30 gb FW 1.4 ocz: OS
 
 80 gb intel: games/apps
 
velociraptor: storage
 
i need to be in ACHI before i install these cant find it anywhere on the  boardm can anyone find this out on how to hhook these up?
 
ocz said it has to be in the 1st sata port.

lol yeah i cant seem to find it eanywhere either.

I just went through the same mess trying to figure out how to get mine setup.  What I found is that the SSD would not be recognized if I hooked it up to SATA ports 3,4,5 or 6 no matter what I did in the BIOS.  After a few hours of banging my head against the wall I tried SATA port 1 and it worked :).  I tested to make sure TRIM was enabled by doing what a mod here suggested. It worked perfectly and let me know Win 7 recognized my drive correctly.

SR1945


How to tell if TRIM is enabled.....

Go to the Command Prompt by typing in cmd in the "Search programs and files" box above the START button.

Right click on cmd when it appears in the box above and open it with Administrator rights. Then type below:

fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify

DisableDeleteNotify = 1 (Windows TRIM commands are disabled)
DisableDeleteNotify = 0 (Windows TRIM commands are enabled)

nVidia mobo's do not have ACHI in the BIOS.....

If you are using nVidia's Controller, this may not allow TRIM Command to work either, so in order to get things straight, check first to see what controller you have, either Microsofts or nVidia in Device Manager.  If its nVidia's you can switch it to the Microsofts driver by following the below instruction.  I did, and my SSD benchmark went up slightly and TRIM seems to work now.

How to replace your nVidia Controller to the Microsoft "Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller" which helped in getting better performance benchmark numbers pluse knowing that TRIM is actually activated and working on your eVGA 780i/750i mobo (Perhaps eVGA's 790 as well)with nVidia controllers....

Step #1... (Device Manager)

Go into Device Manager by way of Start>typing in the Search Box above Start, "Device Manager" > Click on device manager in the box above when it appears.

Step #2

Find and click on Storage Controller where you will find the nVidia installed Controller drivers and right click your mouse button on it.

Step #3

Click on “Update Driver”

Step #4

Choose and click on “Browse” for drivers

Step #5

You will now see two suggestions, one being "Search Automatically" or below that "Browse my computer". Click on “Browse”.

Step #6

Next box, you are met with two selections, one being "Browse" and the next one "Let me pick" and that is the one you select.

Step #7

Next box pop up, you will see "Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller" from Microsoft and this is the one to click on. You will then be required to restart the system then restart again a few moments later. Now you have the Microsoft Controller and not nVidia, which should give you a better SSD performance.

SR1945


nVidia mobo's do not have ACHI in the BIOS.....

If you are using nVidia's Controller, this may not allow TRIM Command to work either, so in order to get things straight, check first to see what controller you have, either Microsofts or nVidia in Device Manager.  If its nVidia's you can switch it to the Microsofts driver by following the below instruction.  I did, and my SSD benchmark went up slightly and TRIM seems to work now.

How to replace your nVidia Controller to the Microsoft "Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller" which helped in getting better performance benchmark numbers pluse knowing that TRIM is actually activated and working on your eVGA 780i/750i mobo (Perhaps eVGA's 790 as well)with nVidia controllers....

Step #1... (Device Manager)

Go into Device Manager by way of Start>typing in the Search Box above Start, "Device Manager" > Click on device manager in the box above when it appears.

Step #2

Find and click on Storage Controller where you will find the nVidia installed Controller drivers and right click your mouse button on it.

Step #3

Click on “Update Driver”

Step #4

Choose and click on “Browse” for drivers

Step #5

You will now see two suggestions, one being "Search Automatically" or below that "Browse my computer". Click on “Browse”.

Step #6

Next box, you are met with two selections, one being "Browse" and the next one "Let me pick" and that is the one you select.

Step #7

Next box pop up, you will see "Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller" from Microsoft and this is the one to click on. You will then be required to restart the system then restart again a few moments later. Now you have the Microsoft Controller and not nVidia, which should give you a better SSD performance.

Thanks for the Information on this but I couldn't find the Microsoft Driver anywhere?  When I get to Step 7 I only see the Nvidia driver.  No Microsoft driver is available.  If I uncheck the Show compatible hardware check box and select Microsoft I still don't see the driver you listed? My SSD performance seems a little off and I am still worried now that the TRIM may not be functioning correctly :(  I ran some benches on the drive and it was Reading at 240 Mbs and Writing at 170 Mbs.  The specs of the drive say 250Mbs/180Mbs so it's just off by a bit. I just hope it stays this way and that TRIM is working.  Also is there a way to run TRIM manually or does it just get triggered to run when you empty your recycle bin?



