Windows 10: Samsung SSD 850 EVO

Yes, i posted the motherboard site in past posts, had SATA AHCI drivers although for Windows 7 32bit and 64bit, still may work as i see not installed in Device manager in pic. Be possible why they list them, your unable to use AHCI Mode even though SATA II.

 

I have an MSI X58-Pro-E Model MS-7522 and the site I used to go to is either changed as I get a 404.

 

I used google to Find their update program and this is what it reported

 

I have right one, only these 3 boards under that http://us.msi.com/search/MS-7522/product/1


Other chipset drivers and SATA i would update all that is needed if not already there from Windows 10, as they do carry some of your drivers.
http://us.msi.com/support/mb/X58_ProE.html#down-driver&Win7%2064


Says that, but no AHCI drivers, would not trust Live Update as much, but i can not see all you do on system.

 

Drivers for SATA AHCI have to be installed where IDE/SATA controllers are through the Device Manager.

Listed on site as On-Board SATA AHCI/RAID Drivers Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver
In past these drivers are preinstalled before the OS,some will say it can be done post install of the OS.
Also same said sometimes about changing mode IDE - AHCI after OS install can only be done before OS install.
Believe this case was for older OS's

Only way to do it now it this, then switching to AHCI. Extract all files and you can put these on a flash drive and then Right click that controller, select update driver software, select Browse for driver software on your Computer, browse to location on the flash drive an select the one file listed.

Found this on Eight-Forums
http://www.eightforums.com/drivers-hardware/22126-changing-ide-ahci-caused-no-boot.html


As said before will work fine in IDE too, if do not want to try any of this, good luck Gary.

 

Thanks for your help but I think that I will leave well enough alone. The drive is way faster than I had and it is ok. Thanks again.

 

Hi,

It does make for an appreciable difference though.
However, once the OS has been installed with the bios set to IDE mode (or legacy, depending on bios), it's pretty tricky to make it accept the change. I ended up reinstalling the OS, all the tricks I found on the web just made the aging machine refuse to boot.

Anyhow, I guess we'll all be talking PCIe drives within a couple of years. I'm saving up for an Intel 750 as I write. *Biggrin

That said, Gary obtains a pretty high WINSAT score all things considering. *Cool
@aztec506 ; Thx for sharing. Looks as if we have similar stories, Velociraptor is retired here too. Great little thing as it was back then though.


Cheers, *Wink

 

Thanks, I don't want to take that chance. I was just wondering why I only have 232gB of usable space? Is it the same reason that on a 1TB HD you really do not get the full 1024Gb's?

 

Yes: 250,000,000,000/1024/1024/1024 = 232.83 GB

Likewise, 1,000,000,000,000 bytes = 931.32 GB

 

I have the same as but mine is a 500GB ... and it really works great...

 

Yup Gary, as long as you like the performance of your new SSD and everything is running fine, I see no reason to change anything either. "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" *Smile

 

Correct...

...and my Windows 10 on Samsung 500GB SSD only took 19GB of space... It is working fine. Tks.

 

My Samsung 250gb with windows 10 pro, right now only uses around 22gb of space. That will increase sometime in the future, depending on when I install Office.

 

Gee I am using 142 gB on mine. I have Office 2010 installed plus a game that is using 65 gB which I will be removing soon but I will be replacing it with Black OPs III, so it might be a wash. I alos have 4 I TB WD hard Drives that I can use but I would prefer to just use the 850 EVO.

 

I try to keep as much stuff off my SSD as possible, on my other computer, with the Intel SSD 240gb I only use 43gb's and that one has office 2013 installed. I don't have any games, matter of fact I delete any game that even comes with Windows 10. *Smile
But that's just me, as I never have played any games on my computers since....forever. lol The more space you can leave open on your SSD the better and longer it will run. I keep like all my downloads on my 2nd drive, and all my image backups on their too.
My 2nd drive is 1TB drive. not an ssd thou. Which is still pretty darn fast itself. sata 3 drive. Your SSD will be fine Gary, I am just a little anal when it comes to my SSD drives. I'm very protective of them. *Smile Actually the only reason I have the one Samsung SSD is because it came with this used computer I bought, or I would have ended up getting another Intel SSD. I got this used desktop with a 27" monitor included for a STEAL, could not resist not buying it, only 1 year old, both monitor and computer, and new would have sold for over 1800.00 bucks with all the upgrades this guy put in. Has like 8 usb 3.0 slots, 6 2.0 slots, monitor is great, never had a 27" one before. I got it for just over 800.bucks Gary!!!!! Still can't believe what I paid for it. *Smile