its an Intel board then you do not have to.

First Step..


Go into Device Manager by way of the Start button. Type in the "Search Programs and files" box, "Device Manager" then click on device manager once it appears above the search box.


Find on the list "Storage Controller" and click on it. You will be met with three (3) nVidia controller drivers. Must replace each one with Microsofts "Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller" instead.


Right click on one of the controllers, then click on Properties.


Click on "Update Driver"


Choose and click in the next box "Browse" for drivers"


You will be met with two suggestion, one being "Search Automatically" or just below that "Browse my computer". Click on Browse my computer.


Next you will be met with two other suggestion, one being "Browse" and the next one "Let me pick" and that is the one to click on.


Now you will see another pop up box, and will see finally "Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller" from microsoft, and this is the one to click on.


Once this is done, do the same for the other two nVidia drivers. When finished with all three, you will then be required to reboot the system. After you do this, a few seconds later you will be met with another request to reboot again. Do so.


Now you have Microsofts storage controller drivers installed and your SSD will perform slightly better and will have TRIM from Windows 7.

You can check in Device Manager to verify that all is well, by finding on the list in device manager, "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller". Click on this, and you will see in the next list, perhaps near the bottom, the Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller drivers.
 
Thanks. Just checked and it looks like I already do have the MS drivers installed. I guess I unchecked the NVIDIA storage drivers during installation of NVIDIA's nForce chipset driver.

So with a NVIDIA chipset, even when using Microsoft's driver, a SSD will not perform as well as if I had an Intel chipset?
 
Saw a performance increase with Microsofts Controller driver with the SSD I have and a VelociRaptor as well, but have not seen a comparison with Intels controller over a Microsoft controller any where. Sorry. Perhaps others may have and can weigh in.
 
Nvidia and AMD's southbridge/storage controllers do not perform as well as Intel's with SSDs and RAID. The difference when it comes to SSDs isn't noticeable in actual usage, but it is in benchmarks.
 
Sorry for bring the tread back up, i have 128GB Kingston V100 drive for a moth now, 9 days total use over the month which is nothing really. When i first installed the drive ran Crystal Disk Mark, fresh install 260MB/sec Read and 220MB/sec Write, over the month i noticed it got slower and slower.

Ran the benchamrk again 240MB/sec read 70MB/sec write!! Tried AS Cleaner with FF, toms Trim, nothing worked correctly most i got was 105MB/sec write. Ended up using serure erase and got the speeds now as 250MB/180MB much better but still not like new. I am using microsofts driver now, did before but for a time about a week was using nvidia's driver.
 
What OS are you running? If it's anything before Windows 7 you won't get TRIM. You should also make sure you have the latest firmware, as companies will release controllers before getting all of the features working. I don't have any experience with the JMicron chip that is used in your SSD, so I can't point to any one thing to help.
 
Ended up using serure erase and got the speeds now as 250MB/180MB much better but still not like new.
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The only SSD out of the 9 I've had to not lose some speed is a Crucial C300.

After all the cells in the drive have been written to at least once it's in a steady-state mode which is slower.

Even though a Secure Erase should put you back to as "new" performance, I've never gotten everything back.

I've never had a Kingston unit and don't know your particular circumstances to comment any further.
 
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