Quote Originally Posted by Earzz View Post
Thanks for the reply Ourasi, could you maybe explain me a it more in detail?

-I tryed hdderase and i selected option 4, i could only select 2 and 4, number 1 and 3 werent available.
As it started t said somethink like "writing random data" but it never went any further then 0% so i canceled that run with the hope the drive was still alive and thankfully it was.
So i got a bit scared of hdderase and i didnt try to use it anymore.
Did i use the wrong option ?

- Is GC/Defrag build in the firmware of the Intel SSD or is it something else?

- Your talking about updating the ICH9R, could you maybe link me to a guide or explain me how? Hopefully this wont scare me either.

Ill sure turn of Write-Back Cache when im back home, as for the other things i hope you can help me out.
ATM i feel it a bit like that these 400€ are my worst invested Euro's ever.

Cheers
Use HDDerase 3.3 and ONLY use option 1, the option you selected will fragment the HELL out of your drives.
Did you put mobo in IDE compatible mode?
Unplug all your drives, you should wait until JUST after you load hdderase.exe before you plug in your x25-m. This should allow you to select option 1.

Your results are too bad to be anything to do with alignment and is a wild goose chase as alignment mainly affects small writes, so it must be due to fragmentation.

I'm pretty confident if you do the above performance will be fine.