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Will SSD work on Zotac IONITX using NVidia ION chipset (NVidia 9400M GPU with NVidia SATA)???

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5/17/12 at 3:27pm
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I have a Zotac IONITX-A-U ITX motherboard which has Atom CPU and NVidia MCP7A-ION chipset (NVidia 9400M GPU with memory controller, SATA, ethernet, PCIE).

I read the initial recommendations to only install SSD with Intel or AMD SATA, but I don't have a choice since only SATA is that on NVidia chipset.

My SSD is OCZ Agility 3 with latest firmware.

I installed Win7 64-bit from scratch (non-AHCI mode since I hadn't read this thread). Installation seemed to complete okay. Installed latest Zotac motherboard drivers. Installed windows updates.

However, the system is very erratic. Freezes frequently for 30 seconds to minutes before responding. Frequent blue screens. Not useable.

I installed the Microsoft patch to enable AHCI but SSD won't boot when IDE mode=AHCI.

I would like to know whether anyone has installed Windows 7 on SSD with Zotac IONITX motherboard?

I have latest Zotac drivers but they haven't been updated for quite some time.

I'm aware OCZ Agility 3 SSD has issues with Intel chipsets. I had blue screens on another system until installing latest Intel RST drivers.

I'm thinking about trying a Patriot SSD with Zotac IONITX but wondering whether this would be waste of time if NVidia SATA is the real problem. Does NVidia SATA have same problem as Marvell and other 3rd party SATA?

Thanks!
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post #2 of 5
5/17/12 at 8:30pm
nVidia SATA works better than those third-party Marvell controllers - but I did hear from LSI (over on the NCIX forums) that nVidia SATA controllers preferred SATA2 drives.

Are there any jumpers on your SSD? Any way to limit it to SATA2 speeds? That might help.

Or you could try reinstalling Win7 in AHCI mode. That's most likely to make a difference, but if you're getting BSODs on a variety of controllers, your SSD or its firmware may be the problem.

Have you shut off all power management options? C1E, PCIe Linkstate, etc.? Both in Windows and the BIOS?
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5/18/12 at 12:08am
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Today I reinstalled Win7 in AHCI mode on a Patriot Pyro SSD.

The Patriot SSD is working great, unlike the OCZ SSD.

However, I don't know whether installing in AHCI mode was the difference.

I did run the Microsoft Fixit on my OCZ SSD to enable AHCI mode but was unable to get the OCZ SSD to boot.

I'm going to try and clone my Patriot SSD to the OCZ SSD and see if that works next. Neither my OCZ or Patriot SSD appears to have any jumpers.

Thanks for your advice!
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5/18/12 at 12:15am
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I run the same motherboard (and cpu obviously) as a small server. As SSD It has a Vertex2 60GB. never had any trouble with it.
Difference is obviously that Vertex2 is SATA2 and not 3. And I'm running Ubuntu and not Windows.

I make it sounds smooth, but it was not. In such, that my power supply didn't properly feed both and HDD (or SSD) and an optical drive at the same time.
Although I think it's unrelated, what kind of PSU does your little rig has?
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5/18/12 at 12:27am
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My Zotac IONITX-A-U came with a small external 90w powerblock which plugs directly into the motherboard. There is no traditional PSU in the case.

I do not think this is related to my problem though.

I think it's either the OCZ Agility 3 SSD, which has known problems with certain Intel chipsets that were fixed by latest Intel RST drivers.

Or the fact I didn't install Win7 under AHCI mode.
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