XP & SSD Performance Problems

[wh16923]

I have a new Dell Latitude XT tablet with a 64GB Solid State Disk Drive. I
am running XP on it.

Performance is abysmal. The machine hangs for long periods of time. It
appears that the hangs are associated with read/writes to the disk. The disk
light comes on absolutely steady during these hangs of the machine. The
hangs can be very long, over half a minute at times.

There is some talk about this in postings on the internet, notably around
Outlook 2007. I am running Outlook 2003 and I see the problem even with
simple (non Outlook) tasks.

Has anyone else seen it and do you have a solution?

 

[Gerry]

Try HD Tune. It only gives information and does not fix any
problems.

Download and run it and see what it turns up. You want HD Tune
(freeware) version 2.55 not HD Tune Pro (not Freeware) version 3.00.
http://www.hdtune.com/

Select the Info tabs and place the cursor on the drive under Drive
letter and then double click the two page icon ( copy to Clipboard )
and copy into a further message.

Select the Health tab and then double click the two page icon ( copy to
Clipboard ) and copy into a further message. Make sure you do a full
surface scan with HD Tune.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[smlunatick]

I have a new Dell Latitude XT tablet with a 64GB Solid State Disk Drive.  I
am running XP on it.

Performance is abysmal.  The machine hangs for long periods of time.  It
appears that the hangs are associated with read/writes to the disk.  The disk
light comes on absolutely steady during these hangs of the machine.  The
hangs can be very long, over half a minute at times.

There is some talk about this in postings on the internet, notably around
Outlook 2007.  I am running Outlook 2003 and I see the problem even with
simple (non Outlook) tasks.

Has anyone else seen it and do you have a solution?

Solid State Drives are fairly new technology and might have several
issues. Besides checking out the performance and XP issues, check for
drive firmware updates and any additional FAQs from the drive's
manufacturer.

 

[wh16923]

HD Tune: SAMSUNG PZA064 SSD Information

Firmware version : 2.9.01
Serial number : SE816G9901
Capacity : 59.6 GB (~64.0 GB)
Buffer size : n/a
Standard : ATA/ATAPI-0
Supported mode : UDMA Mode 4 (Ultra ATA/66)
Current mode : UDMA Mode 4 (Ultra ATA/66)

S.M.A.R.T : yes
48-bit Address : no
Read Look-Ahead : yes
Write Cache : yes
Host Protected Area : yes
Device Configuration Overlay : yes
Automatic Acoustic Management: yes
Power Management : yes
Advanced Power Management : no
Power-up in Standby : no
Security Mode : yes
Firmware Upgradable : yes

Partition : 1
Drive letter :
Label :
Capacity : 86 MB
Usage : 0.00%
Type : unknown (DEh)
Bootable : No

Partition : 2
Drive letter : C:\
Label : OS
Capacity : 60965 MB
Usage : 58.07%
Type : NTFS
Bootable : Yes

 

[wh16923]

HD Tune: SAMSUNG PZA064 SSD Health

ID Current Worst Threshold
Data Status
(01) Raw Read Error Rate 99 99 51 0
Ok
(05) Reallocated Sector Count 81 81 1 1585152
Ok
(09) Power On Hours Count 99 99 0 33
Ok
(0C) Power Cycle Count 99 99 0 81
Ok
(B8) (unknown attribute) 99 99 0 0
Ok
(BB) (unknown attribute) 100 100 0 0
Ok
(BC) (unknown attribute) 99 99 0 0
Ok
(BE) Airflow Temperature 45 45 40 0
Ok
(C3) Hardware ECC Recovered 200 200 0 0
Ok
(C4) Reallocated Event Count 99 99 0 0
Ok
(C5) Current Pending Sector 99 99 0 0
Ok
(C6) Offline Uncorrectable 100 100 0 0
Ok
(C7) Ultra DMA CRC Error Count 200 200 0 0
Ok
(C8) Write Error Rate 81 81 2
387 Ok
(C9) TA Counter Detected 100 100 2 0
Ok
(CA) TA Counter Increased 100 100 2 0
Ok
(CB) Run Out Cancel 99 99 23
193 Ok

Power On Time : 33
Health Status : Ok

 

[Gerry]

Buffer size : n/a
Standard : ATA/ATAPI-0
Supported mode : UDMA Mode 4 (Ultra ATA/66)
Current mode : UDMA Mode 4 (Ultra ATA/66)

Sorry. I cannot check whether this is correct:

There is no information on the Samsung sites regarding this model.


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Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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