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I have tried in PC World and they don't sell the SATA III 6Gbps Controller Card.

I will have to order it online instead - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CC-004-SR&groupid=701&catid=49&subcat=

Does anyone know what the connection on the controller card is as I don't recognise it and don't want to order it if it's not compatible with my motherboard.

Also as I'm anxious to try it out does anyone know if I can install Windows 7 on the SSD drive now and then add the SATA III controller card when it arrives say next week ?

Would there be any installation issues in doing this ?

If so then I'll wait until the controller card arrives if it's compatible with my mobo.

Cheers.

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I will have to order it online instead - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CC-004-SR&groupid=701&catid=49&subcat=

Does anyone know what the connection on the controller card is as I don't recognise it and don't want to order it if it's not compatible with my motherboard.

Connection is PCI-Express (PCIe x1)

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See here -
/>http://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech-com-Port-Express-SuperSpeed-Adapter/dp/B002XVVIQE/ref=pd_sim_sbs_ce_3

£24.53 delivered

Boris = Dummy :blush: - forget that - this gives 2 external ports only :sorry:

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Correct part - :-
/>http://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech-com-Port-SATA-Express-Controller/dp/B003GS8VA4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307213271&sr=8-1

£31.56 delivered LambdaTek

£31.57 delivered KikaTek


/>http://www.oyyy.co.uk/product.php/118773/startech-2-port-sata-6-gbps-pci-express-sata-controller-card?jssCart=c2199b8e8bf6986538f355ce51cde96d

£30.32 delivered Oyyy

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I will have to order it online instead - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CC-004-SR&groupid=701&catid=49&subcat=

Does anyone know what the connection on the controller card is as I don't recognise it and don't want to order it if it's not compatible with my motherboard.

Connection is PCI-Express (PCIe x1)

I won't be able to fit it in my motherboard then as the PCIe x1 slot is obstructed by my graphics card :(

I am lucky that I'm able to connect the SSD drive at all as the graphics card obstructs 2 of the four SATA 2 ports leaving just the one free - my Vista installation (on a conventional hard drive) uses the other port.

I'm just hoping that using the SDD drive on a SATA 2 port will still show some improvement in performance over my other (conventional) hard drive !

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I'm stuck now :blush:

The SSD drive shows in the BIOS and Windows Vista has installed the device drivers for it but it's not showing on the desktop so I can't format it.

It's also showing in Device Manager.

I was going to try and format it when installing Windows 7 on to it but the Windows 7 DVD just freezes when attempting to install Windows 7 on to it probably because it is unformatted ?!

So what I'm trying to do is format it on Vista and then attempt the Windows 7 installation again.

I used to know of an option where you could select a particular hard drive and right click the mouse on it and select format but I've forgotten how to get to it as I haven't used it for ages :(

I'll keep searching through the various Vista options.

p.s. by the way even though the SSD drive shows in Device Manager (below), there's no way to format it from there.

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p.s. I've taken the side panel off again and felt the SSD drive and it's definently not at 128 C !

Anyway I've found out how to format the SSD drive, using the Computer Management > Devices option.

I don't know how to format the drive though as it's different to what I've experienced before :huh:

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Read this ?
/>http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/81607-few-dumb-questions-about-ssd-installation.html

Nice isn't it ? "To boldly go where no man has gone before"

AFAIK .... you don't need to align it - I think that the Windows 7 installer will do that for you :unsure:

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Read this ?
/>http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/81607-few-dumb-questions-about-ssd-installation.html

Nice isn't it ? "To boldly go where no man has gone before"

AFAIK .... you don't need to align it - I think that the Windows 7 installer will do that for you :unsure:

Boris, you were right.

I didn't select either of those options as I wasn't sure which one to choose !

I don't know why but the Windows 7 installation worked the second time and I formatted my SSD drive whilst running the installation.

Crikey I cannot believe how quick a SSD drive is :0

Bearing in mind that it's only running in SATA 2 mode (not SATA 3), the Windows 7 desktop takes only 8 seconds to load and when this is compared to the Vista installation which takes nearly 2 minutes !

Without a doubt SSD drives are the future of computing.

Being surprised as to how quick the SSD drive loads, I'm not bothered about not being able to fit a SATA 3 controller card although, of course, I would fit one if it was possible i.e. if my one and only PCIe x1 slot wasn't obscured by my graphics card :censored:

Also, I've never run a dual-boot PC before and the amazing thing is I didn't have to do anything !

When I boot the computer up, there are now 2 options for me to choose from (Windows 7 and Vista) and the selection that is highlighted is automatically loaded after a specific time limit - one minute I think recalling from memory.

Success at last :D

p.s. despite the cost, I'm really glad I bought one now.

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Crikey I cannot believe how quick a SSD drive is :0

p.s. despite the cost, I'm really glad I bought one now.

Great news - I'm glad you are glad.

I tend to find any new os installations are a bit quick to begin with.

With time and various program installations they begin to slow down, altho you don't notice it coz it is so gradual.

See, I am not a gamer - plus a quick boot is of no value to me. I'll watch your progress with interest.

Pleased you got it all sorted. :blink:

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One thing I've realised is that my 2 hard drive monitoring utilities are telling porkies when it comes to the temperature of the SSD drive !

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I found out the reason.

SSD's have no moving parts to generate heat and so don't even have temperature sensors. Therefore your application is falling back to a default value of 128 in confusion at the lack of a temperature sensor.

Source: http://forums.crucial.com/t5/Solid-State-Drives-SSD/My-C300-128GB-runs-at-128c/m-p/14817

p.s. I guessed that there was nothing wrong as I took off the side panel and touched the SSD drive and it was barely warm !

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