 





OCZ Vertex Benchmark


 

What can I say ?  That is perplexing.

I found on my 780i mobo in Device Manager, the Controllers were found near the very bottom of the list (Three of them) and this is where the instructions were used to the letter.  Did you by chance not find the 3 nVidia controllers when you click on controllers near the bottom of the device manager list ?

Step #1... (Device Manager)

Go into Device Manager by way of Start > typing in the Search Box above Start, "Device Manager" > Click on device manager in the box above when it appears.

Step #2

Find (Near the bottom of the list) and click on Storage Controller where you will find the nVidia installed Controller drivers and right click your mouse button on it.

Step #3

Click on “Update Driver”

Step #4

Choose and click on “Browse” for drivers

Step #5

You will now see two suggestions, one being "Search Automatically" or below that "Browse my computer". Click on “Browse”.

Step #6

Next box, you are met with two selections, one being "Browse" and the next one "Let me pick" and that is the one you select.

Step #7

Next box pop up, you will see "Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller" from Microsoft and this is the one to click on. You will then be required to restart the system then restart again a few moments later. Now you have the Microsoft Controller and not nVidia, which should give you a better SSD performance.

After doing this, you will then find that a new entry will be made near the upper third of Device Manager list "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller" If you click on this you will find the Microsoft drivers listed.

Yeah I checked them all.  I guess it is no matter since I have confirmed that the 780i does not support ACHI anyways.  Thanks for your help though.  It seems everything is working correctly the way it is now.  I just hope it stays that way :)

See you are using RAID.  TRIM is not supported in RAID, so this is a non starter. This may or may not has something to do with not getting the Microsoft controller.  
 
Interesting that after you right click the nVidia controller, not the Raid one, and try the upgrade driver option, then Browse option, you do not see the M/C controller selection. 
 
Any way you are right, we are left out with our 780i. 

Yeah I am running RAID on the Raptors but not on the SSD.  I have the Raptors running in RAID 0 on SATA 4 and 5. My SSD is running on SATA port 1 which is not set for RAID mode.   Does this setup make TRIM not possible for my SSD?  :(

What I've been reading on the OCZ forum for SSD's, once you are in RAID you cannot have TRIM at this time.  Garbage Collection with firmware version 1.4 and 1.5 will work

If you have not been to the OCZ forum, you should stop by.  Lots or good reading and some a bit confusing from those that are geeks if you know what I mean

SR1945


What I've been reading on the OCZ forum for SSD's, once you are in RAID you cannot have TRIM at this time.  Garbage Collection with firmware version 1.4 and 1.5 will work

If you have not been to the OCZ forum, you should stop by.  Lots or good reading and some a bit confusing from those that are geeks if you know what I mean

Thanks SR1945.  Yes I have been over there reading on the forums and there is a lot of good data the problem is a lot of it is conflicting data :( I initially just installed the SSD and did not add the RAID array until after I had the system running and all the kinks worked out.  I suppose it would not be hard to disable RAID in the BIOS and unplug the Raptors every so often just so my SSD can get cleaned up now and again. Can't wait until they get all these quirks worked out because I really do love this SSD.  I notice a huge difference when running applications like Visual Studio off the SSD.

Have a feeling that it will take a good while until the glitches are resolved to at least a point where we normal guys/gals can have a good overall experience with these SSD's.  My guess will be at the end of 2011 at least. 

SR1945


Have a feeling that it will take a good while until the glitches are resolved to at least a point where we normal guys/gals can have a good overall experience with these SSD's.  My guess will be at the end of 2011 at least. 

You may be right.  I love this SSD though and want to make it work to its fullest potential so I may be upgrading the entire system when the Tax money comes in.  I am a software engineer by trade and the speed difference between compiling software on the SSD compared to at the office on a non SSD system is huge.  My work PC has a Q6600 and 8 Gigs of RAM so I tend to think the difference I am seeing is primarily based on the HD differences. It has been a while since my last upgrade so I think the time has come :)

So will i ever be able to enable AHCI on my EVGA 750i FTW or do i have to upgrade my PC just to get my OCZ Vertex Limited Edition working at its fullest potential...

Does the method above work good? Will my TRIM work natively?