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Comment on SATA 3 SSD running on SATA II benchmark by jcrawfor74

jcrawfor74 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:22:21 +0000

I’m in the throws of getting my hands on a second hand ASUS u3S6, (hopefully in then next 5 days) This is a x4 card which runs a marvell chip for the Sata 3 on pci-e 2.0. I have a spare x8 pci-e 2.0 slot which is use in ATI cross-fire (which I don’t run). So I will hopefully be able slot the U3S6 in there and see how it improves the benchmark, what happens to TRIM support, does running on the PCI-e bus have an impact on the Video card when running Crysis, and the general startup benchmark. watch this space…

Comment on SATA 3 SSD running on SATA II benchmark by evanism

evanism — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:11:37 +0000

Awesome. I am about to buy an OCZ vertex 3 and saw your review. It has made me really want to wait for you review on the SATA3 card!

Excellent review, it reminds me of what the web was like 10 years ago! GOOD!

Comment on SATA 3 SSD running on SATA II benchmark by jcrawfor74

jcrawfor74 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:46:21 +0000

Thanks, and if you buy right with your SSD, it will perform even better when you do eventually upgrade to a MotherBoard with SATA III , win, win..

Comment on SATA 3 SSD running on SATA II benchmark by Clayton

Clayton — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:38:30 +0000

Awesome review!! There would be so many people in this position right now. I have done exactly what you have done and the result is excellent. It will allow me to keep my current Socket 775 Quad Core system for a while longer. This will enable the prices of the Socket 2011 gear to fall in price for an upgrade later in the year.

Comment on SATA 3 SSD running on SATA II benchmark by jcrawfor74

jcrawfor74 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:40:25 +0000

I would say, Yes. The drive is a 2.5 inch so it’s the correct form factor to fit in a laptop and yes you would not be using the drive to its full potential but as per my blog you would definitely see improvements in start up times, application launch times which equates to a overall snappier user experience . Let me know how you go with your laptop if you go ahead and buy one.

Comment on SATA 3 SSD running on SATA II benchmark by david

david — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:15:41 +0000

Will this stata 3ssd work on a laptop with a sata2 port? I know it will lose speed if it works.

Comment on SQL Server 2008 R2 Nov CTP – Uninstall issues by LuanneP

LuanneP — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:45:35 +0000

Great post! exactly my problem. I was able to remove everything SQL 2008 now.
Thanks!

Comment on SATA 3 SSD running on SATA II benchmark by luisd

luisd — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:56:13 +0000

excellent review

Comment on Bootstrapper Manifest Generator (2008) – How To Guide v2 by talljames

talljames — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:45:49 +0000

@talljames Of course the answer is: the setup.exe file is run by the client first which then launches the application installation. cheers

Comment on Bootstrapper Manifest Generator (2008) – How To Guide v2 by jcrawfor74

jcrawfor74 — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:11:26 +0000

@talljames
This is a very hit and miss affair. I found the best check type was a file type check and that the BMG doesn’t respond well to saving and re-opening your package. So trial and error is required to get it to run successfully.
Not trying to be simplistic I assume you are running the “Setup.exe” not the “.msi” file. The pre-requisite checks are only executed from the “Setup.exe” running the”msi” bypasses the checks. (I know this is pretty poor but this is how it works..)