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February 27th, 2013 05:00
Dell Dimension 9200 and SSD
Hi,
I have a old Dell Dimension 9200.
I'll buy a solid state disk: Smasung 840 120GB, but my system board controller ICH8R support only SATA drive.
I have the PCIe x4 slot free.
It's a good choice to buy an ASUS U3S6 for connect the SSD:
http://www.asus.com/Motherboard/U3S6/#specifications
Thanks
Jan
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rdunnill
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April 5th, 2013 13:00
For the record, I have an SSD installed in a Dimension 3100, which is similar to the Dimension 9200. The SSD is recognized by the BIOS and it can be configured as a boot drive. The operating system is Windows 8 Professional 64-bit., however, not Linux.
rusty_at
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June 14th, 2013 08:00
So there is no way for the Dimension 9200 to boot up through that add on card? I'd like to run the OS from the SSD.
I have a very similar set up: Dimension 9200, Samsung 840 Pro 256 SSD with Win 8 64. I am getting the same scores as you for the SSD through the motherboard's SATA II controller.
The problem is that although the machine boots up really fast and apps open quickly, the machine feels a lot slower than when using the RAID-0 hard drives originally in the machine. when switching between apps it's slow and working on larger files in Photoshop stops to a crawl.
I have installed Samsung Magician 4.1 and this says that AHCI is not installed on my machine. This would explain why the machine feels slow, however I am not sure if the software is wrong or not.
I have the latest BIOS, in the BIOS I have RAID On and have installed the latest Intel Chipset drivers from March 2013. When I go into the Registry, the storahci Start value is on 0 which indicates (apparently) AHCI is on.
Everything I've read suggests that if using the SATA controller with RAID On, AHCI should be on, but I can't understand if that's the case, why the PC would feel slower with the SSD than with the two HDD setup in RAID-0.
If anybody has any suggestion they would be much appreciated.
rdunnill
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June 14th, 2013 09:00
Is the OS XP?
rusty_at
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June 14th, 2013 10:00
Windows 8, 64bit
rdunnill
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June 14th, 2013 11:00
AFAIK the SATA AHCI driver should come from Intel and you might try checking Intel's download site for an AHCI driver.
I have retrofitted several machines with SSDs this year, and in every case the lags associated with spindle drives have disappeared. I find it puzzling that you're having these issues.
rusty_at
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June 14th, 2013 12:00
NotDelighted
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October 25th, 2013 23:00
I am struck by the similarity of my problem (an HDD in a dual-HDD Dell Dimension 9200 that is broken and therefore the start-up can't read Drive 1) and the example above, but there (above) the result is qualitatively the same (an HDD that can't be read), even though that problem is apparently an HDD that is not compatible with the computer.
I'm wondering if there is any way to get rid of that irritating fork in the road:
"Drive 1 not found: Serial ATA, SATA-1
Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility"
short of disconnecting the broken drive and maybe putting the second HDD in the bay where the broken drive (Disk 1, or Drive C) was located, or would this risk screwing EVERYTHING up?
In order to even gain access to Disk 1/ Drive D (both of my disks are partitioned, with a system drive and a data drive, such that Disk 1 corresponds to Drives C + E while Disk 2 corresponds to Drives D + F), since the boot ini file was on the crashed C drive, I had to use a recovery CD created with Macrium Reflect (it even shows the defective HDD, but unpartitioned, labelling it simply as "X"). I have since done a Repair via the XP Pro Recovery Console, hoping that this would eliminate that pesky "Drive 1 not found... ", time-consuming fork in the road, where I have to press F1 and wait about 60 seconds for something to happen, but the Repair did not solve the problem, I am still faced with that pesky delay/ fork in the road.
Anyone have any ideas for how to go about eliminating this irritant, including whether someone tried removing the defective HDD, discovering that it solved the problem??
Thanks!
rdunnill
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October 26th, 2013 11:00
You might consider starting a new thread for this issue.