MyDigitalSSD Bullet Proof 128GB mSATA Review

[OlivierC]

Hello,

Received my 128GB today, flashed it to the last firmware.
Installing Windows updated :-)

Will do a little bech after all the updates are done :-)

[1806]

when we get FW16?

[OlivierC]

OK...

Here we go!!!

Seq 257.8 213.3
512k 158.7 194.8
4K 10.91 30.48
4K QD32 69.59 46.72

Mostly happy with the beast!

Is it possible to get more throughput?
TRIM is activated and disabled indexing and defrag in windows.
Pagefile reside now on my SATA drive

[MyDigitalSSD]

Thanks for the post OliverC,

I am still waiting on the newer FW17. I was informed that there has been a delay in the release and they will inform me as soon as it is available.

But according to what I have seen this new FW is going to improve the speeds even more. Time will tell.

MyDigitalSSD

[fleetu]

Looks like FW17 is out: MyDigitalSSD mSATA, Half Slim, and 2.5 Inch SATA SSD Firmware Update | My Digital Discount.

[MyDigitalSSD]

Looks like FW17 is out: MyDigitalSSD mSATA, Half Slim, and 2.5 Inch SATA SSD Firmware Update | My Digital Discount.

Yes sir it is let me know how it is working out for you guys.

MyDigitalSSD

[1806]

I test my Toshiba Portege Z835 with two BIOS setting sata max performance or sata battery(eco performance):
MyDigitalSSD 128GB - 015FW sata max performance, 017FW sata max performance 017FW sata battery(eco performance)
original ToshibaSSD 128GB - sata max performance or sata battery(eco performance) i dont now, I forget position, it was 2 month ago...

[MyDigitalSSD]

I test my Toshiba Portege Z835 with two BIOS setting sata max performance or sata battery(eco performance):
MyDigitalSSD 128GB - 015FW sata max performance, 017FW sata max performance 017FW sata battery(eco performance)
original ToshibaSSD 128GB - sata max performance or sata battery(eco performance) i dont now, I forget position, it was 2 month ago...

Very nice what an improvement over 10X vs the original drive on random 4K write. And look at the huge jump in write access times. Gota love that.

MyDigitalSSD

[kklepack]

I will update firmware on my 128gb tonight

[astrohip]

Forgive my ignorance...

I have the 128SSD in my Lenovo W520. I'm thrilled with the performance, both of the laptop and the SSD. I have intentionally not updated any drivers or the BIOS in the laptop, as I follow the "if it ain't broke" theory.

Is this firmware update (FW17) something that gets applied JUST to the SSD? And is it worth doing, in the sense of, it will really make my SSD appreciably faster? (BTW, I bought my SSD from you about 3 months ago). And is my data absolutely safe doing a FW update?

It seems like this should be a safe update, since it doesn't affect the rest of the laptop (and my paranoia about updating).

Thanks for humoring me and my newbie questions.