MSI Z87 GD65 Gaming and msata speed issue...

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Hi,

So I'm running the MSI Z87 GD65 Gaming with a 128GB SanDisk msata. Now it all works perfectly; no BSOD or crashes, but what I have noticed is that sometimes when the PC boots and I look in Intel Rapid Storage Technology, the msata on port 5 is running at 3Gb/s not 6Gb/s: I verified the speed loss using AS SSD benchmark. Reboot and it's back to 6Gb/s and back to full speed.

Anyone else seen this or have an idea of a solution?

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what bios version you are using?

OS running?
 
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BIOS is 1.B

and I'm running Win7Pro 64bit
 
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do you use latest firmware for your SSD?
 
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Yes, checked when I got the drive and just double checked now.
 
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Does you pc connect any other HDDs or SSDs?
Try with another mSATA cable.
 
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TZBC said:
Does you pc connect any other HDDs or SSDs?
Try with another mSATA cable.
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I don't have an msata cable or adapter, I'm using the on-board slot below the CPU socket, the only other drive is a 1TB SSD.
 
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can you test your msata SSD in another machine?
 
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How often can you notice the problem? You mentioned AS SSD Benchmark has speed loss, what's the result of speed test then?
 
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JLio01 said:
How often can you notice the problem? You mentioned AS SSD Benchmark has speed loss, what's the result of speed test then?
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I notice it a couple of times a day minimum :undecided:

 


                                   
 
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can you check SATA msata gen. speed mode outside windows?
to see if its windows issue/driver issue or the issue is down at bios level
 
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Svet said:
can you check SATA msata gen. speed mode outside windows?
to see if its windows issue/driver issue or the issue is down at bios level
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How do I do that :confused2:
 
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Issue fixed :lol_anim:

Removed IRST and all is good...
 
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which IRST version you have used?
 
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Was using RST Version 13.1.0.1058 as per MSI site, but then tried 13.2.4.1000 from Intel but there was still no difference.
 
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You installed the OS in your mSATA SSD with AHCI mode or RAID mode ?  :think:
 
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