Well, I'm getting this problem with the unit not being detected by the bios a long time before the OS actually starts booting, so it's pretty clear that's not related to driver issues.
In regards of the nvstor64 issue... I've narrowed it down to possiby being because of the so-called SandForce technology this unit uses.
I've already tried upgrading the firmware on the SSD, but the system hangs when I run the upgrade tool, so I've not been able to upgrade it.
I've talked to the computer store where I purchased the SSD, and they tell me they've had a lot of identical issues with plenty of the various SSD drives they sell.
My guess is that this is simply immature technology. It's simply not ready for use to be honest.
So I'm returning the drive and getting a refund.
I might look into another brand of SSD (without SandForce), but for now I'm so sick of problems and troubleshooting, I'm just gonna go back to my Raptor disks.
I looked at the post that was moved. I am also not sure why it was moved. Perhaps it was the european slang? I will send an email off.
As to the SSD drive, no idea. We never tested them on this model. We do not offer a windows 7 64bit Nvidia SMbus driver but maybe it needs one? On my XPS 630i, I only had XP on it so the Chipset and SMBus drivers were available. There is alot of chatter about the NVSTOR64 error on the Nvidia Forum.
Irios
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October 8th, 2011 02:00
Well, I'm getting this problem with the unit not being detected by the bios a long time before the OS actually starts booting, so it's pretty clear that's not related to driver issues.
In regards of the nvstor64 issue... I've narrowed it down to possiby being because of the so-called SandForce technology this unit uses.
en.wikipedia.org/.../SandForce
I've already tried upgrading the firmware on the SSD, but the system hangs when I run the upgrade tool, so I've not been able to upgrade it.
I've talked to the computer store where I purchased the SSD, and they tell me they've had a lot of identical issues with plenty of the various SSD drives they sell.
My guess is that this is simply immature technology. It's simply not ready for use to be honest.
So I'm returning the drive and getting a refund.
I might look into another brand of SSD (without SandForce), but for now I'm so sick of problems and troubleshooting, I'm just gonna go back to my Raptor disks.
DELL-Chris M
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October 7th, 2011 16:00
I looked at the post that was moved. I am also not sure why it was moved. Perhaps it was the european slang? I will send an email off.
As to the SSD drive, no idea. We never tested them on this model. We do not offer a windows 7 64bit Nvidia SMbus driver but maybe it needs one? On my XPS 630i, I only had XP on it so the Chipset and SMBus drivers were available. There is alot of chatter about the NVSTOR64 error on the Nvidia Forum.
speedstep
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October 7th, 2011 17:00
Did you install chipset drivers?
Perhaps the drive needs AHCI drivers.
speedstep
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October 8th, 2011 17:00
I had good luck with INTEL 320 series drive. Came with software to Optimize for the OS,
Irios
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October 9th, 2011 07:00
Yeah, as far as I can tell, Intel doesnt have SandForce on their units. I've already thought about getting one of those.