Hello everybody,
during the last days, I tracked down the reason why my new Dell Inspiron 7520 with an Intel® SSD 311 Series
(20GB, mSATA 3Gb/s, 34nm, SLC) did not accelerate how it should; I documente it here :
BIOS-Information :
The two drives (HDD and SDD) :
Everything looks good until now :
waiting ...
Result
Also a second try after the suggested reboot did not get the desired success :
My System Configuration :
Systembericht
Systeminformationen
Betriebssystemname: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
Betriebssystemversion: 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 7601
Systemname: SPIRO
Systemhersteller: Dell Inc.
Systemmodell: Inspiron 7520
Prozessor: GenuineIntel Intel64 Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 2,501 GHz
BIOS: Dell Inc., A07
Intel® Rapid Storage-Technologie für Unternehmen Information
Installiertes Kit: 11.7.0.1013
Benutzeroberflächenversion: 11.7.0.1013
Sprache: Deutsch (Deutschland)
Version des RAID-Erweiterungs-ROMs: 11.0.0.1339
Treiberversion: 11.7.0.1013
ISDI-Version: 11.7.0.1013
Speichersysteminformationen
RAID-Konfiguration
Hardwareinformationen
Controller-Name: Intel(R) Mobile Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller
Typ: SATA
Modus: RAID
Anzahl der SATA-Anschlüsse: 3
Anzahl der Volumes: 0
Anzahl der Ersatzlaufwerke: 0
Anzahl verfügbarer Festplatten: 2
Neuaufbau nach Hot-Plug: Deaktiviert
Hersteller: 32902
Modellnummer: 10282
Produktüberarbeitung: 4
Direkt angeschlossene Festplatte: WD-WX41E72TJ044
Direkt angeschlossene Festplatte: CVLC130100F5020B
Festplatte an/aufController 0, Anschluss 0
Status:Normal
Typ: SATA Festplatte
Positionstyp: Intern
Verwendung: Verfügbar
Größe:699 GB
Systemfestplatte:Ja
Festplatten-Daten-Cache: Aktiviert
Command Queuing: NCQ
SATA-Übertragungsrate: 3 Gb/s
Modell: WDC WD7500BPVT-75HXZT3
Seriennummer: WD-WX41E72TJ044
SCSI Geräte-ID: 0
Firmware: 03.01A03
Größe des physischen Sektors:4096 Bytes
Größe des logischen Sektors:512 Bytes
Festplatte an/aufController 0, Anschluss 1
Status:Normal
Typ: SATA SSD
Positionstyp: Intern
Verwendung: Verfügbar
Größe:19 GB
Systemfestplatte:Nein
Festplatten-Daten-Cache: Aktiviert
Command Queuing: NCQ
SATA-Übertragungsrate: 3 Gb/s
Modell: INTEL SSDMAESC020G2
Seriennummer: CVLC130100F5020B
SCSI Geräte-ID: 1
Firmware: 2CV102M5
Größe des physischen Sektors:512 Bytes
Größe des logischen Sektors:512 Bytes
ATAPI-Gerät anController 0, Anschluss 2
Positionstyp: Intern
SATA-Übertragungsrate: 1,5 Gb/s
Modell: HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GT80N
Seriennummer: KXLCBH40302
Firmware: A103
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System Report
System Information
OS name: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
OS version: 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 7601
System name: SPIRO
System manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System model: Inspiron 7520
Processor: GenuineIntel Intel64 Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 2.501 GHz
BIOS: Dell Inc., A07
Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise Information
Kit installed: 11.7.0.1013
User interface version: 11.7.0.1013
Language: English (United States)
RAID option ROM version: 11.0.0.1339
Driver version: 11.7.0.1013
ISDI version: 11.7.0.1013
Storage System Information
RAID Configuration
Hardware Information
Controller name: Intel(R) Mobile Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller
Type: SATA
Mode: RAID
Number of SATA ports: 3
Number of volumes: 0
Number of spares: 0
Number of available disks: 2
Rebuild on Hot Plug: Disabled
Manufacturer: 32902
Model number: 10282
Product revision: 4
Direct attached disk: WD-WX41E72TJ044
Direct attached disk: CVLC130100F5020B
Disk on Controller 0, Port 0
Status: Normal
Type: SATA disk
Location type: Internal
Usage: Available
Size: 699 GB
System disk: Yes
Disk data cache: Enabled
Command queuing: NCQ
SATA transfer rate: 3 Gb/s
Model: WDC WD7500BPVT-75HXZT3
Serial number: WD-WX41E72TJ044
SCSI device ID: 0
Firmware: 03.01A03
Physical sector size: 4096 Bytes
Logical sector size: 512 Bytes
Disk on Controller 0, Port 1
Status: Normal
Type: SATA SSD
Location type: Internal
Usage: Available
Size: 19 GB
System disk: No
Disk data cache: Enabled
Command queuing: NCQ
SATA transfer rate: 3 Gb/s
Model: INTEL SSDMAESC020G2
Serial number: CVLC130100F5020B
SCSI device ID: 1
Firmware: 2CV102M5
Physical sector size: 512 Bytes
Logical sector size: 512 Bytes
ATAPI device on Controller 0, Port 2
Location type: Internal
SATA transfer rate: 1.5 Gb/s
Model: HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GT80N
Serial number: KXLCBH40302
Firmware: A103
I tried the last three versions of RST iata_cd-11.2.0.1006, iata_cd-11.6.0.1030 and iata_cd-11.7.0.1013 - always the same: no acceleration. I reinstalled different NET-Frameworks and tried so many things that I can't count everything here. But I had once a working set, more by accident than by knowledge ... So there might be a bug!
Before I started with a preconfigured MBR-parition of one Windows 7, one Linux and one NTFS-data-partition - done with fdisk under Ubuntu.
Then I restarted a new Windows 7 reinstallation with only one simple NTFS-partition. And voilá: the RST acceleration did work !!!
A second Linux Ubuntu partition - all paritions are primary - did not caused the misfunction, but the third partition, the second NTFS-data-partition was the reason.
Dear Intel developers of RST, please try it with 3 primary partitions, 1st Windows 7, 2nd Linux and 3rd a NTFS-partition and improve your software - I suggest that a lot of people are struggling with this Bug. It did cost so much time to track that down. Thank you.
Andreas J. Bathe