Only getting SATA Gen 1 Speed with INTEL 530 SSD

karlylite

Hello all. I am stuck.

 

I have an Aspire x3400 with nForce 720a chipset (??) which should support SATA II.

 

I have installed a Intel 530 SSD which is SATA III.

 

I boots fine after cloning the old drive to this new one. And it is quicker no doubt to load windows 7 - 64 bit.

 

AS SSD shows Seq read of 130 MB/S and ~ 99 MB/S write.

 

As well the ATA controller in Device Manager, says it is a Gen 1 Speed. (while the old drive connected externally via eSATA says it is at Gen2).

 

I have tried the generic ATA controller and have also update to latest Nvidea driver for the controller. I have tried a new cable, and tried a different SATA port. No change.

 

Any thoughts on how to get this SSD to SATA II speeds?

 

Thanks

finlux

Hi Karlylite

 

Try looking on Intel's site, to see if there is a firmware update for your 530 SSD.

karlylite

Thanks for the suggestion. I am running DC32 the lates for this drive.

 

I read somewhere that the nForce 720a hard defaulted to SATA1 when it didn't recognoze the newer SATA3 drives. So instead of dropping to SATAII it defaults to SATA1. 

 

I am not stating this as fact, but just a possible explanation.

 

Cheers!

 

karlylite

Any other thoughts?