Re: C300 Disk Freeze-ups in Windows 7
For all the folks experiencing freezes...
I have 3 256GB C300s (FW0002) all running Win7 Pro x64, with the 9.6 Intel RST drivers in AHCI mode.
All were imaged from the OEM HD that came with the respective laptop.
The first was a Sager NP8690, then a Dell E6410, and finally a Dell E4310.
Because each of the drives was imaged (duped) using a ESATA cradle and Acronis True Image 10 I didn't realize that there was an 'alignment' issue that would reduce performance and result in stutters.
I found an alignment tool online from Paragon (there is another method using GPARTED but it's confusing and more time consuming). A google search quickly locates it.
I ran the tool on all three laptops and found that on all three the drives were not aligned. The tool then realigned the starting offset and I have not had any stuttering since.
I mention this just in case anybody out there who imaged their new SSD from their originally installed HD didn't know there would be an issue with the starting offset reducing performance on an SSD.
This probably doesn't have any bearing on the 'flashing to FW0006' issue, but starting offset alignment on a SSD is an issue that will cause stuttering all by itself.
And I'm staying with FW0002 for the forseeable since "it ain't broke" I'm not going to attempt to fix it.
S